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Isle Royale considering seaplane service to, from Minnesota
Isle Royale Seaplanes operates its air taxi between Houghton, Mich., and the Lake Superior island park under a contract that runs through 2025. It offers up to five Isle Royale flights a day, with as many as 20 people coming and going.
Warm weather is melting winter economy in Minn., Wis. towns
Small-town festivals and ski races across the region are in danger of being curtailed or canceled, jeopardizing needed tourism dollars.
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SUV driver runs stop sign, fatally hits motorist at C. Minn. intersection
A Twin Cities motorist ran a stop sign in central Minnesota and fatally struck a motorist at a rural intersection, authorities said.
ID'd: Twin Cities semi driver who died in Stearns County crash
A 61-year-old man from Brooklyn Center was killed Saturday when the semitrailer truck he was driving went off the road and hit a grove of trees in Stearns County, according to the State Patrol.
'Prairie Home Companion' to be back next fall with a 26-show season
Host Chris Thile made the announcement as Saturday's show opened.
Police seek suspect in shooting of woman at north Minneapolis home
A woman suffered noncritical injuries when she was shot Saturday afternoon at a north Minneapolis residence.
Police investigating kidnapping, suicide outside North St. Paul school
A man forced his ex-girlfriend into his car at gunpoint Saturday in North St. Paul, and then fatally shot himself after she escaped, according to North St. Paul police.
So long, surface lots: Parking areas redeveloped in Twin Cities suburbs
Driven by high land prices, they're being turned into retail, offices and housing.
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Legionnaires' outbreak in Hopkins fuels effort to regulate cooling towers
Legionnaires' disease was linked to a tower, but it took an agency two weeks to find the specific one.
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Minn. health regulators can't keep up with abuse reports
Flooded hot line has families of vulnerable adults waiting months for investigations.
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Prior Lake man creates full-scale Oval Office in his sprawling home
A passionate collector of U.S. presidential memorabilia in Prior Lake has built a replica of the White House Oval Office, complete with the classic four curved doors. "I don't have to get permission to sit here," he said with a smile. "And I don't have to give it up in four years."
Capitol fight over workplace rules raises prospect of local right-to-work laws
Republicans say progressive cities setting wage, sick-leave laws has patchwork effect.
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God, Allah, Buddha, Great Spirit: Minnesota hospital chaplains adapt to diversity
More than 520,000 patients checked into Minnesota hospitals last year, carrying religious baggage that wasn't as neatly packed as it used to be.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak speaks at Augsburg
He spoke as part of Augsburg College's Scholarship Weekend.
5 injured as up to 60 rounds fired outside Maplewood nightclub
An argument turned into a gunfight inside and outside the Stargate Bar & Nightclub on Saturday morning.
Man, woman are found dead in Rosemount home
Shooting deaths appear to be result of murder-suicide, police say.
Up to 2,000 join Mpls. march to support immigrants, refugees
The march, organized by the Anti-War Committee and the No More Deportations campaign, featured speeches, chants and signs in both English and Spanish.
A tale of two Civil War-era soldiers and neighbors at Lakewood Cemetery
One was the original Hubert Horatio Humphrey. The other, Leland P. Smith, has been all but lost to the obscurity that comes from such a common last name.
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In Duluth, Superior Street businesses champion 'Brewer's Row'
The nine-block-long stretch of Superior Street is heavy on hops.
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