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Duluth’s Spirit Mountain celebrates 50 years of skiing
Spirit Mountain Recreation Area, which opened its ski slopes in 1974 with support from the state legislature and the city of Duluth, celebrates its 50th anniversary this weekend.
Celebrating the winter solstice with a puppet procession in Minneapolis
People carried lanterns and larger-than-life handmade puppets to Powderhorn Park to celebrate the arrival of astronomical winter and, with it, increasingly longer days.
Little Falls baby shop owner faces prison after admitting loan fraud scheme
The U.S. Small Business Administration named Baby’s On Broadway Minnesota’s woman-owned small business of 2023 but the U.S. Attorney’s Office says she used a phony supplier and fake invoices to secure $9 million in financing from two lenders.
Expert calls spread of bird flu to Midwest a ‘wait-and-see’ situation
A farm worker in Barron, Wis., is recovering from mild illness after being infected with bird flu. And in California, cows at 645 farms have tested positive for bird flu and the dairy industry has been hit so hard in that state that California has declared a state of emergency.
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The reason for warmer Minnesota winters: Less snow
Hotter summers and scorching temperatures might be a go-to thought when you think of climate change, but most of Minnesota’s warming has actually been taking shape during the winters.