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Greater Minnesota

Bill Lawrence, Minn. tribal watchdog, dies

Bill Lawrence, a journalist who was a watchdog of Minnesota's tribal governments for more than two decades, has died after a fight with prostate cancer. He was 70.

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Teen indicted in Red Lake homicide

A federal grand jury has indicted a 19-year-old man in a stabbing death on the Red Lake Indian Reservation last month.

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Police seek help in finding firefighter's killer

New Brighton police are asking for the public's help in solving the murder of a retired firefighter.

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Deaths of newlyweds called likely murder-suicide

Authorities say it appears the deaths of two newlyweds in the southeastern Minnesota town of Nodine were a murder-suicide.

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Fergus Falls man charged in fatal shooting

Devin Gray appeared Wednesday before Otter Tail County District Judge Mark Hansen as charges of second-degree manslaughter and failing to render assistance were read to him.

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Baldwin Township: A Portrait

Baldwin Township: A Portrait

For generations, Baldwin Township was populated almost entirely by family farms, vacation cabins and seemingly endless groves of pine trees. Then, in the early 1990s, this tiny slice of rural Minnesota became one of the fastest growing communities in the state.
by Nikki Tundel

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Excel Dairy fighting shutdown in court

Excel Dairy fighting shutdown in court

A large dairy farm will be in court Thursday fighting the state's decision to close it down.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Alcohol was a factor in La Crosse river death

Final autopsy results show alcohol intoxication contributed to the death of a La Crosse college student whose body was found in the Mississippi River.

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