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Ron Schlimme, right, manager of the Wheaton Dumont Co-op Elevator, talks Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, to Big Stone County Commissioner Brent Olson, left, and Gov. Tim Walz about what the co-ops grain elevator in Clinton meant to the town and the people it supported. A July 25 fire destroyed the building.

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Gov. Tim Walz visits site of Clinton's grain elevator fire

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Kandiyohi County urges residents to get vaccinated and start wearing masks again as COVID-19 cases rise

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Renville County sees sudden rise in COVID-19 cases

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'A form of mental torture': Iowa man sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for harassing, cyberstalking west central Minnesota woman

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021 announces that the statewide Conviction Review Unit is accepting applications from Minnesota inmates who say they are innocent and want to be exonerated. Sarah Mearhoff / Forum News Service

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Minnesota inmates can apply for conviction review under new statewide program

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Tyler Austin (right) celebrates a home run with Triston Casas during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics at Yokohama Baseball Stadium in Yokohama, Japan on August 4, 2021. Jorge Silva / Reuters

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At the Games: Team USA teams marching towards gold

Track and Field

Americans push each other as another hurdles record falls

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Area Notebook: Willmar youth softball wins 2 league titles

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Letters

Gary Lierman: Response to Paul Hoffer

Editorials

American Opinion: Bankrupted by medical debt

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Editorial cartoon for Aug. 4, 2021

Business

Spectators at the North Dakota State University Agronomy Seed Farm annual field days, July 19, 2021, get a glimpse of one of the Mobile Recon LLC’s drones under test to determine whether they could effectively plant cover crops. Photo taken July 19, 2021, at Casselton, N.D. Mikkel Pates / Agweek

Agriculture

Public sees first North Dakota drone test for seeding

Agriculture

Blattner family continues its dynasty in Produce Plus corn stands

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‘Harvest Hosts’ invite ‘boondockers’ to park RVs at farms as new part of agritourism

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We visit a North Dakota winery (with two golf courses) on this episode of 'Backroads with Audra Mari'

Art

Arts calendar published July 28, 2021

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Artists wanted published July 28, 2021

Northland Outdoors

The Minnesota River Valley south of Granite Falls provided the scenery and backdrop for 54 participants in the inaugural Bluenose Gopher 50 Gravel Race. The 50-mile race on the back roads of the rural area demonstrated the growing popularity of gravel bike riding as an opportunity to enjoy the outdoors and the benefits of taking the path less traveled.
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Gravel races take bicycling into new territory

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Magic on the prairie

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Hunting down the best anglers of all

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Choice Bank in Medina, North Dakota, was located in a building that had served as a bank in the small community for more than 100 years. The bank planned to close on July 30, 2021.
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Columns

Another small-town service goes away

Columns

AgritourismSD launches to drive agritourism growth

Columns

McFeely: St. Paul legislator a stain on DFL

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Moorhead inventor creates lawn mower trimmer attachment

Agriculture

Public sees first North Dakota drone test for seeding

Government and Politics

Back in person, agriculture leaders at Farmfest prep 'farmer-driven solution' on climate change

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Health Fusion: A common weed becomes a superfood

Coronavirus

Study: Psychiatric conditions, cancer raised risk of poor outcomes from COVID-19 among young people

Coronavirus

Kandiyohi County urges residents to get vaccinated and start wearing masks again as COVID-19 cases rise

Local Sports

BOLD's Drew Sagedahl goes in for a layup during a Section 2A playoff game against Sleepy Eye on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at Bird Island.

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Hengstler-Ranweiler Award: Sagedahl keeps the trophy at BOLD

Sports

Hengstler-Ranweiler Award: Honor means a lot for Litchfield's Stilwell

Sports

Area Notebook: Willmar youth softball wins 2 league titles

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Funeral service listing published Aug. 4, 2021

Funerals

Funeral service listing published Aug. 3, 2021

Crime and Courts

Granite Falls man sentenced to 60 months for possessing guns and ammo

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U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) celebrate outside the U.S. Capitol Building after an announcement that the White House intends to extend the eviction moratorium in place because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., August 3, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

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U.S. CDC announces new 60-day COVID-19 eviction moratorium

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Investigators say New York Governor Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women

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New York becomes first U.S. city to mandate COVID vaccines to enter restaurants, gyms

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We visit a North Dakota winery (with two golf courses) on this episode of 'Backroads with Audra Mari'

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Enjoy North Dakota foods with these Banquet in a Field favorites

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Salonen: Birthday celebration brings unexpected guest

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