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Auctioneer Dan Pike
Auctioneer Dan Pike pulls his sign from farmland he sold an hour earlier for $5,900 an acre in southwest Minnesota. Pike said he expects to sell more farms in the coming months because land prices and demand are strong.
MPR Photo/Mark Steil

Though politics, including the inauguration of Gov. Mark Dayton, dominated the news this week, a spike in farm prices and the evacuation of St. Cloud's City Hall got our attention too.

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St. Cloud City Hall
A Stearns County Sheriff's Deputy keeps watch near the St. Cloud, Minn., City Hall building Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Police were searching the building for two people that had possibly been living in the building's duct work.
AP Photo/The St. Cloud Times, Dave Schwarz
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Auctioneer Dan Pike
Auctioneer Dan Pike pulls his sign from farmland he sold an hour earlier for $5,900 an acre in southwest Minnesota. Pike said he expects to sell more farms in the coming months because land prices and demand are strong.
MPR Photo/Mark Steil
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Brett Favre
Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre runs off the field after the Vikings 20-13 loss to the Detroit Lions in an NFL football game in Detroit, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. The game likely marked the end of Favre's pro career.
AP Photo/Carlos Osorio