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Cultures grow on each other in community garden

Cultures grow on each other in community garden

Jaime Villalaz and Lyle Danielson didn't know each other until they started working on a community garden that is helping Long Prairie Latino residents build a farmers cooperative and bridging a town racial gap.
by Jennifer Vogel

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Minn. not on track to meet goal of broadband for all

Gov. Mark Dayton's year-old task force on broadband says Minnesota is not on track to meet the state's 2015 goals of making high-speed Internet access available to every household by 2015.

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At center of immigration debate, journalist Jose Antonio Vargas wants to 'Define American'

At center of immigration debate, journalist Jose Antonio Vargas wants to 'Define American'

Immigration reform is likely to be in the national spotlight early next year, as the Obama administration and Congress seek to fix a system that's widely viewed as broken. The people at the center of the debate -- some who have been living and working in the U.S. without legal permission for years -- are increasingly making their voices heard. One is a widely known former journalist who will be speaking in Minneapolis tonight.
by Sasha Aslanian

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Event raises $100K plus for NE Minn. food shelves

Event raises $100K plus for NE Minn. food shelves

Food shelves in northern Minnesota will benefit from an event Tuesday evening hosted by Minnesota's incoming Senate Majority Leader, Tom Bakk.
by Julie Siple

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How to revitalize rural America

How to revitalize rural America

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said last week that rural America is "becoming less and less relevant" after an election where Democrats won despite heavily Republican rural districts. We'll talk about ideas to revitalize rural America.

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Part 12: Minnesota forgets her history

Part 12: Minnesota forgets her history

For a short time after the war, Wingerd says, Minnesotans were triumphant at having beaten back the savage Indians. They relished the story. But then the events fade from memory.

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Part 4: The white government pressured tribes for land

Part 4: The white government pressured tribes for land

To get more of the story, Gwen and I drive to a small museum. From the outside, it looks like one of those wayside rest buildings. It sits on Highway 169 about 15 miles north of Mankato, just outside St. Peter, the town where I went to college.

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Part 6: The buildup to war

Part 6: The buildup to war

Gwen Westerman and I have driven west, out on the prairie, for the next part of the story -- the buildup to the war.

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Part 8: The war spreads across the prairie

Part 8: The war spreads across the prairie

The morning after Little Crow's speech, and after the murders at the Acton farm -- Aug. 18, 1862 -- several hundred Dakota warriors, led by Little Crow, started their assault at the federal outpost that sat on their land: the Lower Sioux Agency.

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Part 11: The condemned end up in Mankato

Part 11: The condemned end up in Mankato

Back in Mankato, we're in an old park, which is a favorite place of mine. This same spot is where the Dakota men ended up -- the ones who turned themselves in after Henry Sibley promised to treat them fairly. And it was where many of them were condemned to death.

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