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Duluth city councilors Patrick Boyle and Sharla Gardner are 

 against a Arizona-style immigration bill that's being considered in the Minnesota Legislature. The 

 the two will introduce a resolution against 

The bill would require local police officers to enforce federal immigration laws. Opponents to the law, including the St. Paul and Minneapolis police chiefs, say it would erode necessary trust among immigrant communities. Duluth councilor Jay Fosle told the 

, "If someone's afraid to call the cops, they probably shouldn't be here in the first place."

Minnesota's iron ore industry has bounced back to full speed this spring, less than two years after hitting rock-bottom -- one of the fastest turnarounds in a century of mining (

Aside from flood buyouts, real estate action slow on Red River

Fargo City Assessor Ben Hushka said a quick search by his office found only one sale of a house on the river since Jan. 1, 2009, that wasn't a flood buyout. Moorhead had four such sales during the same time period (

 has the latest on the statewide flooding scenario.

There are people who wish winter was over already.  I don't think these people have spent a day enjoying the Boundary Waters Canoe Area during the winter (

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Two Duluth city council members will introduce a resolution against a proposed bill in the Minnesota legislature that would require local police to enforce federal immigration law.

Duluth city council considers opposing anti-immigration bill

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