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Getting to Green: Minnesota’s energy future

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This grain fights climate change -- and makes a tasty Minnesota beer

This grain fights climate change -- and makes a tasty Minnesota beer

Kernza's a sustainable wheat that could revolutionize agriculture, if only farmers had a reason to plant it. Beer might just do it, and it turns out the Twin Cities is a hotspot for Kernza brew.
by Cody Nelson

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Appeals court takes up challenge to Winona County's sand mining ban

Appeals court takes up challenge to Winona County's sand mining ban

Minnesota Sands LLC says the county's ban against industrial sand mining has devalued its land leases and violates the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, by restricting interstate trade.
by Catharine Richert

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Enbridge, Leech Lake Band rip Judge's Line 3 report

Enbridge, Leech Lake Band rip Judge's Line 3 report

Both Enbridge Energy and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe are firing back against an administrative law judge's recommendation that the company can build its proposed Line 3 oil pipeline, but only if it builds it along the pipeline's current route across northern Minnesota.
by Dan Kraker

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Bee Day in Hackensack: Here are your bees, don't kill 'em

Bee Day in Hackensack: Here are your bees, don't kill 'em

Each spring, hundreds of amateur beekeepers descend on Hackensack, Minn., to pick up boxes of bees from Jack Thomas, who may also deliver some honest advice if he doesn't think you're up to the task of keeping those bees alive. Come along for Bee Day.
by Dan Gunderson

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Minn. lawmakers warn of toxic chemical stored in St. Paul Park refinery

Minn. lawmakers warn of toxic chemical stored in St. Paul Park refinery

State Rep. Frank Hornstein and state Sen. Scott Dibble say the explosion and fire at the Husky Energy oil refinery in Superior, Wis., last month raises safety concerns about the Andeavor refinery in St. Paul Park.
by Matt Sepic

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The empress of elephant orphans dies

The empress of elephant orphans dies

Dame Daphne Sheldrick, who founded the Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya, more than 50 years ago, died peacefully at her home at the age of 83.
by Heather McElhatton

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Lyme disease is on the rise again. Here's how to prevent it

Lyme disease is on the rise again. Here's how to prevent it

The tick-borne illness is spreading north and south -- about 300,000 U.S. cases a year. As scientists work on better diagnostic tests and surveillance tools, you can take steps to cut your risk.
by Allison Aubrey

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