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Greater Minnesota

Parkers Prairie man missing after fire destroys home

Otter Tail County sheriff's officials say a rural Parkers Prairie man is missing after a fire destroyed his home early Tuesday.

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Mothers of deployed soldiers find support in numbers

Mothers of deployed soldiers find support in numbers

Many soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan left mothers here at home, some of whom have turned to Blue Star Mothers for support and these groups are helping a new wave of moms cope with their children's deployments.
by Elizabeth Baier

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2 arrested after Minn. ice-fishing house blown up

Rochester police say a man and teenager used a homemade explosive device to blow up an ice-fishing house over the weekend.

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Minn. animal shelter to reopen after 4 puppies die

The Humane Society in Otter Tail County will reopen this week after an animal virus forced it to shut down two weeks ago.

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3 dead in domestic dispute SW of Mankato

A 28-year-old man who had a restraining order against him shot and killed the woman who took out the order, killed her stepfather, then took his own life Sunday at a home near Lewisville, southwest of Mankato, authorities said.

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Red Bulls ready to return from Iraq

Red Bulls ready to return from Iraq

National Guard members with the 34th Infantry Red Bull Division are coming home to Minnesota over the next few weeks, after spending the past year in Iraq.
by Ambar Espinoza

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Researchers offer a new idea for ditches

Researchers offer a new idea for ditches

A new research project in rural Adams will study how tweaks in ditch design affect the amount of sediment and nutrients leaving it. Known as a two-stage drainage ditch, it's said to be the first of its kind in southeast Minnesota.

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North Star Foods won't rebuild St. Charles plant

North Star Foods won't rebuild St. Charles plant

North Star Foods has decided not to rebuild a meat and poultry processing plant in St. Charles that was destroyed by fire last year, eliminating 250 jobs.
by Bill Catlin and Madeleine Baran

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State says atrazine rules are adequate

State says atrazine rules are adequate

The Minnesota Agriculture Department says no changes are needed in the state's regulation of the farm herbicide atrazine.
by Mark Steil

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Panel sets a vision for Minnesota's arts and culture

An advisory panel appointed by the Legislature has outlined a 25-year vision for using Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
by Euan Kerr

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