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Color coated: Leaf season bursts in northern Minnesota

Color coated: Leaf season bursts in northern Minnesota

It’s happening. Minnesota’s fall leaf season is suddenly swelling with color across swaths of northern Minnesota and the Arrowhead. Here are three great places to trek this weekend.
by MPR News Staff

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Hiker drags himself through Australia woods with broken leg

A hiker on Wednesday said he crawled for two days through rugged Australian woodland with a broken leg and arm after falling six meters (20 feet) down a waterfall and then dropping his cellphone in a creek.
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota’s busiest state park reopens after flood cleanup

Minnesota’s busiest state park reopens after flood cleanup

Fort Snelling State Park is the state’s busiest, with about a million day visitors every year. Extended flooding shut the park down for six months and covered parts of it with as much as 3 feet of silt this year. But it reopened Tuesday, just in time for the fall colors to start to turn.
by Tim Nelson

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E-scooters: The good, the bad and the bloody

E-scooters: The good, the bad and the bloody

Dozens of people responded to an MPR News query about electric scooters, after a story on injuries related to them. Many complain about e-scooters blocking sidewalks and riders not wearing helmets.
by Brandt Williams

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This year's wet weather may lead to vibrant fall colors in Minnesota

This year's wet weather may lead to vibrant fall colors in Minnesota

Abundant rainfall this year may lead to a particularly vibrant display of fall color across Minnesota — as long as we get some sunny, dry days in the coming weeks.
by Andrew Krueger

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Washington Post reporter called NW Minn. county the worst — then it saved him

Washington Post reporter called NW Minn. county the worst — then it saved him

Some Minnesotans — including MPR’s Bemidji correspondent — viewed Christopher Ingraham’s 2016 move to Red Lake County as a stunt. But in his new book about the experience, Ingraham reveals how northwestern Minnesota helped restore him and his family. So, yeah, he might be one of us.
by John Enger

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