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Energy producers finding ways to fill Big Stone II gap

Energy producers finding ways to fill Big Stone II gap

It's been about a month since we learned the proposed Big Stone II power plant won't be built, and it's not clear what's going to replace the electricity it was supposed to generate.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Parked rail cars an unwelcome neighbor in Lakeville

Parked rail cars an unwelcome neighbor in Lakeville

Due to the bad economy, about 300 empty rail cars parked on the tracks around parts of suburban Lakeville, and it's a scene that's become familiar in cities and towns around the country.
by Rupa Shenoy

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2 killed in Minn. wrong-way crash near Cottonwood

Two drivers were killed when a car headed the wrong way on a southwestern Minnesota highway and collided head-on with another vehicle.

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MN Discovery Center gets money to reopen library

The shuttered Minnesota Discovery Center in Chisholm is getting money to keep the heat on and to reopen its research library.

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Rushford levees need $1 million

Rushford levees need $1 million

City officials in Rushford have learned that the levees protecting need more than $1 million in improvements for recertification by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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Coldwater Spring, near Mississippi River, to become parkland

Coldwater Spring, near Mississippi River, to become parkland

A former federal research site along the Mississippi River that contains a 10,000-year-old natural spring will be opened to the public as parkland, the National Park Service announced Monday.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Many Minnesota schools seeing enrollment increase

Many Minnesota schools seeing enrollment increase

Many school districts in Minnesota have more students in kindergarten this year, and it appears to be the beginning of a rebound from years of steady decline in enrollment.
by Tom Robertson

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Day care provider's son arrested in molestation

Police have arrested the son of a St. Cloud day care provider in the alleged molestation of a 5-year-old girl.

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