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    May 12, 2016
    Hope, left, and Andrew Schmidt play the central roles of Damon and Pythias, heroine and hero, of “The Spirit of Appleton: In Search of the Stories that Shape Us.’’ (PHOTOS BY TOM CHERVENY | TRIBUNE)play button
    Walking theater event offers a look at the stories that shaped Appleton
    The “Spirit of Appleton’’ is filled with song, dance, humor and lots of drama. A cast of nearly 50 community and area residents will perform...
    entertainment/theaterMay 12, 2016 - 9:38am
    April 20, 2016
    The archaeological survey will identify sites in Lac qui Parle County. In some cases, additional work such as shown above will be undertaken to determine the scope of material that may be present at a site. (SUBMITTED)
    Team to explore Lac qui Parle County’s history
    MADISON — People have made what we know as Minnesota their home since the last glaciers retreated, but we know very little about these first...
    News/localApril 20, 2016 - 11:48pm
    Commentary: Histories that should be secret
    When President Obama departed this week for Saudi Arabia, an incubator of the 9/11 attacks, he left behind a dispute about government secrecy....
    opinion/commentaryApril 20, 2016 - 12:00am
    February 25, 2016
    Col. Sandra Best
    First woman to hold rank of brigadier general in Minnesota National Guard
    Air Force Col. Sandra Best will make history today when she is promoted to brigadier general, becoming the first female officer to hold such...
    News/stateFebruary 25, 2016 - 2:01pm
    February 13, 2016
    William F. Williams
    Bungled St. Paul hanging was Minnesota’s last execution
    ST. PAUL — It took William F. Williams more than 14 excruciating minutes to die when he was hanged Feb. 13, 1906 in the basement of Ramsey...
    News/stateFebruary 13, 2016 - 9:00am
    February 6, 2016
    Despite a steady rain, crowds filled the stands Jan. 23, 2010, to see Eden Prairie and Hermantown play outside during Hockey Day Minnesota in Hermantown. (FORUM NEWS SERVICE)play button
    A look at the history of Hockey Day Minnesota
    DULUTH - From a frigid day on Baudette Bay to rain melting ice in Hermantown to a developing blizzard in Grand Rapids, weather often has played...
    News/stateFebruary 6, 2016 - 5:23pm
    November 29, 2015
    Dean Urdahl grew up hearing tales of the Dakota Wars in Meeker County. play button
    Video: Rep. Dean Urdahl compelled to write
    Dean Urdahl, who was raised and lives in western Meeker County, is a retired history teacher/cross-country coach at New London-Spicer, a State...
    Life/communityNovember 29, 2015 - 8:58am
    November 27, 2015
    Decades-long BWCA fight hangs over PolyMet
    The dummy hanging by its neck from the boom of a logging truck probably was reason enough for Sigurd Olson to turn around and go home. It was July 8, 1977, and tensions in northeastern Minnesota had reached a fever pitch over a proposal to carve out the Boundary Waters as a national...
    News/stateNovember 27, 2015 - 12:16am
    September 28, 2015
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    Video: Civil War actors bring history to life
    History comes to life at the Kandiyohi Historical Society on Saturday where the 2nd Minnesota Battery Light Artillery re-enacts Civil War history...
    News/regionSeptember 28, 2015 - 7:42am
    September 4, 2015
    Lac qui Parle Mission reopens after storm
    WATSON — The Lac qui Parle Mission reopened Thursday. The site had been closed since July 28 after a storm damaged the building and toppled trees on the site. According to a news release, contractors repaired broken rafters and re-shingled the roof. The site will remain open...
    News/regionSeptember 4, 2015 - 12:25am
    August 1, 2015
    Hundreds of motorcycles are parked on Main Street for the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, in August of 2006. (Jonathan Ernst | REUTERS)
    Sturgis may hit 1 million visitors to mark 75 years of motorcycle rallies
    STURGIS, S.D. — Half-mile motorcycle races gave the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally its start in 1938 when local Indian motorcycle dealer J.C. “Pappy”...
    News/nationAugust 1, 2015 - 8:07am
    June 26, 2015
    Commentary: It is time to remember the Korean War
    It was more than 65 years ago — June 25, 1950 — that North Korean tanks rolled acrossed the 38th parallel and invaded South Korea starting the Korean War. This was a war that was never officially declared, was officially referred to as a military engagement, but would become...
    opinion/editorialsJune 26, 2015 - 11:43pm
    June 22, 2015
    The PV-2 Harpoon “Attu Warrior’’ cuts across a summer sky above the Fagen Fighters Museum on Saturday. The museum was host to the Ray Fagen Memorial Airshow. (TOM CHERVENY/TRIBUNE)
    ‘Bombs Away’ air show pays tribute to veterans Saturday in Granite Falls
    GRANITE FALLS — It’s not unusual to find visitors from around the country at the Fagen Fighters World War II Museum located at the Granite...
    News/regionJune 22, 2015 - 12:02am
    June 12, 2015
    Deon Haider, of Sauk Rapids, auditions for a role in the New London sesquicentennial play as directors Ashley Hanson and Andrew Gaylord listen. The play will be performed July 19 on the shore of the Mill Pond as the audience paddles canoes or rides bikes from scene to scene. (CAROLYN LANGE | TRIBUNE)
    Paddling through history
    NEW LONDON — Actors who were so young they could not even read and veteran performers who easily belted out a song were some of the volunteers...
    News/regionJune 12, 2015 - 11:45pm
    May 27, 2015
    Roosevelt Elementary third-graders visit the Guri Endreson Cabin near Lake Solomon, which is northwest of Willmar, Wednesday. The cabin dates to 1858 and was the scene of a massacre that Guri survived during the Dakota War of 1862. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, according to the Kandiyohi County Historical Society website. (TRIBUNE/Rand Middleton)
    Guri Endreson Cabin
    Roosevelt Elementary third-graders visit the Guri Endreson Cabin near Lake Solomon, which is northwest of Willmar, Wednesday. The cabin dates...
    News/localMay 27, 2015 - 11:40pm
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