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July 1, 2011 6:48 AM

Pew study on social networking doesn’t find that trusting rural nature

Rural residents use social networking sites more than they used to but still less than suburban and urban residents.

by Dave Peters

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June 30, 2011 11:37 AM

Rural = No turn signals cuz everybody knows where I’m going

Definitions of what it means to be rural.

by Dave Peters

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June 30, 2011 8:03 AM

Defining what rural means without using the word ‘zucchini’

Defining “rural” has always been difficult. In the end, how you define it depends on what you want to accomplish.

by Dave Peters

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June 29, 2011 8:03 AM

FCC commissioner urges greater broadband adoption

FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn told the National Rural Assembly that more needs to be done to get poor people to get and adopt use of the Internet.

by Dave Peters

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June 29, 2011 3:41 AM

Rural gathering focuses on — what else? — national security

The National Rural Assembly in St. Paul, Minnesota, kicked off Tuesday evening with an address by Navy Captain Wayne Porter and Marine Colonel Mark Mykleby on the need to shift the U.S. approach to national security.

by Dave Peters

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June 28, 2011 12:02 PM

Rural health providers and the need to collaborate

Clinton MacKinney urged rural health care providers to move toward the accountable care organizations envisioned in the 2010 national health care reform law.

by Dave Peters

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June 28, 2011 4:15 AM

Advice to rural Minnesota: Look beyond the physician

Rural health care needs to get beyond the physician and use other health care providers, technology and other approaches, a number of participants argued at the Minnesota Rural Health Care Conference in Duluth.

by Dave Peters

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June 27, 2011 9:15 AM

Sediment clouding the river: Getting to conversations about why

A seminar in Mankato sought to explore issues related to sediment in the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers from the perspective of the farming community.

by Jennifer Vogel