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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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Throngs remember Stanley Crooks

Mourners from around country bid farewell to one of the nation's most influential tribal leaders.

Updated: August 29, 2012, - 09:48 PM

Retracing the war that shaped Minnesota

Important sites help tell the tale of the bloody U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 that helped define early Minnesota.

Updated: August 25, 2012, - 10:49 AM

Sacred stone carves a legacy

The soft, blood-red stone is still quarried by hand at Pipestone National Monument, a practice that dates back 3,000 years.

Updated: August 24, 2012, - 08:20 AM

For Minnesotans, fair days ahead

Attendance varies, but the State Fair endures as a ritual celebrating summer's bounty and Minnesota's traditions.

Updated: August 22, 2012, - 03:07 PM

Will new flu strain close the Swine Barn at Minnesota State Fair?

With one case confirmed in Minnesota, disease expert Michael Osterholm says the State Fair staple should be closed to the public this year.

Updated: August 21, 2012, - 09:43 AM

Dakota cross border to a 150-year-old welcome home

Dakota are welcomed from exile in ceremony at South Dakota-Minnesota line.

Updated: August 17, 2012, - 09:55 PM

Little Crow's legacy

He travels far in a failed effort to recruit bands to join the revolt. With a bounty on his head, a decision to slip back into Minnesota proves to be a fatal error.

Updated: August 16, 2012, - 10:23 PM

LITTLE CROW'S LEGACY

He travels far in a failed effort to recruit bands to join the revolt. With a bounty on his head, a decision to slip back into Minnesota proves to be a fatal error.

Updated: August 16, 2012, - 06:33 PM

Reaching back to touch the past

A century and a half after the U.S.-Dakota War, Harry Lamson, an 82-year-old retired state trooper, sits in a cottage on the shores of Lake Superior, cradling a double-barreled, muzzle-loading gun with a cracked stock.

Updated: August 16, 2012, - 06:32 PM