Greater Minnesota

May 13, 2011 5:00 AM

First Nations United plan fishing protest on Upper Red Lake

The members hope to get ticketed by state DNR enforcement officers to raise treaty rights issues in the courts. Red Lake tribal officials say they're not part of the effort and don't support it.

by Tom Robertson

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May 12, 2011 7:13 PM

Mayors, school leaders decry GOP education bill

Mayors and superintendents from Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth say the bill would cut literacy programs for children.

by Dan Olson

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May 12, 2011 5:00 AM

Sediment from farm runoff poses a threat to Lake Pepin

The upper third of the scenic lake in the Mississippi could be filled in over the next 100 years. An MPCA draft report cites farm runoff as a major cause, but state officials have little leverage to compel changes that could save the lake.

by Stephanie Hemphill

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May 11, 2011 5:00 AM

Ojibwe bands still upset about treaty rights battle with state

Minnesota is approaching another walleye fishing opener this weekend, but there is still no resolution to a treaty rights dispute between the state and two Ojibwe bands in northern Minnesota.

by Tom Robertson

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May 10, 2011 5:00 AM

Fargo researchers using nano technology to grow replacement bones

Developing techniques may soon allow surgeons to implant replacement bones grown from the patient's bone marrow cells.

by Dan Gunderson

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May 10, 2011 5:00 AM

Twin Cities Presbyterians could clear the way for gay clergy

If Twin Cities church leaders vote to remove a requirement that ministers and lay leaders be faithfully married heterosexuals or celibate singles, it would be the final vote needed to ratify the change nationally.

by Sasha Aslanian

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May 9, 2011 4:04 PM

Minn. to get $5M for Minneapolis-Duluth rail line

A proposed high-speed rail line between Minneapolis and Duluth is getting $5 million from the federal government.

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May 9, 2011 10:00 AM

AT&T official says merger would help rural Minn., N.D.

An AT&T official says the company's proposed merger with T-Mobile USA would improve technology in rural areas of the upper Midwest, but some residents and lawmakers remain skeptical.