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Curt Brown

Reporter | General Assignment

Phone: 612-673-4767

In addition to covering regional issues and writing profiles, Curt contributes to the “Escape Artists” travel blog and writes bi-weekly Sunday “My Minnesota” mini-profiles, offering a sense-of-place look at intriguing Minnesotans.
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Old boat is a whale of a project

Every spring, volunteers from around the Midwest gather to scrape, paint and refurbish a unique beached museum: the last whaleback steamer.

Updated: May 13, 2011, - 02:56 PM

The story of baseball's longest game is a fast read

Barry reconstructs that day, and night, and day, in 1981 when two minor-league teams were tied until the 33rd inning.

Updated: April 23, 2011, - 01:45 PM

A fraud or a tempest in a teacup?

Local schools inspired by St. Cloud native Greg Mortenson's work hope to use flap as a teachable moment.

Updated: April 19, 2011, - 10:50 AM

She pulls in parents with Starr power

In Brooklyn Center, one woman is on a personal mission to get parents involved in their children's education.

Updated: April 16, 2011, - 10:01 PM

Gas prices drive new habits

Possible $4-a-gallon gas has buses packed and bike lanes jammed.

Updated: April 12, 2011, - 09:48 AM

Accommodating autism: Where's the fine line?

A Minnesota church's efforts to bar a severely autistic 13-year-old boy from its Roman Catholic mass, saying he's a danger to others, illustrates the difficulties that surface when institutions and parents of autistic children intersect.

Updated: April 06, 2011, - 02:51 PM

State pushes back on designer drugs

From 2C-E to synthetic pot to hallucinogenic bath salts, state leaders try to stay on top of ever-changing designer drug market.

Updated: March 30, 2011, - 11:30 AM

This big-fish story has no hook, line or sinker.

Up on Elephant Lake, another generation grows up amid moose, wolves and huge bluegills.

Updated: March 26, 2011, - 05:24 PM

Up on the aerial lift bridge, a room with a view

To get to Ryan Beamer's office, you walk through the wind on the harbor side of the 81-year-old aerial lift bridge, the iconic landmark that spans the Duluth Ship Canal. Then you climb 25 narrow steel stairs to the bridge's pilot house.

Updated: March 23, 2011, - 02:23 PM