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The Iron Range attraction once known as IronWorld is closing its doors Friday.
(11/19/2009)
A closed Wisconsin mine is playing a prominent role in the ongoing debate over mining for metals like copper and nickel, a debate that's currently raging in Northern Minnesota.
(11/17/2009)
A proposed coal gasification power plant on the Iron Range has taken a big step forward, but still needs customers.
(11/16/2009)
The Hibbing area in northeastern Minnesota has the highest jobless rate of any city in the state. It's also in the center of the state's taconite mining industry. The industry is seeing a mild rebound after a summer shutdown, but so far the upturn has skipped Hibbing.
(11/02/2009)
A state court has sided with the City of Duluth in a long-standing dispute over the generous health benefits provided to hundreds of retired city workers.
(10/13/2009)
A small Duluth program providing subsidized health insurance for low-income workers is expanding into much of Northeastern Minnesota.
(10/06/2009)
State officials will soon release a long-awaited environmental review of PolyMet Mining's proposed copper and nickel mine in northeast Minnesota.
(10/02/2009)
One of the state's more remote attractions is found on Lake Superior's North Shore. The Grand Portage National Monument celebrates the state's fur trading history. It also serves as a bellwether for cooperation between the federal government and American Indians.
(09/28/2009)
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has agreed with a lower court that the DNR followed the law preparing environmental studies for a steel plant in Itasca County.
(09/22/2009)
Transit officials from Minnesota and Wisconsin begin meetings in Duluth Monday to share the latest in public bus and other transportation systems.
(09/21/2009)
The move fulfills a deal made with environmental groups in July, when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service promised to reinstate the wolves' protected status while considering its next move.
(09/16/2009)
Officials in charge of a Duluth airport have to decide how many old trees to sacrifice in a biologically valuable forest for the sake of safety.
(09/09/2009)
Kathryn Martin came to UMD in 1999, becoming the first female chancellor in the University of Minnesota system. Martin says she'll step down next July 31st.
(09/03/2009)
Duluth's landmark Enger Tower is showing its age, but the city doesn't have the money to restore it.
(09/01/2009)
The U.S. Coast Guard Friday published stringent new limits aimed at halting the spread of invasive species arriving in the ballast water of ships.
(08/28/2009)
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