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Avoiding water-borne illness this summer

Avoiding water-borne illness this summer

Contamination at three Minneapolis beaches and reported illness among several Lake Minnetonka visitors has many worried about getting sick when they swim.
by Tom Crann, Dr. Jon Hallberg and Megan Burks

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Beach closed? Blame it on the rain

Beach closed? Blame it on the rain

Several beaches around the Twin Cities metro are closed because bacterial contamination poses a health risk for swimmers.
by Dan Gunderson

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Your hummus habit could be good for the Earth

Your hummus habit could be good for the Earth

High in fiber and protein, chickpeas are playing a starring role on menus. They're also good for soil health -- and growing demand could help restore soils depleted by decades of intensive farming.
by Whitney Pipkin

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Photos: Immigrant kids jump into Minnesota's outdoor summer culture

Photos: Immigrant kids jump into Minnesota's outdoor summer culture

A Minnesota summer camp is helping connect city kids and children of refugees to the state's outdoor summer culture, often for the first time. It's also altering perceptions about who enjoys the outdoors.
by Christine T. Nguyen

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Taking a roommate can make economic sense for homeowners, tenants

Taking a roommate can make economic sense for homeowners, tenants

Renting out a room can provide homeowners with extra income, and renters with better accommodations for their money -- but the details can bedevil.
by Martin Moylan

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How best to snag and destroy bedbugs?

How best to snag and destroy bedbugs?

Vigilance and heat are currently your best weapons against bedbugs, exterminators say. But scientists are working on a way to give the bugs the hook with a strategy inspired by a Balkan folk remedy.
by Gabriela Quirós

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Requiem for Lobo, the misunderstood killer wolf of Bemidji

Requiem for Lobo, the misunderstood killer wolf of Bemidji

Displayed for decades outside Morrell's Chippewa Trading Post, Lobo's snarling, stuffed remains fed his legend as a North Woods monster. These days, Lobo kindles more pity than fear. With attitudes shifting toward wolves, some in Bemidji say it's time to bury the past.
by John Enger

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On hot days, thrill-seekers flock to Stearns County's Quarry Park

On hot days, thrill-seekers flock to Stearns County's Quarry Park

The Travel Channel named Quarry Park to its list of top 10 swimming holes in the United States in 2016. The park is also popular in the summer for hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing, scuba diving and geocaching.
by Kirsti Marohn

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