The royal couple of Norway participated in a ceremony to rededicate Enger Tower, a five-story octagonal structure built by Norwegian immigrant Burt Enger in 1939 high on a bluff overlooking Lake Superior.
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It's now October, almost two months since the Pagami Creek Fire started burning in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness southeast of Ely, Minn. An Ojibwe crew from the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in Michigan is now working the fireline, with the blaze about 71 percent contained.
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Poverty in Minnesota is on the rise. But census numbers released in September show poverty hits some groups harder than others -- including American Indians. On the White Earth reservation in northern Minnesota, tribal officials estimate up to 50 percent of American Indians live below the poverty line.
This week, crews fought the Boundary Waters wildfire, Minnesota native Shane Bauer and his friend Josh Fattal were released from an Iranian jail and Eric Kaler was inaugurated as the new University of Minnesota president.
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Eric Kaler was officially inaugurated as the president of the University of Minnesota Thursday, and let those at the school know he's a tough boss who expects a lot from them.