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Lifestyle

Ojibwe author David Treuer's journey at Leech Lake

Ojibwe author David Treuer's journey at Leech Lake

David Treuer, an Ojibwe Indian from the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota, speaks at the Minneapolis Central Library as part of the Hennepin County Library's "Talk of the Stacks" series. His new book is titled, "Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life."

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Writer travels Europe with a 1963 guidebook

Writer travels Europe with a 1963 guidebook

Cathy Wurzer talks with Minneapolis writer Doug Mack. His new book, "Europe on Five Wrong Turns a Day" chronicles his travels through Europe with a 1963 Frommer's guide.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Dining with Dara: Locally grown tomatoes in winter

Dining with Dara: Locally grown tomatoes in winter

If you've been in a Minnesota grocery store during the last year you've surely noticed them: Minnesota tomatoes, being sold in months that shouldn't have Minnesota tomatoes -- months like March, April and May. Our food and dining correspondent, Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine's Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, explains this tomato phenomenon.
by Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl

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Q&A: How to prepare your garden

Following an unseasonably warm spring, sprouts and buds are already appearing in some parts of Minnesota. Is there a right time to plant or does it depend on what the weather is like in a given year?
by Tom Crann

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DNR reservation system to go back online Thursday

DNR reservation system to go back online Thursday

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will resume taking reservations for state park campgrounds and cabins on a limited basis later this week.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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How welcoming is Minnesota to newcomers?

How welcoming is Minnesota to newcomers?

MPR News reporter Laura Yuen debuts the first part of her series examining what it means to be a newcomer in Minnesota.
by Laura Yuen

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BWCA wildfire aftermath includes campsite closures

BWCA wildfire aftermath includes campsite closures

With just a few weeks before the spring camping season opens in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, the U.S. Forest Service expects as many as 76 campsites on 23 lakes to be unavailable in a hangover from last year's big Pagami Creek fire.
by Steve Karnowski, Associated Press

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Dining with Dara: Spring restaurant preview

Dining with Dara: Spring restaurant preview

As winter comes to a close in Minnesota, restaurant watchers are starting to think about spring. Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl of Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine talks with MPR's Tom Crann about the dining trends she's noticing this spring.
by Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl

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BWCA visitors now older, more educated

BWCA visitors now older, more educated

A new report on the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness shows visitors are now older and more educated compared to the 'typical visitor' in the 60s, when the government designated the land as a wilderness area.
by Tom Weber

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