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Tim Krohn bangs on the rusty steel side of an empty barge moored in the Minnesota River near Savage.

Patrick Moore, head of CURE , is helping lead the fight against adding a coal-fired power plant at Big Stone Lake.

It seems Paul Lindholm has a lot to celebrate this year. After all, 2008 marks not only his 60th anniversary with his wife, Ruth, but also 50 years in the banking business.

Hillcrest Lutheran Academy of Fergus Falls joined Brandon-Evansville in landing two players on the 2008 Pheasant Conference all-conference baseball team.

Natural reproduction, combined with an occasional stocking boost by the Department of Natural Resources , has turned west-central Minnesota into one of the best walleye fishing areas in the country.

Jesse Folk is a member of the National Guard from Ortonville on the border of Minnesota and South Dakota.

“There's been years and years of testimony and thousands of pages of evidence, and all of it gets summed up by saying that energy efficiency and renewable energy are better for consumers.”

The proposed Big Stone II power plant suffered a major setback Friday when two administrative law judges recommended against allowing transmission lines from the plant to be built across west-central Minnesota. via WCCO

The Ortonville Trojans won the Quad County Conference Meet Friday at Balmoral. As a team, the Trojans shot 180. via Daily Journal

“Nolan and Brendan are hoping to raise financial support and awareness for cancer research through a positive outlook on life and a healthy lifestyle”

Two 30-something friends, inspired by parents battling cancer, are running across South Dakota, a trek that is scheduled to end next week in Ortonville, Minn. via StarTribune

“When the war was over they went back to their homeland, but they liked it very well here and the only remaining building it the one by the Rausch Granite Company”

Legend has it that Paul Bunyan picked this stone right out of the Minnesota River. via KSFY

Highs could reach 60 degrees today The temperature could reach 60 degrees today in parts of Minnesota. via KARE 11 TV

“One of the questions that can be asked in Minnesota is what progress is being made to meet the goals in the state's renewable energy portfolio, and is this project keeping us from getting there?”

Minnesota's push to drastically cut state greenhouse gas emissions is being felt next door in South Dakota _ and that may be a problem for its neighbors.

A hoped-for power plant expansion has been approved by South Dakota's regulators, but plans to run powerlines deep into Minnesota have faced opposition from environmentalists who say it runs counter to Minnesota's move toward cleaner power.

It's a dilemma other power projects could face, experts say, as states pass a mishmash of environmental policies, in particular differing standards on renewable energy. Read more

Reflecting back on my recent two-week experience in South Africa, memories linger of the beautiful rolling hills, the moderate temperatures and the gentle black South African families that we visited. via Land

A Kerkhoven man was critically injured Wednesday night when his truck crossed the center line and struck a truck driven by a teenage boy, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. via St. Paul Pioneer Press

“Keep your eyes open and your head down”

Hometown honors Iraq-bound soldier ORTONVILLE By Jill Blondin Contributing Writer ORTONVILLE - Two years ago, Chad Brannan was running around Ortonville High School in a black leather jacket with a skull patch, ... via The Flint Journal

The cure for nostalgia is to read history, and the cure for holiday sentimentality is to listen for 25 minutes to an old friend telling you in a deep, mournful voice how desolate his life feels to him right now ... via BaltimoreSun.com

The cure for nostalgia is to read history, and the cure for holiday sentimentality is to listen for 25 minutes to an old friend telling you in a deep mournful voice how desolate his life feels to him right now ... via Kitsapsun.com

A 19-year-old Bloomington man died about 3 a.m. today in a vehicle rollover accident. via Twincities.com

Hazardous material teams were called out after a semi truck filled with ethanol drifted off a road west of Big Stone City and rolled. via KSFY-TV Sioux Falls