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President Trump has made his wealth a big story for his entire life. It's the very underpinning of his popularity. Now the New York Times has published a blockbuster story about how he got rich, and it seems to be lost in the usual noise that surrounds this president.
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Garrison Keillor will remain persona non grata in Vermont after a book festival where he was scheduled to appear pulled the plug on a fundraiser.
Duluth is learning what other cities have learned in recent years: it's really hard to fire people who shouldn't be cops. Even when cities fire the cops, an arbitrator usually reinstates them.
First Mauer, now Rosen. Minnesota loses another legend
Mark Rosen, the dean of TV broadcasting in the Twin Cities, is retiring after 50 years, WCCO has announced. That's 50 years with one employer.
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Scratch one smokestack from the banks of the Mississippi
The huge twin smokestacks in Alma, Wis., not far downstream from Lake Pepin, have been a landmark along the Mississippi River since the power station was built in 1947. Today, they blew one of them up.
The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that the family accepts that Student Doe, who played JV soccer last season, didn't make the big team, but he didn't make the JV squad either. They say they were told the JV openings went to freshmen and sophomores because they have more time to polish their skills and help the big team.