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    August 3, 2017
    U.S. Rep, Collin Peterson of Minnesota talks to a Farmfest visitor before a U.S. House Agriculture Committee listening session Thursday, Aug. 3. Don Davis / Forum News Service
    Minnesota gives ideas for farm bill
    REDWOOD FALLS — Crop insurance. Organic agriculture. Young farmers. Conservation. Sugar help. Vaccine. Feeding the poor. International...
    newsAugust 3, 2017 - 10:32pm
    August 1, 2017
    Little Falls man dies in ATV crash
    LITTLE FALLS, Minn. — A 30-year-old Little Falls man was killed Sunday when the all-terrain vehicle he was driving crashed on a driveway approach...
    newsAugust 1, 2017 - 11:50am
    Former Cottage Grove pastor sentenced in child porn case
    MINNEAPOLIS — A former youth pastor in Cottage Grove, Minn., is heading to prison for sending sexually explicit images of children to others on social media sites, authorities say. William Leonard Helker, 47, of Pine City, was sentenced in federal court in Minneapolis this past...
    newsAugust 1, 2017 - 10:31am
    June 19, 2017
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    Lone Star ticks, meat allergy creep toward Minnesota
    ST. PAUL — To most, the Lone Star tick might just seem like another pesky insect. But this tick, which has had scattered sightings across...
    newsJune 19, 2017 - 2:47pm
    June 4, 2017
    Authorities ID wrong-way driver who died in crash Duluth bridge
    Authorities ID wrong-way driver who died in crash Duluth bridge DULUTH — Authorities on Saturday identified the wrong-way driver who died after causing a pair of freeway crashes in Duluth on Friday as a 77-year-old man from the Twin Cities metro area.
    newsJune 4, 2017 - 9:28pm
    March 18, 2017
    Preschoolers Gavin Wilcox, left, and Hayley Chouanard look at books before reading time Jan. 18 in Meghan Reiman's class at Jefferson Learning Center in Willmar. The class is supported by $155,000 in grant funding the Willmar School District received to expand prekindergarten. Gov. Dayton said Friday he wants to put $100 million of new money into preschool. (Briana Sanchez / Tribune file photo)play button
    Dayton wants more for prekindergarten
    ST. PAUL — Gov. Mark Dayton on Friday proposed putting more money into preschool education and the state's reserves, at the same time that...
    newsMarch 18, 2017 - 8:32am
    March 8, 2017
    Hen turkeys live their lives in a Minnesota production facility. Farmers who raise them are preparing for potential bird flu outbreaks in 2017. Minnesota Turkey Growers Association photo / Forum News Service
    Minn. poultry industry on 'higher alert' for bird flu outbreak
    ST. PAUL — Minnesota's poultry industry is on high alert. This week marks the second anniversary of the beginning of a bird flu outbreak...
    newsMarch 8, 2017 - 7:57pm
    February 28, 2017
    A large bull moose runs through the snow near Swamp River in Cook County in northeast Minnesota during January's aerial moose survey of Northeastern Minnesota. Moose numbers have remained relatively stable in recent years but are still far below numbers of a decade ago and show no signs of improving. Photo by Mike Schrage
    Minnesota moose herd stable but still down
    Mike Schrage / Special to Forum News Service A large bull moose runs through the snow near Swamp River in Cook County in northeast Minnesota...
    newsFebruary 28, 2017 - 11:10pm
    Grand jury indicts man for wife's murder
    WADENA, Minn. — A grand jury has indicted a Wadena man in connection to his wife's murder nearly four months ago — on the same day...
    newsFebruary 28, 2017 - 11:01pm
    Undated courtesy photo of Peter Holmes Berge. Special to the St. Paul Pioneer Press
    Friend: Lawyer who killed St. Paul jogger found to have brain tumors
    ST. PAUL—The driver jailed in a crash that killed a jogger last week in St. Paul has since been hospitalized and found to have brain tumors,...
    newsFebruary 28, 2017 - 10:59pm
    Charges: Man befriends ex's family, friends on fake Facebook page before posting nudes of her
    ANOKA, Minn.—First he created a fake Facebook page under his ex's new boyfriend's name. Next he started "friending" people, including the...
    newsFebruary 28, 2017 - 10:58pm
    February 22, 2017
    Minnesota state Sen. Julie Rosen of Vernon Center and Rep. Dave Baker of Willmar talk about their legislation to fight opioid addiction on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Don Davis / Forum News Service
    Ex-opioid addict: Doctors only want to prescribe 'pills, pills, pills, pills'
    ST. PAUL — Cindy Woldstad lived in pain, then became hooked on opioid painkillers. While being treated in Hibbing, doctors only wanted...
    newsFebruary 22, 2017 - 11:25am
    Brandi Jewett / Forum News Service file Drone pilot Andrew Schill flies a newly unveiled airframe during the UAS Summit and Expo on Aug. 24, 2016, in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy will partner with the Federal Aviation Administration to research inspecting electric grids using unmanned aircraft.
    Xcel, FAA research using drones to inspect electric lines
    GRAND FORKS, N.D. — A regional electricity provider will work with the Federal Aviation Administration to help form policies for inspecting...
    newsFebruary 22, 2017 - 12:04am
    February 20, 2017
    Minnesota state Rep. John Considine, D-Mankato, says during a House floor session Monday that lifting Minnesota's ban on Sunday liquor would benefit only "big box" retailers and hurt small business. (Maureen McMullen / Forum News Service)
    Sunday liquor sales, banned since statehood, inch forward in Minnesota
    ST. PAUL — Minnesota representatives lifted their glasses to Sunday liquor store sales, the first time either chamber of the state Legislature...
    newsFebruary 20, 2017 - 8:23pm
    Snow illegally placed on roadway may be reported to local police
    Question: What should I do about my neighbor who blows the snow from his driveway into the street? I do not know who to report this to. This...
    newsFebruary 20, 2017 - 11:45am
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