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• Shattuck-St. Mary's former teachers claim Seibel's alleged sexual abuse of students known, not reported
  A former Shattuck-St. Mary's teacher appears in court this week in Faribault to face charges of sexual abuse. Lynn Seibel is accused of abusing six male students at the Faribault boarding school from 1999 to 2003. The school claims it knew nothing of the alleged crimes. An MPR News investigation shows several teachers did know about some of Seibel's behavior but failed to tell police. The insular nature of the private boarding school is one reason the former teacher gained access to children, and school officials took few steps to prevent the alleged abuse.March 5, 2013
• Mayor Ness: Duluth thriving mid-sized city on upswing
  Departing from tradition, Duluth Mayor Don Ness showed a video as he delivered his State of the City address Monday night.March 4, 2013
• Holding fewer ICE detainees, county jails feel effect of federal budget cuts
  Some county jails are feeling the effect of federal budget cuts that went into effect on Friday. With Immigration and Customs Enforcement's announcement last week it will reduce the number of detainees held in custody, the county jails that get paid to hold them could get pinched.March 4, 2013
• Builder chosen for St. Croix bridge foundation
  Wisconsin-based Edward Kraemer and Sons has been selected as the contractor for the St. Croix bridge foundation, the Minnesota Department of Transportation announced today.March 4, 2013
• Map: Mining operations on the Iron Range
  Mining has always been a boom and bust industry on the Iron Range. But proponents of proposed copper-nickel mines say the area is poised for a rebound.March 4, 2013
• How does Mayo stack up against its competitors?
  Minnesota's Mayo Clinic wants to secure its position as a leader in the health care industry, and has proposed a $5 billion expansion plan to accomplish that goal. But Mayo faces competition from several well-funded global medical centers, and that's part of the reason the clinic says it needs to build for the future.March 1, 2013
• Confusion may slow settlement payments to Minnesota tribal members
  Today marks the deadline for American Indians who wish to take part in a multibillion dollar settlement with the federal government. The deadline marks a halfway point in paying out $3.4 billion to tribes over the federal government's poor management of money and land owned by tribes.March 1, 2013
• Mining firm vetoes Hwy 53 reroute plan
  A veto by a taconite mining company has taken a popular plan to reroute a major northern Minnesota highway off the table.February 28, 2013
• Gunfire, chants mark Wounded Knee anniversary
  A Pine Ridge Indian Reservation resident who found herself in the middle of the 1973 Wounded Knee occupation said Wednesday amid ceremonial gunfire and chants that little has changed since the fatal standoff.February 27, 2013
• Mayo reports solid 2012 despite income drop
  Rochester-based Mayo Clinic reports a large decline in its bottom line last year, but officials are still calling the results a solid financial performance. Clinic officials say the drop in income was by design, but is also due in part to a large payment to its pension plan.February 27, 2013
• Bus driver accused of forcing child to walk
  A Bemidji bus driver has resigned after allegedly dropping a 6-year-old a quarter mile from home in freezing temperatures as punishment.February 27, 2013
• Frac sand mining moratorium bill stirs debate
  After a state Senate committee approved a one-year moratorium on new silica sand mines, lawmakers are debating whether Minnesota should place tougher regulations on silica sand mining.February 27, 2013
• Reflection as Wounded Knee anniversary approaches
  American Indian activists took over the tiny village of Wounded Knee on South Dakota's sprawling Pine Ridge Indian Reservation on Feb. 27, 1973, in what would become a 71-day, fatal standoff with FBI agents that attracted national attention to the impoverished reservation and the plight of local tribes.February 26, 2013
• Locked out American Crystal Sugar workers OK to receive benefits, says ND Supreme Court
  Locked out American Crystal Sugar workers are eligible for unemployment benefits, says the North Dakota Supreme Court.February 26, 2013
• Meetings to discuss strategy against gypsy moth
  Meetings to discuss plans to slow the spread of the invasive gypsy moth are being hosted by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture this week in northern Minnesota.February 26, 2013

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