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Greater Minnesota

Ecklund wins special DFL primary to replace Dill

Ecklund wins special DFL primary to replace Dill

Ecklund won nearly 44 percent of the vote in the four-way House District 3A primary. He will move on to the general election in December.
by Dan Kraker

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Muskie-walleye war on NW Minnesota lake snags DNR

Muskie-walleye war on NW Minnesota lake snags DNR

Critics say stocking muskie in Otter Tail County's Pelican Lake hurts walleye fishing. The DNR says there's no proof. The questions, however, are pulling the agency waist deep into another Minnesota fish fight.
by Dan Gunderson

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Longtime Brainerd mayor, James Wallin, dies

Longtime Brainerd mayor, James Wallin, dies

Wallin had served as mayor since 1998, and was first elected to Brainerd's city council in 1977.
by Peter Cox

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Climate change affects lakes, walleye in complex ways

Climate change affects lakes, walleye in complex ways

A complicated web of relationships among the species in a lake makes simple explanations hard to come by.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Two things that changed walleye fishing in Minnesota

Two things that changed walleye fishing in Minnesota

Take a drive north and you'll see $50,000 boats and whole communities built off the walleye fishing industry. It wasn't always that way.
by John Enger

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Mine workers, supporters rally on Iron Range

Mine workers, supporters rally on Iron Range

A thousand-plus mine workers and supporters rallied on the Iron Range Thursday in Virginia, Minn. to show their support for new labor contracts for thousands of taconite mine workers who still have jobs after layoffs have racked the industry.
by Dan Kraker

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