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• Duluth Homegrown festival is music scene's coming-of-age story
  The coming-of-age story of Duluth's music scene could easily be called "North by Northeast." Now in its 15th year, the annual Homegrown Music Festival is a far cry from the late 1990s in Duluth, when there were hardly any local bands playing original music and even fewer places for them to play. The festival kicks off Sunday in Duluth, and over the next eight nights features more than 180 local bands playing 25 venues.April 26, 2013
• Red River flood crest forecast: slight relief
  Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker said after talks this morning with the National Weather Service, a Red River flood crest forecast of 37 to 38 feet is not a shot in the dark. That may signal another slight reduction in the crest estimates that have been dropping over the past week.April 26, 2013
• Communities prepare for Red River flooding
  As the accumulated snow begins to melt, attention turns to the Red River and the potential for flooding.April 25, 2013
• Emerald ash borer detected in Beloit, Wis.
  Wisconsin agriculture officials confirm emerald ash borers have reached Beloit.April 25, 2013
• Grand jury indicts Byron Smith of first-degree murder in shooting deaths of 2 teens
  A central Minnesota man accused of killing two teenagers who allegedly broke into his home has been indicted on first-degree murder charges.April 25, 2013
• Will Rochester pay more for Mayo expansion?
  State lawmakers say if the Mayo Clinic is going to expand in Rochester, more of the money will need to come from city and county residents. Lawmakers have asked Rochester to more than double its share of local taxes committed to the project, bringing the city's contribution to $128 million. It's unclear how much Rochester residents are willing to pay to help Mayo expand.April 23, 2013
• Duluth-based Cirrus to deliver personal jet by 2015
  Duluth-based aircraft manufacturer Cirrus Aircraft is on pace to unveil its long-awaited lightweight personal jet by 2015.April 22, 2013
• DNR to kill cormorants on Lake Vermilion
  Fisheries officials plan to kill part of the cormorant population on Lake Vermilion in northeastern Minnesota because the lake's perch population has been falling, and they're worried that the decline could eventually harm the lake's walleye numbers.April 22, 2013
• Battening down in Fargo-Moorhead as possible record flood looms
  Flood preparations will move into high gear this week in the Fargo-Moorhead area. Construction crews and volunteers will build emergency sandbag dikes and earthen levees as the communities prepare once again for a possible record Red River flood.April 22, 2013
• Snow in northern Minn. followed by record cold
  A storm that left 17.7 inches of snow in the city of Duluth is followed by record low temperatures.April 20, 2013
• Minnesotans in new book on Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal
  As the state Legislature nears a vote on a controversial bill that would give victims of sexual abuse more time to sue, a new book chronicles the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church, including some key characters and cases from Minnesota.April 19, 2013
• 60 rifles seized from unlicensed gun seller
  The federal government has seized 60 military-style rifles that prosecutors believe were bought by an unlicensed gun seller in Minnesota.April 18, 2013
• Once-lost Minn. Indian portraits on display
  Once-lost images have now gone on display at Bemidji State University, where they'll be part of the permanent collection at the American Indian Resource Center.April 18, 2013
• Reroute of Highway 53 riles Iron Rangers
  Officials on the Iron Range are meeting with Minnesota Department of Transportation officials to discuss how to relocate a major highway in the region. Highway 53 between Eveleth and Virginia must be moved to make way for an open pit taconite mine expansion. But a newly proposed option would completely bypass both towns, and that's raised the ire of many local business owners.April 18, 2013
• St. Cloud worried about shutdown of air traffic control tower
  The Federal Aviation Administration has slated 149 air traffic control towers around the country to close later this year because of federal budget cuts know as sequestration. Two of the towers are in Minnesota.April 18, 2013

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