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WASHINGTON -- Congress by a wide margin approved the first increase in automobile fuel economy in 32 years Tuesday, and President Bush has signaled he will accept the mandates on...

WILLMAR -- A multi-faceted plan that would provide $70 million in new money for economic development in rural Minnesota could help counties with high unemployment and low population be better...

THIEF RIVER FALLS - Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., told a roomful of farmers and other interested people Monday that he won't support an extension of the current farm bill if...

BENSON -- Ethanol fuel production discussions baffled Dale Tolifson during early meetings of Chippewa Valley Ethanol Co. more than a decade ago. "We could have just as well have been...

OLIVIA -- For most of the country, the Christmas shopping countdown starts today. For retailers in rural communities in west central Minnesota, the countdown began sometime in October or early...