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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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Money woes test school quality

With nearly half the state budget funding education, opportunities are drying up amid looming deficit.

Updated: March 22, 2011, - 02:40 PM

Wisconsin left divided between anger, relief

The protests and vote in Madison have left the state deeply split, no less so citizens of western Wisconsin.

Updated: March 10, 2011, - 11:03 PM

From bomb tech to novelist, and home again

From bomb tech to novelist to law school, Cody gets around, but comes home in the end.

Updated: March 05, 2011, - 05:10 PM

Working in the Wright place at the right time

For five years now, Chad Korby has worked as a mechanic and gas station attendant in a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed station in Cloquet.

Updated: February 26, 2011, - 10:21 PM

An against-the-tide tax hike in Illinois

A hefty increase in income and corporate taxes has drawn mixed reviews in state with $15B deficit.

Updated: February 21, 2011, - 12:21 PM

135 miles: Do or die

Trekking the equivalent of St. Paul to Iowa while dragging a sled behind you on 30-below nights might seem a sadistic death sentence to most.

Updated: February 09, 2011, - 07:43 AM

Beth Pinkney: The calm behind the Winter Carnival crazy

After years on green golf courses, Beth Pinkney is back on home ice, running the St. Paul Winter Carnival through its 125th year.

Updated: January 22, 2011, - 10:14 PM

Adventure in the Andes

A hike in Ecuador's Andean highlands - with stops at historic estates along the way - gives travelers an up-close, slowed-down glimpse of a country rich in scenery and culture.

Updated: January 15, 2011, - 06:57 PM

Suspicious package at St. Paul church wasn't explosive

A suspicious package inside a St. Paul church had police blocking traffic along several blocks Friday morning, until police determined it was not explosive.

Updated: January 14, 2011, - 10:19 AM