Mine edging out Renaissance Festival

The Minnesota Renaissance Festival has long shared space with a nearby aggregate mine. But over time, the mine has edged closer to the fair site. This year, it's so close that fairgoers are being shuttled from the parking lot, and a berm is blocking sightlines to the entrance.

September 12, 2014 at 10:45PM
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Ray Grumney is the news graphics director at the Star Tribune, with a proven 30-year award-winning track record. He is a driven visual journalist focused on developing and implementing high-impact design solutions to sometimes complicated data-driven stories.

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