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The Duluth beer-beef cycle

Dave Peters November 29, 2012, 9:45 AM Nov 29, 2012

Duluth brewers and restaurateurs Tim Nelson and Rod Raymond are recycling the spent grain from beer-making and using it to feed cattle they hope to serve patrons next spring.

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In the wake of Little Falls: Rural crime numbers

Dave Peters November 27, 2012, 10:35 AM Nov 27, 2012

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The shooting death of two apparent burglars in Little Falls provides an opportunity to note that rural crime rates aren’t what some think.

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Broadband

Broadband adoption in Minnesota hits three-quarters but slows

Dave Peters November 14, 2012, 4:20 PM Nov 14, 2012

Three-quarters of Minnesota households now have high-speed Internet connections, according to a new survey by the Center for Rural Policy and Development.

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Broadband

Blandin picks another nine broadband communities

Dave Peters November 14, 2012, 12:00 PM Nov 14, 2012

The Blandin Foundation picked the Fond du Lac Band of Chippewa, Itasca Economic Development Corporation, Kanabec County, Lake County, Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services, Lake of the Woods County Economic Development Agency, Lac qui Parle Valley School District, Mille Lacs County and the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe as recipients of community grants to increase the adoption of Internet use by residents.

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Broadband

DFL Legislature could make a difference for broadband

Dave Peters November 13, 2012, 4:37 PM Nov 13, 2012

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Minnesota’s newly elected DFL-controlled Legislature might be more receptive to expanding high-speed access to the Internet, says former House speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher.

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Broadband

Another rural broadband effort emerges

Dave Peters November 13, 2012, 2:50 PM Nov 13, 2012

Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Aitkin, Carlton and Pine counties have begun talking about how they can solve their broadband problems together. They brought their plight to the state’s task force on broadband.

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Diversity

Latinos and voter ID

Dave Peters November 9, 2012, 10:08 AM Nov 9, 2012

Outstate Minnesota cities with high concentrations of Latino residents split their vote on the photo ID constitutional amendment question in Tuesday’s election.

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