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Greater Minnesota

Appeals court overturns sugar beet injunction

Appeals court overturns sugar beet injunction

Environmental groups failed to show that seed plants for sugar beets genetically modified to withstand the popular weed killer Roundup would cause irreparable harm, a federal appeals court said Friday in overturning an injunction that called for the destruction of the plants.

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UW-La Crosse faculty vote on unionization, even as bargaining rights threatened

Faculty at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse campus have decided to go forward with a vote this week on whether to unionize, although the results might be rendered meaningless by Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to eliminate their collective bargaining rights.
by Madeleine Baran

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Fond du Lac Band buys hotel for casino expansion

The Lake Superior Chippewa Fond du Lac Band has purchased on old hotel in downtown Duluth to expand its casino. But, plans to move forward with the expansion are on hold while the Fond du Lac Band fights with the city over its share of casino profits.

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Senate passes broad aviation bill

The U.S. Senate has turned back a proposal to eliminate a program that subsidizes air service to small airports, often in remote communities.

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Minnesota pep band is all guitars and drums

Minnesota pep band is all guitars and drums

With fewer than 50 students, just putting a basketball team on the court takes a significant portion of the student body, so, at first blush, putting a band in the stands might seem out of reach ... and, in a literal sense, it was. Members of the Hope High Pep Band play on the floor in a corner of the gym - all three of them.

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