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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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Increase in natural gas production could slow interest in Minn. wind power

Increase in natural gas production could slow interest in Minn. wind power

Minnesota is the nation's fourth largest producer of wind energy, but a potential game-changing development in natural gas production could erode interest in wind power.
by Mark Steil

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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 Sounds: sole ocean port rumbles with cargo, air horns

Minnesota Sounds: sole ocean port rumbles with cargo, air horns

Duluthians barely notice the deafening whistles and fog horn blasts that are part of area shipping, but the boats, and their sounds, remain a big draw for tourists.
by Marc Sanchez

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Kick the tires on the National Broadband Map

The federal government has released its much-awaited National Broadband Map.
by Dave Peters

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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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Leaving Riverview Circle

Leaving Riverview Circle

The Johnsons have given up on fighting the Red River.
by Bob Collins

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Hunters take deer to test for wasting disease

Hunters take deer to test for wasting disease

The fatal brain disease, known as chronic wasting disease, or CWD, was found in one deer last fall south of Pine Island. It can also affect elk and moose. Beginning Monday, state officials will order a deer-feeding ban Monday to reduce the spread from deer-to-deer.
by Elizabeth Baier

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