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Your Minnesota Weekend: State Fair Lovers (or not) Edition

Your Minnesota Weekend: State Fair Lovers (or not) Edition

If you're the fairgoing type, consider this Your Minnesota Weekend: State Fair Edition. But if the idea of shuffling in the humidity elbow-to-elbow with thousands of fellow Minnesotans trying to keep their fried food from and melty ice cream from falling on your toes, laden with bags full of Education-Building swag, consider this Your Minnesota Weekend: Last Chance of Summer Edition.
by Meg Martin

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Photo gallery: Welcome to the fair

Photo gallery: Welcome to the fair

The Minnesota State Fair kicked off Thursday morning and marked historic changes, an annual parade of new foods (some on a stick!) and the unofficial start to campaign season.
by Jeffrey Thompson and Jennifer Simonson

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State Fair 4-H kid's cow a real 'diva'

State Fair 4-H kid's cow a real 'diva'

Today is the first day of the Minnesota State Fair and throughout the fair we are going to introduce you to some of the more interesting animals you might encounter. This morning, 12-year-old Liz Jabs, a 4H kid from St. Charles, Minnesota tells us about her short horn heifer that she will be showing today.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Minnesota State Fair opens: What's new

Minnesota State Fair opens: What's new

The gates at the Minnesota State Fair opened this morning, as they will for the next 12 days, ending on Labor Day. There's some historic changes at the Fair this year. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Minnesota Public Radio reporter Tim Nelson who was at the Fair when the gates opened.
by Cathy Wurzer and Tim Nelson

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The ice bucket challenge and other good causes: Do stars really help?

The ice bucket challenge and other good causes: Do stars really help?

It's been the social media hit of the summer -- some of the world's biggest celebrities dousing themselves with buckets of ice water to raise money for ALS, better known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.
by Roff Smith

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Carver County teen crowned Princess Kay of the Milky Way

Carver County teen crowned Princess Kay of the Milky Way

To kick off Jeni Haler's official duties, she will sit in a refrigerated cooler for six hours while a 90-block of butter is sculpted in her likeness.
by Jon Collins

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2014 fair offers new ways to meet, eat, retreat

2014 fair offers new ways to meet, eat, retreat

Transit hub, new gateway are among the changes fairgoers will notice this year.
by Tim Nelson

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Appetites: Eating at the fair for fun -- and science

Appetites: Eating at the fair for fun -- and science

The Great Minnesota Get-Together kicks off tomorrow, and as anyone who's ever sampled the bacon, or candy bars, or alligator, on-a-stick knows, food is an integral part of the experience.
by Steven John

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What kids' drawings say about their future thinking skills

What kids' drawings say about their future thinking skills

At age 4, many young children are just beginning to explore their artistic style. These early works may be good for more than decorating refrigeratorsand cubicles, researchers say.
by Maanvi Singh

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Video: Foraging for wild mushrooms, finding something more

Video: Foraging for wild mushrooms, finding something more

Mike Kempenich forages for wild mushrooms all around Minnesota, which he then sells to chefs in the Twin Cities. In the process of finding mushrooms and teaching others to find them, he found something of his own.
by Jennifer Simonson

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