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MIDDLE AGED PLAGUE Facebook: Sometimes I Like It, Sometimes I Don't
So many people want me to like them, I feel as if I were back in high school or junior high. Thank God I'm not; once was enough. This time around's a little different though. Instead of being accos...
Posted on 4/18/12 at 12:32 PM
COMPASS POINTS Trout to be stocked today at Turtle River State Park
If youre a fan of stream trout fishing, you might want to make a trip to Turtle River State Park west of Grand Forks. Park manager Steve Crandall told me this afternoon the North Dakota Game and Fi...
Posted on 4/10/12 at 3:04 PM
THE NEW FORTY Gained and lost in speculation...
I don't really "know" Lynn Dorn. I served on a committee with her last year and she seemed nice enough. I am not an athletic maven who has interwoven her life with NDSU Athletics (not that there is an...
Posted on 4/9/12 at 1:45 PM
SLOWINGTHERACINGMIND Safe and Surrounded
Yesterday I spent six hours in a car because I had to attend court as part of my job. I am the dean of students at an online school, and I deal primarily with students who have attendance or truancy i...
Posted on 4/4/12 at 5:30 AM
STAFF BLOG THE INSIDE SCOOP Record warmth may hurt maple syrup season
SPICER Its fast approaching maple syrup making time, but this burst of record-breaking warmth may make the season a short one. Dick Clayton, park naturalist at Sibley State Park, is preparing to his...
Posted on 3/14/12 at 11:22 AM
Dayton signs stadium bill 
ST. PAUL -- Rep. Morrie Lanning summed up a stadium bill signing in three words: “We did it.”
By Don Davis , May 14, 2012
Marcils give $1 million to Concordia's Offutt School of Business
MOORHEAD – Concordia’s new Offutt School of Business is getting a million-dollar boost.
By Marino Eccher , May 14, 2012
Four finalists named for Great American Think-Off
NEW YORK MILLS, Minn. — The Minnesota organizers of the 2012 Great American Think-Off have named the four finalists who'll square off in this year's debate.
By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , May 14, 2012
Minneapolis anti-union fighter to be honored as fallen deputy
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minneapolis executive who was killed in a 1934 scuffle with union workers has been added to a law enforcement officers' memorial, a decision that doesn't sit well with some labor historians.
By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , May 14, 2012
Missing man who left group home found at turkey farm near Frazee
FRAZEE, Minn. – A 24-year-old man who went missing from a group home early Saturday was found late Sunday at a turkey farm in rural Frazee, according to the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office.
By Fargo Forum report , May 14, 2012
One hurt, authorities seeking to learn identity of driver and other passengers in Meeker County accident
LITCHFIELD — At least one person was injured in a one-vehicle rollover early Saturday morning in which Meeker County authorities are working to learn the identity of the driver and number of other passengers.
By Tribune News , May 13, 2012
Vikings stadium debate loomed over session
ST. PAUL — Democrats’ term for the just-completed Minnesota legislative session is “do nothing,” but if that is true, the House speaker said it is because of what he calls Gov. Mark Dayton’s top priority.
By Don Davis and Andrew Tellijohn , May 12, 2012
Rukavina retirement saddens all
ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Legislature’s most colorful member is retiring, in part because of a new and politically divisive mood pervading the Capitol.
By Don Davis , May 12, 2012
How area west central Minn. area lawmakers voted on Vikings stadium
Lawmakers in west central Minnesota split on their votes on legislation to construct a Vikings stadium.
By Tribune News , May 10, 2012
Drought breaks for nearly all of Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The drought is officially over for nearly all of Minnesota.
By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , May 10, 2012
Vikings stadium passes House, on to Senate; House adjourned
ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Vikings are close to a new stadium after the House early today approved a construction plan 71-60.
By Don Davis , May 10, 2012
Vikings stadium passes House, on to Senate
ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Vikings are close to a new stadium after the House early today approved a construction plan 71-60.
By Don Davis , May 10, 2012
Cooler tax bill ready for vote
ST. PAUL -- A tax bill once described as “smokin’ hot” tax bill now is closer to lukewarm.
By Don Davis , May 09, 2012
Vikings stadium bill pressed for time as it moves forward at Minnesota Legislature
ST. PAUL – The task of finding a way to build a Vikings stadium falls to six legislative negotiators after the House and Senate passed different plans.
By Danielle Nordine and Don Davis , May 09, 2012
How area senators from west central Minnesota voted on Vikings stadium
One of four area senators cast a note vote against the Vikings stadium plan Tuesday.
By Tribune News , May 09, 2012
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