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Greater Minnesota

Man pleads guilty to Bois Forte tribal HQ arson

A 20-year-old Nett Lake man admits he set fire to the Bois Forte Reservation Tribal Center in northern Minnesota over the summer.

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Man sentenced in fatal veterans home beating

A 45-year-old man who had been living at the Hastings Veterans home was sentenced Monday for the fatal beating of a fellow resident.
by Madeleine Baran

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Proposed Iron Range electric plant takes step forward

A proposed coal gasification power plant on the Iron Range has taken a big step forward, but still needs customers.
by Bob Kelleher

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Slideshow: First day on the Northstar

Slideshow: First day on the Northstar

Photos from the first official day of operation of the new Northstar commuter rail line.

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Downstream towns worried about Red River diversion

Residents living downstream from Fargo, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn., along the Red River fear their towns would be sacrificed in a diversion plan to save the two larger cities from chronic flooding.
by Dave Kolpack, The Associated Press

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Clearwater to host dryland dog sled race

Clearwater to host dryland dog sled race

Since starting her mushing career in 2006, Mariah Ahlert has raced in places like Montana, Wisconsin and Minnesota races in Frazee and Bemidji. This weekend, Ahlert will race much closer to home.

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Hunting season not bringing in as many bucks to merchants

Hunting season not bringing in as many bucks to merchants

The deer hunting season is underway in Minnesota, but the northern Minnesota economy isn't getting as much of a boost as it often does. Stricter bag limits, combined with a weak economy, mean hunters are spending fewer dollars on the sport.
by Tom Robertson

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Duluth council election goes to recount

Duluth elections officials will conduct a ballot recount next Thursday, in response to a request by a city council candidate who lost by 153 votes.
by Madeleine Baran

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Longtime Minn. farmer dies of exposure, brother hospitalized

Longtime Minn. farmer dies of exposure, brother hospitalized

A 95-year-old man from northwestern Minnesota is hospitalized after he went out looking for his older brother who had wandered off. The brother later died.

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PUC approves Prairie Island power increase

PUC approves Prairie Island power increase

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has approved a plan for Xcel Energy to increase the power it produces at its Prairie Island nuclear plant, and to store more radioactive waste on site.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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