The number of people struggling to feed themselves and their families is on the rise in the Twin Cities suburbs, visits to food shelves there have jumped 89 percent since 2008, as the loss of jobs and homes in this economic downturn has left more people in trouble, including middle class families that never thought it would happen to them.
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Since blowing up in late August, the Pagami Creek Fire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has burned about 95,000 acres. Hundreds of wildfire specialists from all over the Midwest and Rocky Mountains fought the blaze at a cost of more than $20 million. And now, with winter approaching, we're getting a look at the extent of the charred devastation the fire left behind.
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Every fall the harvest brings the Kaehler family together outside of St. Charles, Minn. Ralph Kaehler is a fifth-generation farmer who raises beef cattle with his wife Mena, and Ralph's brother Ed works the land. The harvest is a ritual that has occurred since the family farm was established in 1880, and Ralph says his sons plan to return to the farm one day to continue the tradition.
The royal couple of Norway participated in a ceremony to rededicate Enger Tower, a five-story octagonal structure built by Norwegian immigrant Burt Enger in 1939 high on a bluff overlooking Lake Superior.
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