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After 30 years, Minnesota's longest paved bike path is finally finished

After 30 years, Minnesota's longest paved bike path is finally finished

The Mesabi Trail cuts a 165-mile path across northern Minnesota’s Iron Range. Officials will celebrate the trail’s completion with a ribbon cutting Tuesday in Tower.
by Dan Kraker

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Many Minnesotans don’t value aquatic plants. The state’s lakes are paying a price.

Many Minnesotans don’t value aquatic plants. The state’s lakes are paying a price.

Native aquatic plants help keep lakes healthy, reduce erosion and are a safeguard against invasive species. Yet they get a bad rap as a nuisance, and property owners often remove them with chemicals or machines.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Federal report finds Rapidan Dam removal will have beneficial effects on Blue Earth River

Federal report finds Rapidan Dam removal will have beneficial effects on Blue Earth River

A federal report indicates that removing the partially collapsed Rapidan Dam will have long term beneficial effects on fish and other aquatic life in the Blue Earth River. Severe flooding caused the dam to fail in June of 2024.
by Hannah Yang

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Retired from Nordic skiing, legend Jessie Diggins tackles the Superior 100 mile race

Retired from Nordic skiing, legend Jessie Diggins tackles the Superior 100 mile race

Five months after retiring from professional cross country skiing, gold medalist Jessie Diggins is tackling another extreme sport, running ultramarathon trail races. The 35-year old from Afton began running the grueling Superior 100 on Friday.
by Dan Kraker and David Schaper

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Why the devastating Boundary Waters wildfires are critical for a healthy Minnesota forest

Why the devastating Boundary Waters wildfires are critical for a healthy Minnesota forest

The wildfires that burned 70,000 acres of the canoe wilderness this summer left behind a charred landscape, but also set the stage for a rebirth of northern Minnesota’s boreal forest.
by Dan Kraker

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Northern Minnesota wildfires now fully contained; BWCAW forests already sprouting new growth

Northern Minnesota wildfires now fully contained; BWCAW forests already sprouting new growth

The wildfires burning for more than two months in northern Minnesota are finally fully contained, according to officials with the Superior National Forest. Even in some of the most intensely fire damaged forestland, regrowth and forest regeneration is already underway.
by Dan Kraker and David Schaper

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Meet Trapper, the dog helping Minnesota's DNR sniff out invasive zebra mussels

Meet Trapper, the dog helping Minnesota's DNR sniff out invasive zebra mussels

Invasive zebra mussels have infested five percent of Minnesota’s treasured lakes, rivers and waterways, where they gobble up nutrients that native fish and plants need. So to keep them from spreading, the state’s Department of Natural Resources is using specially trained K-9s to sniff them out.
by Catharine Richert

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Minnesota is losing hospital obstetrics units faster than most states, new data finds

Minnesota is losing hospital obstetrics units faster than most states, new data finds

Minnesota is one of only eight states that lost more than 20 percent of hospital-based labor and delivery units since 2010. It’s part of a nationwide trend of hospitals closing birthing centers across the U.S, especially in rural areas, where obstetrics services tend to be too expensive to staff for the relatively few babies delivered each year.
by Molly Castle Work

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How the State Fair launched the career of a Minnesota culinary icon

How the State Fair launched the career of a Minnesota culinary icon

Beatrice Ojakangas, 92, who won blue ribbons at the fair as a teen, went on to write more than 30 cookbooks, hobnob with cooking legends and invent one of the most famous frozen finger foods.
by Dan Kraker

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