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• Duluth shipping season set to begin
  The 2013 Lake Superior shipping season is getting under way at the port of Duluth: The 1,000-foot Mesabi Miner is scheduled to be the first departure of the season Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.March 19, 2013
• Seeking help with future growth, Rochester already feels strain of expansion
  Mayo Clinic wants to expand and is asking state help for city infrastructure. Meanwhile, Rochester is feeling strain from the rapid growth it's already seen.March 19, 2013
• Minnesota's frac sand mining rules already outweigh Wisconsin's
  Mining experts say Minnesota's frac sand rules are already more stringent than Wisconsin's, and that could affect the industry's growth in the two states.March 19, 2013
• Northern Lights Express high-speed rail closer to connecting Twin Cities, Duluth
  The proposed high-speed rail line between Duluth and the Twin Cities inched one step closer to possible construction Monday.March 18, 2013
• Duluth icebreaker prepares for shipping
  The U.S. Coast Guard's 240-foot-long ship Mackinaw is busy breaking ice in the Twin Ports in preparation for the upcoming shipping season.March 18, 2013
• Study: Wolves contribute to moose decline
  Researchers tracking the decline of northern Minnesota's moose population have found wolves are to blame for some of the deaths.March 18, 2013
• Dayton to pitch budget plan on state tour
  DFL Gov. Mark Dayton says he'll be traveling throughout the state in the coming weeks to let Minnesotans know that he has a sound proposal for the state budget.March 18, 2013
• Vet who saved many in Iraq couldn't escape demons
  As the new year dawned, Pete Linnerooth, Bronze Star recipient, admired Army captain, devoted father, turned his gun on himself. He was 42. A former Minnesota State psychology instructor, Linnerooth was, as one buddy says, the guy who could help everybody -- everybody but himself.March 18, 2013
• Confirmed stink bug found in Duluth
  The Minnesota Department of Agriculture Friday confirmed the brown marmorated stink bug has been found in Duluth. It's the first time the invasive pest has been found in St. Louis County.March 15, 2013
• Problems continue to plague Xcel's Sherco generator
  Repairs following an accident in late 2011 at Xcel's Sherco power plant are proving more difficult to fix than company officials originally thought.March 15, 2013
• Verso property purchased for $12.5 million
  County records show a development company paid $12.5 million for the former Verso Paper Corp. property in central Minnesota.March 15, 2013
• I-94 reopened in west-central MN
  A 50-mile stretch of Interstate 94 in west-central Minnesota is open again after being closed this morning because of inclement weather.March 15, 2013
• White Earth to get federal crime-fighting help
  Federal help to fight crime is coming to a northern Minnesota Indian reservation. The U.S. Department of Justice announces Friday that White Earth will be the first reservation in the country to be awarded a shared jurisdiction. It means tribal, state and federal authorities will now share responsibility for investigating and prosecuting crimes.March 15, 2013
• Charges: Duluth teen killed army veteran
  A 17-year-old Duluth boy is charged with killing a U.S. Army veteran who suffered more than 50 wounds to his head, face, neck and back.March 14, 2013
• More Minnesotans adopt broadband Internet
  A new survey shows 78 percent of households in Minnesota have broadband Internet service.March 13, 2013

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