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Minnesota Sounds and Voices

In northern Minnesota, a primeval land of the Lost 40

In northern Minnesota, a primeval land of the Lost 40

Legend has it, this land was spared the ax because surveyors mapped it mistakenly as a wetland. It still wears its name well.
by Dan Olson

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Once living in storage locker, Minneapolis woman finds a home

Once living in storage locker, Minneapolis woman finds a home

Minne' Fire completed college with a degree in early childhood development, and she came to Minnesota nearly 30 years ago to teach. Since then, she has survived cancer and several failed marriages with alcoholic or physically abusive husbands. She's had five children.
by Dan Olson

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Good buzz: U researchers find hope in the thriving urban bee

Good buzz: U researchers find hope in the thriving urban bee

Rooftop bees here hold important clues to the long-term health of the bee population in Minnesota, one of the nation's top honey producing states. The trends appear to show that survival rates and honey production for urban and suburban bees outpace their cousins in farm country, where swaths of bee habitat once flush with nectar and pollen-rich plants have been plowed under.
by Dan Olson

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The natural: Transforming a yard from nasty to native

The natural: Transforming a yard from nasty to native

Even city dwellers can create a welcoming habitat for butterflies, bees and songbirds.
by Dan Olson

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In Norwegian Glee Club, music, fellowship forms ties that bind

In Norwegian Glee Club, music, fellowship forms ties that bind

Norwegian glee club singers from around the Upper Midwest will perform at the Ted Mann Concert Hall in Minneapolis Saturday night. There'll be an orchestra, soloists and a mass chorus of more than 200 male voices.
by Dan Olson

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Students learn to share hardships and hopes through poetry

Students learn to share hardships and hopes through poetry

In their 10th-grade poetry class, students at Central High School in St. Paul wrote poems about nature, dreams, nightmares and survival. But the words didn't come easily.
by Dan Olson

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In Hennepin County, sex ed is more than biology. It's also about relationships

In Hennepin County, sex ed is more than biology. It's also about relationships

Sex education is part of the curriculum in every Minnesota high school. But 32 Hennepin County schools are expanding on the effort through the outreach program, known as TOP, which includes frank discussions on the biology of reproduction and also on healthy relationships.
by Dan Olson

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For Books For Africa founder, a journey that speaks volumes

For Books For Africa founder, a journey that speaks volumes

At 79, Tom Warth remains an enthusiastic fundraiser, enlisting people from corporate boardrooms to elementary school classrooms. On Friday, he'll start a weekend fundraising walk from Taylors Falls, Minn., to the state Capitol.
by Dan Olson

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