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    October 8, 2018
    Katie Pinke
    The Pinke Post: Finding fashionable workwear made for women
    It's not every day you meet someone with a degree in apparel and textile marketing who works in the agriculture industry. That's the case for...
    business/agricultureOctober 8, 2018 - 6:00am
    August 27, 2018
    A worker hands an object to local archaeologist Susan Mulholland (right) for examination on Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, at a excavation site along Arlington Avenue near Arrowhead Road. Steve Kuchera / Forum News Service
    Empty coffins, possible bone found in Duluth construction dig
    DULUTH — Fifty empty, lidless wood coffins and a possible human leg bone have been found buried in the ground along Arlington Avenue in...
    business/transportationAugust 27, 2018 - 5:56pm
    August 22, 2018
    Crews to work on Highway 197 rail crossing Monday
    BEMIDJI—According to the Minnesota Department of Transportation, northbound motorists on Highway 197/Washington Avenue in Bemidji will...
    newsAugust 22, 2018 - 5:40pm
    August 7, 2018
    Red pine logs are shown in this 2006 file photo. Forum News Service
    Minnesota looking to attract 'mass timber' producers as alternative to steel for building construction
    DULUTH — A burgeoning industry based on a relatively new type of material may be coming to Minnesota. Known as mass timber, the material...
    business/manufacturingAugust 7, 2018 - 7:54am
    July 14, 2018
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    Minnesota's prevailing-wage laws a 'win-win-win,' researcher says; critics call for changes
    ST. PAUL—Are Minnesota's rules setting pay on state-funded public construction projects a boost for skilled labor or a barrier for workers...
    business/workplaceJuly 14, 2018 - 9:19am
    July 2, 2018
    Inventor Greg Amundson holds a spool of InstraTrim, a caulking alternative he developed that is soon to be sold at Walmart, in his garage/lab in Scandia, Minn. on Wednesday, June 27. John Autey / St. Paul Pioneer Press
    Minnesota man invents new way to seal cracks then seals deal with major retailer
    SCANDIA, Minn.—Greg Amundson couldn't sleep. His home-building company had collapsed, and he lay awake worrying about how he was going...
    business/small-businessJuly 2, 2018 - 12:38pm
    April 21, 2018
    Highway 2 roadwork meeting in Cass Lake
    BEMIDJI — An open house will be held on Tuesday, April 24, in the drum room of Leech Lake Tribal College to learn more about this summer's...
    newsApril 21, 2018 - 2:13pm
    March 7, 2018
    Soil testing is underway beneath the I-35 "Can of Worms" in Duluth to determine what kinds of loads it can support during the reconstruction, where proposed elevated roadways will be brought to ground level. Bob King / Forum News Service
    MnDOT studying how to bring elevated freeway to the ground in Duluth
    DULUTH—The estimated $205 million reconstruction of the "can of worms" section of Interstate 35 through Duluth isn't scheduled to begin...
    news/traffic-and-constructionMarch 7, 2018 - 8:28pm
    February 4, 2018
    Artist view of the the observatory and "Nightsky Patio" for public observing on top of Marshall W. Alworth Hall. Courtesy of UMD
    Dreaming of the stars: Observatory dome returns to UMD as part of larger plan
    MOOSE LAKE, Minn. — An observatory dome is a curious machine — one that appears static but is dynamic when put to use. It's got a...
    news/educationFebruary 4, 2018 - 6:05am
    January 9, 2018
    Expansion of the West Central Regional Juvenile Center at 729 11th St. N. in Moorhead is underway on Friday, Dec. 22, 2017. Michael Vosburg / Forum News Service
    Moorhead's 11-county juvenile detention center to get $7.5 million expansion
    MOORHEAD, Minn. — The juvenile detention center here is doubling its capacity with a $7.5 million expansion and renovation of its existing...
    newsJanuary 9, 2018 - 5:01pm
    December 24, 2017
    Workers for Morcon Construction, which contracts with the U.S. Postal Service, work to convert a former hunting shack into the new Embarrass (Minn.) Post Office. Janna Goerdt | Special to Forum News Service
    Special delivery: Embarrass, Minn., to get town hub back with return of post office
    EMBARRASS, Minn.—There will be space to linger, catch up with friends and neighbors, and talk about the weather with the postmaster. Oh,...
    news/government-and-politicsDecember 24, 2017 - 6:00am
    December 14, 2017
    Buildings of the Essentia Health campus fill this view of Duluth's Central Hillside as seen from the air earlier this year. Forum News Service file photo
    Essentia envisions multimillion-dollar investment in downtown Duluth campus
    DULUTH, Minn.—Essentia Health plans to make its largest investment ever in its Duluth campus over the next few years. "We've made important...
    newsDecember 14, 2017 - 6:37am
    October 12, 2017
    Justin Anderson, assistant boatbuilder, adjusts a boat clamp on the Norwegian faering that's being built at the Magic Smelt Shop. Bob King /Forum News Serviceplay button
    Youth help build Norwegian style boat in Duluth
    DULUTH, Minn.—Shipwright John Finkle has been working with a crew of volunteers for the past 10 months to construct a wooden boat in a...
    newsOctober 12, 2017 - 9:04pm
    October 8, 2017
    Members of the Northern Bedrock Historic Preservations Corps added sections to scaffolding standing next to the original Saint Mary & Joseph’s Catholic Church on Thursday, Oct. 5. The workers are replacing the cedar shake roof and rebuilding the 133-year-old structure’s bell tower. (Steve Kuchera / Forum News Service)
    Youthful crew giving life to 133-year-old house of worship on Fond du Lac Reservation
    SAWYER, Minn. — Deacon Bryan Bassa stood on the bare ground in the filtered light of a small log building. The fragrance of wet earth and...
    newsOctober 8, 2017 - 6:00am
    September 30, 2017
    Lane closure Monday for roundabout work
    BEMIDJI -- As construction continues on the roundabout on Division Street and Jefferson Avenue, contractors will close one lane of traffic Monday. The paving contractor will be starting bituminous removal to the east near the intersection with Park Avenue and to the west off-ramp...
    newsSeptember 30, 2017 - 9:30am
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