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Minn. Supreme Court to hear suicides case appeal

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a former nurse convicted of searching out suicidal people in online chat rooms and...

news Thu, Oct 18, 2012 - 3:09pm

Voter ID ensures integrity of elections

I am greatly disappointed with the Vote No for Voter ID folks who assert that requiring a photo ID to vote is somehow an undue hardship. It seems that folks...

opinion / letters Wed, Oct 17, 2012 - 11:58pm

Vote ‘no’ for civil rights for everyone

To marriage amendment supporters: You are probably not a bad person; you probably have your reasons for voting “yes” on the marriage amendment. You probably are not hateful, mean and...

opinion / letters Wed, Oct 17, 2012 - 11:51pm

Minn officials now tracking concussions at schools

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Department of Health is now tracking concussions at 42 high schools. The information will give Minnesota medical professionals a better sense of concussion recovery for...

news / education Wed, Oct 17, 2012 - 9:54am

Vote ‘no’ to keep the conversation open

I’m writing today in hopes of connecting with a few people who believe that they don’t know any gay people. Maybe, though, you know me. I’ve been with my fantastic...

opinion / letters Tue, Oct 16, 2012 - 12:52am

Minnesota reports 5th fungal meningitis case

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Department of Health says the number of confirmed fungal meningitis cases in the state linked to tainted steroids has risen to five. Department...

news Mon, Oct 15, 2012 - 11:15am

Groups ask MN Supreme Court to block wolf season

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Two groups have asked the Minnesota Supreme Court to block the state's wolf hunting and trapping season. The Center for Biological Diversity and Howling for...

news Mon, Oct 15, 2012 - 11:14am

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Stitching success: Itasca Leathergoods expanding

In the cozy town of Lake George near Itasca State Park, big things are happening for one of its longtime businesses. Itasca Leathergoods, which had operated since 1986 as Itasca...

news / region Fri, Oct 12, 2012 - 8:45pm

Regents to vote on freezing undergrad tuition

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — University of Minnesota regents are considering a freeze on undergraduate tuition. The Board of Regents meets Friday to take up President Eric Kaler's proposed $1 billion biennial...

news / education Fri, Oct 12, 2012 - 12:15pm

Absentee voting more popular this year ; state sees requests top 100K month before election

BEMIDJI – An increasing number of Minnesota voters, including those in Beltrami County, are requesting absentee ballots in advance of November’s general election. “We’re having a good incidence of absentee...

news / local Fri, Oct 12, 2012 - 3:15am

Cravaack has $1.1M for final push in Minn.'s 8th

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Republican Rep. Chip Cravaack says he started October with $1.1 million in the bank for the final weeks of a tough race against Democrat Rick...

news Thu, Oct 11, 2012 - 1:06pm

Police: Slaying suspect stole from camera shop in La Crosse

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Minnesota man charged with killing a father and son at their La Crosse photography store stole $16,000 in camera equipment, police said Thursday. Prosecutors have charged...

news Thu, Oct 11, 2012 - 1:03pm

Minnesota projected to harvest record corn crop

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Despite the drought that parched the rest of the country, 2012 is shaping up as a pleasant surprise for many Minnesota farmers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture...

news Thu, Oct 11, 2012 - 1:02pm

St. Croix bridge project speeded up

STILLWATER, Minn. -- The Minnesota and Wisconsin departments of transportation announced they are accelerating the St. Croix Bridge project by starting construction on the river piers for the bridge foundation...

news Thu, Oct 11, 2012 - 4:19am

Brian Kobilka (left) and his wife, Tong Sun Kobilka, answer questions from reporters after hearing news of Brian Kobilka’s Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday, at his home in Palo Alto, Calif. The Kobilkas met in the 1970s while students at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Linda A. Cicero | Associated Press

Nobel Prize winner was gifted UMD student

By Jana Hollingsworth, jhollingsworth@duluthnews.com DULUTH — Brian Kobilka’s first research project at the University of Minnesota Duluth was studying gene expression in the salivary glands of insects. That was pretty...

news / region Thu, Oct 11, 2012 - 3:43am

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