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MPR News photos of the week

MPR News photos of the week

This week, we visited a dinner for military troops, Duluth in a blizzard and Mitt Romney's stop in Fargo.

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Photos: Blizzard in Duluth

Photos: Blizzard in Duluth

A major winter storm shut down the city of Duluth on Feb. 29, 2012, and grounded planes at the Duluth International Airport.

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Minnesota in Photos: Serving Our Troops

Minnesota in Photos: Serving Our Troops

Approximately 2,500 families of military servicemen and women serving in Kuwait attend a Serving Our Troops dinner at the Saint Paul RiverCentre in St. Paul, Minn. Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012.
by Jeffrey Thompson

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MPR News photos of the week

MPR News photos of the week

Minnesota-native ski champ Lindsey Vonn, a quadruple-fatal car accident and Central Corridor light rail construction all made the news this week.

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MPR News photos of the week

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Bon Iver's Justin Vernon took home a few Grammy awards, Mark Dayton assessed the State of the State, we looked at 'food deserts,' the Twins started spring training and the Wild coped with a slide.

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MPR News photos of the week

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This week, Republican presidential candidates visited the state, we looked at the expansion of sand mining and visited the Ice Hole -- a bar on Lake Lida.

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Photos: Dam modifications restore wildlife habitat

Photos: Dam modifications restore wildlife habitat

The state Department of Natural Resources is modifying dams on the Red River northwest Minnesota to reconnect hundreds of miles of fish habitat for the first time in decades. Many of these dams were built to hold pools for city drinking water supplies during the extended drought of the 1930s.

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Photos: Farmland holds wealth in sand mining boom

Photos: Farmland holds wealth in sand mining boom

Minnesota farmland is increasingly luring companies that want to explore the earth beneath the soil. But some residents want to preserve the land and its current agricultural use.

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Photos: Caucus night in Minnesota

Photos: Caucus night in Minnesota

Minnesotans convened on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 to decide which GOP candidate might best represent voters. The non-binding presidential straw poll is largely symbolic, but can give a good indication of how voters lean.

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The Ice Hole: Part bar, part ice house

The Ice Hole: Part bar, part ice house

Ice fishing and beer drinking are two closely intertwined traditions in Minnesota's winter months. Two enterprising business people in northwestern Minnesota figured out a novel way to capitalize on both.
by Nathaniel Minor

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