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Photos: In Otter Tail County barn, sheep shearing takes center stage

Photos: In Otter Tail County barn, sheep shearing takes center stage

Fiber enthusiasts, assorted volunteers and a skilled sheep shearer gathered at Northcroft Farm in west-central Minnesota to tend to 30-some ewes and their woolly fleeces.
by Ann Arbor Miller

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Photos: Coping with winter in the Boundary Waters

Photos: Coping with winter in the Boundary Waters

A Minnesota couple is spending a year in the BWCA in an effort to draw attention to the environmental hazards the wilderness faces.
by Michael Olson

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That's cold: Walsh misses short field goal with seconds left; Vikings lose

That's cold: Walsh misses short field goal with seconds left; Vikings lose

Blair Walsh's 27-yard field goal try hooked left with 22 seconds remaining, handing the Seattle Seahawks a 10-9 victory over the stunned Vikings in the frigid cold.

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Photos: Vikings beat Packers, claim NFC North

Photos: Vikings beat Packers, claim NFC North

With Sunday's 20-13 win over the Green Bay Packers, the Minnesota Vikings claimed the team's first division title since 2009.
by MPR News Staff

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Photos: Finally, snow

Photos: Finally, snow

The storm may not have been as big as the forecast promised, but it brought what many Minnesotans have been longing for: snow.
by Alex Kolyer and Courtney Perry

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Photos: Behind the scenes at a 'Dream' of a Nutcracker

Photos: Behind the scenes at a 'Dream' of a Nutcracker

The St. Paul Ballet staged six sold-out performances of "Clara's Dream," made up of excerpts from The Nutcracker ballet.

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Photos: Visual poetry in southwest Minnesota

Photos: Visual poetry in southwest Minnesota

Tamie Steffen Hornstein's appreciation for the land -- dotted with fence posts and weathered outbuildings -- runs deep.
by Ann Arbor Miller

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Photos: Snow withdrawal? Here's some north country winter beauty for you

Photos: Snow withdrawal? Here's some north country winter beauty for you

If you've been longing for a white Christmas, there's not much hope in the southern part of Minnesota. Head north, though, and there's a bounty of winter beauty.

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