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Fargo conference focuses on research and jobs

Fargo conference focuses on research and jobs

The agenda gives a good sense of what industries local leaders are banking on for future jobs.
by Dan Gunderson

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Big changes ahead for Virginia hospital

Big changes ahead for Virginia hospital

The Virginia Regional Medical Center, in the Iron Range city of Virginia, has been struggling for a couple of years. The city-owned hospital is on track to lose $2.4 million this year, according to the Mesabi Daily News. It lost another $1 million between 2008 and 2009. I reported on the hospital’s struggles and those…

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Grain market changes affect Minnesota farmers

This was the type of day on the grain markets that makes Minnesota corn and soybean farmers cheer, while state livestock producers cringe. Grain prices moved sharply higher on a ‘limit up’ day on the markets. Corn and soybeans both rose the daily limit. That’s 30 cents a bushel for corn and 70 cents a…
by Mark Steil

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Koochiching County moves ahead with high-tech garbage solution

Koochiching County has taken another step toward its goal of adopting emerging plasma gasification technology to deal with its garbage.

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Pop art icon leaves his mark in Fargo

Pop art icon leaves his mark in Fargo

Grand Forks-born James Rosenquist went from sign painter to influential figure in the pop art scene. Now his art has a place near his hometown.
by Dan Gunderson

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Mayo Clinic pledges $300,000 for flood recovery

The Mayo Clinic today pledged $300,000 to help with cleanup and recovery efforts in flood-damaged areas of southeastern Minnesota. The donation was distributed equally to the Southeast Minnesota Chapter of the Red Cross, the Salvation Army of Rochester, and the United Way of Olmsted County for flood relief efforts. “This natural disaster has substantially affected…
by Elizabeth Baier

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Northern Minnesota marks 100th anniversary of epic forest fire

Northern Minnesota marks 100th anniversary of epic forest fire

The fire wiped out hundreds of thousands of acres of forest, destroyed much of the town of Baudette, and left little but ashes of the communities of Pitt, Graceton and Cedar Spur
by Dan Gunderson

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Dispatch from northeast Minnesota

Dispatch from northeast Minnesota

Bob Kelleher, who covers northeast Minnesota for Minnesota Public Radio News, reviews important stories on his beat during Morning edition with Cathy Wurzer. He discusses a ban on synthetic marijuana in Duluth, an internal Republican poll that shows GOP challenger Chip Cravaack narrowly training Democratic Rep. Jim Oberstar and an $82 million high speed internet…
by David Cazares

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Granite Falls dam, power plant to be taken down

Xcel Energy is planning to tear down a dam on the Minnesota River. The Twin Cities based company also wants to remove an old coal fired power plant there.
by Mark Steil

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