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Man arrested after calling police on stolen cell phone

07/03/2008 12:00 AM
Minnesota State News
A 29-year-old Duluth man was arrested early Wednesday after calling police with a cell phone from a purse he’s accused of stealing.

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U.S. Customs, Border Patrol to lease offices in Duluth

07/03/2008 12:00 AM
Minnesota State News
The federal government has reached a lease agreement for new U.S. Customs and Border Patrol offices in Duluth.

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Bemidji woman reported missing

07/03/2008 12:00 AM
Minnesota State News
The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office has issued an “attempt to locate” on a 27-year-old Bemidji woman who has not been seen for at least six days.

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Monticello plant will move spent nuclear fuel outside

07/03/2008 12:00 AM
Minnesota State News
MONTICELLO, Minn. — Months of planning at the Monticello nuclear plant will be put into practice when spent nuclear fuel is moved from an indoor pool to new above-ground storage.

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St. Paul boy hurt in St. Louis County gun accident

07/02/2008 12:00 AM
Minnesota State News
A 10-year-old boy was injured south of Cotton on Tuesday when the weapon he was firing malfunctioned.

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Wal-Mart is ordered to pay for labor law violations

07/02/2008 12:00 AM
Minnesota State News
MINNEAPOLIS — A judge has ruled against Wal-Mart in a class-action lawsuit, saying the discount retailer violated state labor laws 2 million times by cutting worker break time and “willfully” allowing employees to work off the clock.

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Searchers find body of missing man in Iron Range's Maple Lake

07/01/2008 12:00 AM
Searchers found the body of Kenneth Paul LeCocq, 54, Monday afternoon.

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Peterson: no; Oberstar: probably not

06/30/2008 12:00 AM
Minnesota News
ST. PAUL – One Minnesotan discussed for a Cabinet position if Barack Obama wins the presidency says he would not accept any such offer and another made such a move sound doubtful.

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Minnesota House Minority Leader Marty Seifert, R-Marshall, says holding the line on state spending will frame Republican issues this fall, as he spoke during a Thursday night fundraiser for House 4A GOP candidate John Carlson, right, held at the new Diamond Point Park Pavilion. staff photo by Brad Swenson
Minnesota House Minority Leader Marty Seifert, R-Marshall

House minority leader voices Republican positions for 2008

06/27/2008 12:00 AM
Minnesota State News
Republicans want to grow the economy, not tax it into stagnation, says Minnesota House Minority Leader Marty Seifert, R-Marshall.

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Duluth native may reach her Olympic dream tonight

06/27/2008 12:00 AM
Minnesota State News
EUGENE, Ore. — Two girlhood friends may realize very different dreams on the same day — today.

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Teacher faces charges for alledgedly exposing himself

06/27/2008 12:00 AM
Minnesota State News
A Zumbrota-Mazeppa High School teacher faces misdemeanor charges following allegations that he exposed himself while driving alongside a busload of high school girls.

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Co-workers remember a friend

06/27/2008 12:00 AM
Minnesota State News
MAPLE GROVE, Minn. – Julie Steiskal was the hub of activity at Maple Grove’s Church of the Open Door.

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Temperance River claims two lives; one from Maple Grove

06/27/2008 12:00 AM
Minnesota State News
A day of hiking and rock climbing ended tragically Wednesday when members of a church group waded into the Temperance River to cool off and wash up.

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A barged-based crane lifts into place a precast section of the new Interstate I-35W bridge in Minneapolis. Another barge carries each of 120 sections into place, then the crane lifts it for workers to attach the section to the growing bridge.  staff photo by Don Davis
A barged-based crane lifts into place a precast section of the new Interstate I-35W bridge in Minneapolis.

I-35W bridge growing together

06/25/2008 12:00 AM
Minnesota State News
MINNEAPOLIS – North and south ends of the new Interstate 35W bridge rapidly grow toward each other over the Mississippi River.

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Pawlenty names Appeals Court judges

06/25/2008 12:00 AM
Minnesota State News
ST. PAUL – Gov. Tim Pawlenty named three new Minnesota Appeals Court judges Tuesday, including a former co-worker and a Duluth attorney.

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Oil traders blamed for prices

06/24/2008 12:00 AM
Minnesota News
MINNEAPOLIS – Politicians and those affected by high fuel prices from Minnesota to Washington, D.C. say an arcane system of buying and selling oil futures – without any oil actually changing hands – has doubled prices.

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Duluth Downtown Council to get grants for cigarette butt survey

06/24/2008 12:00 AM
Minnesota News
They’re an unsightly pox on downtown sidewalks, alleys and doorways and they amount to bushels of debris that wash into storm sewers and eventually Lake Superior.

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Biomass study finds feasability, but cost may not be worth it

06/23/2008 12:00 AM
Minnesota News
Cutting small trees and brush for energy can be done without harming Minnesota’s northern forests, but the cost to do the work may be more than the profit.

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