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Duluth’s Park Point residents air property tax concerns in wake of Cargill purchases

Duluth’s Park Point residents air property tax concerns in wake of Cargill purchases

Residents of Duluth’s Park Point gathered this week to air concerns about rising property values and taxes — worries that have grown in the wake of billionaire Kathy Cargill’s high-profile purchases of several homes in the neighborhood.
by Dan Kraker

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Art and history come together in ‘Fur Trade Nation: an Ojibwe’s Graphic History’

Art and history come together in ‘Fur Trade Nation: an Ojibwe’s Graphic History’

Artist Carl Gawboy has used his thirty years of experience teaching the history of fur trade relations on Turtle Island, also known as North America, to create hundreds of illustrations depicting stories of Ojibwe people and lifeways centered on entrepreneurship and freedom.
by Melissa Olson

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American Crystal Sugar Company heavily fined for air quality violations

American Crystal Sugar Company heavily fined for air quality violations

Moorhead based American Crystal Sugar Company has been fined $350,000 for air quality violations. Under a new state law, a portion of that money will go to a local community health board.
by Dan Gunderson

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Duluth’s Park Point named one of country’s top beaches

Duluth’s Park Point named one of country’s top beaches

Duluth’s Park Point, which has been in the news for months as speculation swirls around billionaire Kathy Cargill’s plans for her recent real estate purchases there, is now garnering headlines as one of the top beaches in the country.
by Dan Kraker

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State senator arrested on suspicion of burglary at Detroit Lakes home

State senator arrested on suspicion of burglary at Detroit Lakes home

Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell, DFL-Woodbury, was arrested early Monday morning without incident, police said, and no weapons were involved. She was booked into the Becker County jail.
by MPR News Staff

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Red Lake Nation goes on a sales trip to India to discuss trade, walleye and wild rice

Red Lake Nation goes on a sales trip to India to discuss trade, walleye and wild rice

India is now the world’s most populous nation with 1.4 billion people. This week a representative from the Red Lake Nation will look to tap into that giant market by joining a U.S. trade mission to New Delhi.
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Rochester police investigating racial slur on bridge

State Patrol was first to respond and removed the cups that spelled out the derogatory term before local police could arrive. 
by Catharine Richert

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Wright County deputy shoots man outside Dollar General in Montrose

The sheriff’s office said the man refused to comply with commands and brandished a firearm. It’s the second officer-involved shooting in Wright County this year.
by MPR News Staff

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