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Ice cream makers try to eat high ingredient costs

Ice cream makers try to eat high ingredient costs

The cost of the milk, butter fat and sugar that are key to making ice cream have spiked this year, but most ice cream makers haven't passed much of the cost along to customers. They don't feel like they can, saying customers will only pay so much in a down economy, even for high-end treats.

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Powerball winners from Burnsville claim prize

The Minnesota Lottery announced Friday that Thomas and Kathleen Morris of Burnsville have won the Powerball lottery worth nearly $229 million. Lottery officials say it's the largest jackpot ever won in Minnesota.

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MPR News photos of the week

MPR News photos of the week

This week, we checked in on Minnesota's crops, historical figures in puppet form at the Walker Arts Center and the Minnesota Fringe Festival.

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Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl on Minnesota's soda pop tradition

Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl on Minnesota's soda pop tradition

Have you noticed the trend in soft drinks? There's a lot more soda pop available than just Coke, Pepsi and 7-Up. It's a continuation of a tradition here in Minnesota that goes back longer than you might realize. Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, food writer and senior editor at Minnesota Monthly, tells us more about the state's soda pop tradition.
by Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl

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State parks budget whacked twice

State parks budget whacked twice

Minnesota's State Parks officials are starting to figure out how they'll deal with the double whammy their budget took from the government shutdown and the state budget deal that ended it.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Small Minnesota winery highlights homegrown grapes

Small Minnesota winery highlights homegrown grapes

Bottling Days occur once a year at the Richwood Winery, where a half-dozen people who work for wine gather in a garage-turned-laboratory to help fill, cork, cap, box and store 6,000 bottles of the red, white and blue.
by Dave Kolpack, The Associated Press

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