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Biden, Trump pitch to voters in northern Minnesota

Biden, Trump pitch to voters in northern Minnesota

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, who is leading in most Minnesota polls, made his economic case for president Friday during a low-key appearance at a carpenters union hall near Duluth. The president rallied his supporters at the airport in Bemidji.
by Dan Kraker, Brian Bakst and John Enger

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Sign of the times: Politics roil Bemidji

Sign of the times: Politics roil Bemidji

The presidential campaign comes to Minnesota Friday with Democrat Joe Biden in Duluth and President Donald Trump headed to Bemidji. Trump is expected to draw huge crowds and probably some protesters. Bemidji is Trump country — but it’s also divided and agitated. 
by John Enger

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Fall colors emerge just in time for the start of autumn

Fall colors emerge just in time for the start of autumn

Tuesday is the first day of autumn, but it’s already feeling like fall. And according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ fall color map, we’re well on our way to what seems to be a promising fall season.
by Madison Moroder

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Boundary Waters designated a dark sky sanctuary

Boundary Waters designated a dark sky sanctuary

Late last month the International Dark Sky Association designated the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness as a dark sky sanctuary — one of only 13 in the world. It's part of a broader effort to promote the region along the border between northeastern Minnesota and Canada as a mecca for stargazers, and to protect its dark skies. 
by Dan Kraker

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Trump, Biden surrogates bring campaign messages to Minnesota

Trump, Biden surrogates bring campaign messages to Minnesota

Minnesota is getting extra attention from the campaigns of Donald Trump and Joe Biden this week. Donald Trump Jr. led a “Make America Great Again” rally in Duluth on Wednesday night. Jill Biden spent about an hour Wednesday morning touring an elementary school in Prior Lake and meeting education leaders in Minnesota.
by The Associated Press, Brian Bakst and Dan Kraker

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Trump, Biden and the road to 270 electoral votes

Trump, Biden and the road to 270 electoral votes

With Election Day just eight weeks away, former Vice President Joe Biden is maintaining the same comfortable lead in most national polls that he enjoyed through the summer. He also has an advantage, though narrower, in many of the battleground states that will decide the election. But President Donald Trump remains in striking distance.
by The Associated Press

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Trump's rural support puts Democratic bulwark Minnesota in play

Trump's rural support puts Democratic bulwark Minnesota in play

The president hopes that what led to victory in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania will extend to Minnesota, where his response to COVID-19 and racial justice protests has support in rural areas.
by Mark Zdechlik

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Minnesota man rescued after 4 days trapped under fallen tree

Minnesota man rescued after 4 days trapped under fallen tree

The 59-year-old was cutting down oak trees Aug. 27 near Redwood Falls when a one of them fell and landed on his legs, according to the Redwood County Sheriff's Office. He was found Monday in a ravine about 100 yards from his house with both of his legs pinned.
by The Associated Press

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In Duluth, shoring up Superior's encroachment on Park Point

In Duluth, shoring up Superior's encroachment on Park Point

For the past several years, cities and property owners along the Great Lakes have been battered by big storms and high water. That includes the Duluth neighborhood of Park Point, the 7-mile sand spit that juts out into Lake Superior from downtown. Now there’s an effort to rebuild it. 
by Dan Kraker

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Teen drowns after rescuing children from Clearwater Lake

Witnesses told deputies a group of children had been swimming near the dam when some of them were caught up in the churning water that was coming over the dam. The water level at the dam was considerably higher due to the large amount of rain recently, according to officials.
by The Associated Press

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