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Archives for September 2011

Around MN: BWCA fire approach defended, Lynx roll, head shop to resume “bath salt” sales

Michael OlsonMichael Olson September 23, 2011, 8:09 AM Sep 23, 2011

“Knowing now what happened over the last 20 days, if we had known that back then, we would have done things differently,” said Mark Van Every, district ranger for the western part of the Superior National Forest.

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Around MN: Goodbye Iran, fake pot raid, the rise of Romney

Michael OlsonMichael Olson September 22, 2011, 9:25 AM Sep 22, 2011

“We’ve lost a ton of business, Ya know, well over, well over $10,000 a day in incense” — Jim Carlson, owner Last Place on Earth, on what a police raid means for store sales.

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Goodbye Iran

Paul TostoPaul Tosto September 21, 2011, 2:57 PM Sep 21, 2011
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The crisis of the American hikers imprisoned in Iran ended today. Here’s what we know.

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Around MN: Fire fizzles, online students falling behind

Michael OlsonMichael Olson September 20, 2011, 8:00 AM Sep 20, 2011

The Pagami Creek fire in the Boundary Waters is 23 percent contained, area residents question the approach to the fire.

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Minn. Children’s Museum to open in Rochester

Elizabeth BaierElizabeth Baier September 20, 2011, 7:30 AM Sep 20, 2011

(Photo courtesy Minnesota Children’s Museum) The Minnesota Children’s Museum has announced it will open a satellite museum in Rochester in early 2012. The opening will make the MCM one of the few children’s museums in the country to open a second location, according to museum officials. “Opening a second museum in Rochester will allow MCM Read more →

Corn disease spreads in Minnesota

Mark SteilMark Steil September 19, 2011, 6:32 AM Sep 19, 2011

University of Minnesota extension plant pathologist Dean Malvick says reports of the Gross’s leaf blight have increased ‘dramatically’ this year in the state

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Around MN: Cutting a line in the Pagami Creek fire

Michael OlsonMichael Olson September 15, 2011, 9:54 AM Sep 15, 2011

Crews endured sleet and snow as they continue to battle the largest fire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in decades.

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Around MN: Blackhawk helicopters dropping water on BWCA fire

Michael OlsonMichael Olson September 14, 2011, 6:09 AM Sep 14, 2011

Calmer winds slow growth of Minnesota wildfire

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Food shelves seek younger volunteers

Julie SipleJulie Siple September 13, 2011, 3:25 PM Sep 13, 2011

Food shelves aim to recruit more young people to volunteer alongside seniors Dennis Weeks couldn’t be happier with the volunteers at the Manna Food Pantry in Worthington, Minn. There’s just one problem: They’re getting old. “Five to 10 years from now, my current crop of volunteers will all be gone,” said Weeks, who worries about Read more →

Glow-in-the-dark cats help with AIDS research

Elizabeth BaierElizabeth Baier September 12, 2011, 2:46 PM Sep 12, 2011

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester are using glow-in-the-dark cats in the fight against AIDS. The clinic announced Sunday that researchers have developed a genome-based immunization strategy to fight feline AIDS and find ways to combat human HIV/AIDS and other diseases. Researchers said the goal is to create cats with intrinsic immunity to the Read more →

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