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John Buchanan of North Branch rides a bull in the second round of the Ultimate Bull riding competition held at the Rice County Fair on Thursday.

Here's one for those folks who think we're making too big a deal out of the outrageous price of gas.

Students in the tiny west-central Minnesota school district of MACCRAY will get an extra day off - but have longer school days - this fall after the state Education Department gave the district permission for a ...

Vendors from across Minnesota were also hand with apparel and accessories for both horse and rider.

SKYROCKETING energy costs have fuelled fresh interest in the four-day workweek across the United States as a means to help workers as well as employers cope with the surge.

In December 2001, Osseo schools officials unveiled a bold new plan: the four-day school week.

Minnesota Education Commissioner Alice Seagren has an interesting decision to make. via Post-Bulletin

For a while during this two-year run-up in fuel prices, it seemed as if demand were inelastic. via The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

“We wouldn't do the four day school week if we had money”

In the kid world it's the kind of news that doesn't often come along. In essence, a snow day every week. via KARE 11 TV

CLARA CITY, Minn. - Nearly 12 hours after being hurriedly evacuated from their homes in the pre-dawn darkness, residents in Clara City received the all clear to return. via Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers a...

A railroad tanker car carrying hydrochloric acid ruptured during an early-morning train derailment in Clara City, Minn, forcing authorities to evacuate hundreds of residents from their homes, according to this ... via UTU News