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Tasting upper Midwest pies with the Heavy Table
Jim Norton and friends at the Heavy Table blog actually took on the task of tasting some 14 pies this weekend from pie bakeries from around the region, and he joined All Things Considered to talk about the results.
Bright Ideas: Chef Isaac Becker
Stephen Smith welcomes Isaac Becker, co-owner and chef of two popular Minneapolis restaurants -- 112 Eatery and Bar LaGrassa. Becker won this year's James Beard award for best chef in the Midwest.
Wadena marks one-year anniversary of tornado
It has been exactly a year since a tornado blew through Wadena, Minnesota, injuring more than 30 people and causing widespread destruction in the community of about 4,000. That tornado hit as Wadena high school alumni gathered for an all-school reunion, which turned into a cleanup. This weekend, the community will gather again, this time to celebrate the year that's passed since the big storm.
MPR News photos of the week
This week we revisited the continuing repair of Metrodome, looked at community gardens and checked in on the effort to save the golden-winged warbler.
Outgoing University of Minnesota President Robert Bruininks is giving up one of his prized possessions - the second-largest walleye caught in Minnesota history.
In Nicollet County, shutdown could take heavy toll
If you want a sense of how nervous Minnesotans might be getting over the pending state government shutdown, Nicollet County is a good place to start. The county has a larger share of state workers than any other in the state.