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Heart and soles: FHS grad will walk to Miami to support Haiti relief efforts

Heart and soles: FHS grad will walk to Miami to support Haiti relief efforts

Sometime early March 27 Jordan Dibb will step out of his apartment near Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis. He’ll say good bye to friends and family, take one last look at his apartment building and start walking east. It’ll be a while before he comes back.

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Editorial: A long walk and a memorable journey

Jordan Dibb has an incredible journey ahead of him. On March 27 the 2005 Farmington High School graduate will leave his Minneapolis home and start walking. By the time he is done he will have covered somewhere in the neighborhood of 2,000 miles and, he hopes, raised at least $100,000 for relief efforts in Haiti.

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DNR trailing cougar across 3 counties; tips offered to avoid confrontation Press Pass Archive

DNR trailing cougar across 3 counties; tips offered to avoid confrontation

Wisconsin News
Biologists with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources have tracked what could be the same cougar through parts of St. Croix, Pierce and Dunn counties in western Wisconsin.

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Trophy buck poached, authorities claim Press Pass Archive

Trophy buck poached, authorities claim

Outdoors
ST. PAUL — Troy Reinke may have killed a record-setting buck last month in southeastern Minnesota.

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Hunter shoots exotic deer in Minnesota Press Pass Archive

Hunter shoots exotic deer in Minnesota

Outdoors
A deer hunter in northwestern Minnesota shot what turned out to be an axis deer Sunday.

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From posh to just unique, deer stands vary greatly Press Pass Archive

From posh to just unique, deer stands vary greatly

Outdoors
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. – Minnesota is smack dab in the middle of the 2009 deer hunting season. For many hunters, that means perching precariously on a small, cold seat high in the trees waiting for a big buck to stroll by.

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Minnesota guide works with National Geographic on documentary about Mississippi Press Pass Archive

Minnesota News
BEMIDJI, Minn. – Terry Larson of rural Cass Lake, Minn. just had time to finish harvesting wild rice and summer berries when a call came in for guide service.

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Buck doesn't stop for Pawlenty Press Pass Archive

Buck doesn't stop for Pawlenty

Outdoors
THIEF RIVER FALLS — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty shot a small buck during the second Minnesota Governor’s Deer Opener in 2004, but since then, the Republican governor’s hunting success has been more elusive than a Democrat who likes his conservative spending policies.

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Deer hunting: Three women share rituals Press Pass Archive

Deer hunting: Three women share rituals

Outdoors
Three women from the Bemidji, Minn., area are preparing for rifle season, which begins Saturday at dawn.

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Hunting at 100: Wes Libbey ready to look for his buck Press Pass Archive

Hunting at 100: Wes Libbey ready to look for his buck

Outdoors
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. — Wes Libbey can still remember the first buck he shot at. A big 12-pointer, he recalled.

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Governor's Deer Opener is in Thief River Falls Press Pass Archive

Minnesota News
One of the most anticipated dates on the outdoors calendar rolls around this weekend with the opening of deer season.

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National Eagle Center celebrates winter migration Press Pass Archive

National Eagle Center celebrates winter migration

Minnesota News
RED WING, Minn. — Eagles, hawks, water fowl and other creatures are on their way.

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Group rescues men from Lake Pepin Press Pass Archive

Group rescues men from Lake Pepin

Minnesota News
LAKE PEPIN -- Wacouta residents Jerry and Jan Nelson and a group of friends feared the worst Sunday evening when they came across an overturned catamaran on Lake Pepin's choppy waters.

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Wisconsin man bags 30-point buck Press Pass Archive

Wisconsin man bags 30-point buck

Outdoors
FOND DU LAC, Wis. — A Fond du Lac man bagged a 30-point whitetail buck by bow.

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Zebra mussels make it to Isle Royale Press Pass Archive

Zebra mussels make it to Isle Royale

Outdoors
Zebra mussels have invaded Isle Royale National Park, with Park Service officials Monday confirming the finding for the first time.

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Video: Read aloud
North Trail Elementary School held a Read Aloud event March 2.