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    Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton
    Mediation to begin today over veto by Gov. Dayton
    ST. PAUL — Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and the Republican-led Minnesota Legislature are entering court-ordered mediation this week to work...
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    Carl Bretzke creates a painting at Duluth Timber on Monday, Sept. 18, 2017. Bretzke is a member of Plein Air Painters of America whose work will appear in the exhibition “America’s Industrial Landscape” at the Tweed Museum of Art through Nov. 12. The Tweed is hosting an opening reception Friday; the Great Lakes Academy of Fine Arts is hosting a Plein Air Painters of America reception Saturday. Steve Kuchera / Forum News Service
    Plein air artists create pieces for upcoming Duluth exhibits
    DULUTH — On a gray day at Duluth Timber, the plein air painters scattered across the spread of massive wood piles, rusted boats and gravel...
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    Minnesota Lt. Gov. Tina Smith (right) talks with Tina Silverness, chief operating officer at the Center for Alcohol and Drug Treatment, during a tour of the facility on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. Steve Kuchera / Forum News Service
    Lieutenant governor hears Duluth opioid concerns
    DULUTH — The beds have been made at the Duluth Detoxification Center's new opioid withdrawal unit. Now, officials are eager to see them...
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    A long line of people waited outside Mt. Zion Church on Wednesday for the monthly Ruby's Pantry distribution. (Jordan Shearer | Bemidji Pioneer)
    Ruby's Pantry paying off: Monthly food program proves a success in Bemidji
    BEMIDJI—Stacks of eggs, bread, meat and other goods towered high above the floor in Mt. Zion Church as volunteers busied themselves Wednesday...
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    Senate majority leader visits Bemidji to talk veterans home initiative
    BEMIDJI -- State Senate leadership met Wednesday with members of the Northwest Minnesota Veterans Home Task Force in Bemidji to discuss the project’s...
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    Bill Marcil Jr., from left, Christi Offut, Bill Marcil Sr. and Ron Offutt speak during 1 Million Cups on Wednesday, Sept. 20, at The Stage at Island Park, Fargo. Michael Vosburg / Forum News Service
    Two Fargo business moguls share stories, laughs as their kids interview them
    FARGO — Two giants of the region's business world shared some stories and some laughs Wednesday, Sept. 20, during a 1 Million Cups event...
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    Murder charges reinstated in 2013 Alexandria stabbing
    ALEXANDRIA, Minn. — A 30-year-old Alexandria man who had second-degree murder charges dismissed against him three years ago is back in court facing the same charges. On Tuesday, Sept. 19, Kody Lee Klimek was booked into the Douglas County Jail on two second-degree murder charges...
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    Minnesota State Auditor Rebecca Otto
    Otto proposes Minnesota fee on carbon, push to renewables
    ST. PAUL — State Auditor Rebecca Otto on Wednesday, Sept. 20, became the first and maybe only candidate for Minnesota governor to propose...
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    Kathleen Mimbach stands outside her central Minnesota lake home Wednesday, Sept. 20, on Grand Lake in Rockville. Jason Wachter / St. Cloud Times
    Central Minnesota lake neighbor fight turns more ugly as judge orders removal of cabin
    ROCKVILLE, Minn. — A legal dispute between neighbors on Grand Lake in the central Minnesota town of Rockville reached new heights when...
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    Jeanne Strate, left, and Nikki Brein, from Evergreen Youth & Family Services, serve a cup of their chili at the 26th annual United Way of Bemidji Area Chili Cook-Off on Wednesday at the Sanford Center. (Jillian Gandsey | Bemidji Pioneer)play button
    Hot start to fall: United Way holds annual Chili Cook-Off (video)
    BEMIDJI—The United Way of Bemidji Area hosted its 26th Annual Chili Cook-Off to begin the campaign for the community on Wednesday at the...
    news/local2 hours 59 min ago
    YouthBuild accepting applications
    BEMIDJI -- Bi-County CAP YouthBuild is recruiting new students. The program is open to those ages 16 to 24 who live in Cass or Beltrami counties. Participants can earn minimum wage working 29 hours a week, while gaining construction experience; finishing their diploma, GED, or adult...
    news/local3 hours 56 min ago
    Minor in custody after bomb threat at Cass Lake-Bena High School
    CASS LAKE -- A minor is in custody after a bomb threat briefly evacuated Cass Lake-Bena High School on Tuesday afternoon.
    news/local3 hours 57 min ago
    Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's former campaign manager, in New York, May 4, 2016. (Damon Winter/ The New York Times)
    Manafort offered to give Russian billionaire 'private briefings' on 2016 campaign
    Less than two weeks before Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination, his campaign chairman offered to provide briefings on...
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    Authorities had to lift this BMW vehicle driven by a Fargo man to release a man that was dragged underneath the car for a block late Tuesday night in south Fargo. Kim Hyatt / Forum News Service
    Bicyclist in stable condition after being dragged under car for a block in Fargo
    FARGO — A bicyclist was in stable condition on Wednesday, Sept. 20, after he was hit and dragged one block under a vehicle driven by a 71-year-old...
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    Stillwater native, promoting anti-bullying platform, crowned Miss North Dakota
    A 23-year-old Fargo woman has been crowned Miss North Dakota 2017 by the Miss North Dakota Scholarship Organization, Inc. Previously Miss West...
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