Dayton stresses fairness in taxation
Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Mark Dayton said in Morris on Monday that getting the state's richest people -- including members of his family -- to pay fair share of taxes would help heal ailing economy
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The Lac qui Parle Valley High School was in a partial lockdown today after a threatening e-mail was received, according to a news release from Principal Jon Fulton.
High court tackles unallotment case
The Minnesota Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in a case that could have major budgetary implications for the state
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As the Verndale City Council struggles with what to do with its two municipal liquor stores, a state auditor’s report for the year concluded Dec. 31, 2008 shows Verndale lost the fifth-highest amount of money from operations in all of Minnesota.
Westrom fights federal bulb law
Rep. Torrey Westrom, R-Elbow Lake, wants to draw attention, and fight, a federal plan to stop the sale of traditional incandescent light bulbs.
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All hail the festival of St. Urho, held this past weekend in Menahga. His saintness is alleged, in Finnish folklore, to have eradicated a locust of grasshoppers feasting on the country’s sparse grape crop.
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Parts of west central Minnesota are looking a little greener this week.
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I believe part of our sports apathy came from my dad, who was too busy farming to care about sports. It’s a good thing, too. With all those females monopolizing the TV, he rarely got to watch anything that didn’t star Robby Benson
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Concordia College Associate Professor Michelle Lelwica, author of the book “The Religion of Thinness,” argues that weight loss and the quest to be thin in the U.S. function like a false god and a pseudo-religion
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Nobody tells Jon Bon Jovi he can’t go home, but the 23,000-some fans at the Fargodome will welcome him back here any time.
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Discovery of long-time overbilling is like pennies from heaven for St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Moorhead. Well, more like greenbacks
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More volunteers pitching in as Red reaches flood stage early
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Would-be actors audition for movie to woo Google to Twin Ports
It’s all to woo Google to choose Duluth-Superior for its super high-speed fiber-optic service
RELATED CONTENTTwo injured in Cass Lake accident Saturday afternoon
A two-vehicle accident Saturday afternoon on U.S. Highway 2 west of Cass Lake resulted to injuries to two individuals
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