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Saturday Jun 20 | The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

Doctor stepping back after 47 years and more than 9,000 babies delivered

After visiting with and walking around Fairview Ridges Hospital, Dr. Philip Randall, center, says goodbye to clockwise from top right: Georgia Muelken, 10; Maggie, 6; Monica, 2; and Maggie, 6. Dr.

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Related Topix: Randall, MN, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bloomington, MN, Burnsville, MN, Little Falls, MN

Tue Jun 09, 2009

TwinCities.com

Virginia man dies in Cascade River

A 20-year-old man from Minnesota's Iron Range apparently drowned on the Cascade River just west of Grand Marais.

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Related Topix: Grand Marais, MN, Opinion

Tue May 12, 2009

WCCO-TV

Minn. Adds More Sites To Endangered Historic List

From a town ball field in Chaska to a big fish statue in the northern resort town of Bena, Minn., the list keeps growing of Minnesota's most endangered historic places.

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Related Topix: Chaska, MN, Bena, MN, Minneapolis, MN, Inver Grove Heights, MN, Dassel, MN

Sun May 10, 2009

KSTP-TV Minneapolis

Robber, officer shooter died from self-inflicted gunshot

The St. Louis County Medical Examiner says the man wanted for robbing a Metro restaurant and shooting at an officer died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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Related Topix: Grand Marais, MN, North St. Paul, MN, Maplewood, MN

Fri May 08, 2009

WCCO

Autopsy: Maplewood Robbery Suspect Killed Self

May 7, 2009 10:47 pm US/Central ST. PAUL A preliminary autopsy found that a Twin Cities robbery suspect involved in a shootout with officers in northern Minnesota died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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Related Topix: Maplewood, MN, St. Paul, MN, St Louis County, MN, Grand Marais, MN, Offbeat

Thu May 07, 2009

KEYC

BCA Investigating Robbery Suspect Shooting

The Minnesota BCA will investigate whether a Twin Cities robbery suspect shot himself or was killed by an officer's bullet after a chase in North Minnesota.Quincy Adam Pederson died yesterday after a brief standoff near Grand Marais.Officers from the Cook County Sheriff's Office and the Minnesota State Patrol were involved in the shooting.

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Wed May 06, 2009

Park Rapids Enterprise

Cook County releases details of police chase and shooting

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension , the Cook County Sheriffa s Office and the Minnesota State Patrol today released new details on the police pursuit and the shooting that happened Tuesday afternoon around 2:30 p.m. on County Road 60 near Grand Marais.

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Related Topix: Grand Marais, MN, St Louis County, MN

WDIO

Authorities: Suspect on the Loose in Cook County

Law enforcement agencies from across the state spent Monday searching from both the air, and ground manning five different checkpoints near the Sawbill and caribou trails "We're just taking precautions and if he's here, then we want to catch him," Cook County Sheriff Mark Falk said they are looking for 38 year old Quincy Adam Pederson.

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Related Topix: Lutsen, MN

Tue May 05, 2009

KBJR-TV

Authorities Continue Cook County Manhunt

Authorities in Cook County continue to search for a suspect they believe was involved in a robbery and shooting in St.

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Related Topix: Lutsen, MN

Tue Apr 14, 2009

Star Tribune

Tax day tea parties in the works

It seems to me the government grew larger during the Bush administration and republicans didn't seem to mind.

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Related Topix: Bemidji, MN, US Politics, Representative Michele Bachmann, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Minnesota, Brainerd, MN, Elbow Lake, MN

Sat Apr 11, 2009

Lake County News Chronicle

Saur looks back on 36 years as court administrator

Larry Saur was a 23-year-old "kid" with a degree in business education when he applied for and got the job as deputy court clerk.

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Related Topix: Lake County, MN, Duluth, MN

Thu Apr 09, 2009

KBJR-TV

MNDOT Unveils 2009 Road Construction Plans

The Minnesota Department of Transportation today unveiled its 2009 construction program of 223 state highway and bridge projects with a combined construction cost of $1.4 billion.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government, Minnesota, Itasca County, MN, Deer River, MN, Cohasset, MN

Wed Mar 25, 2009

TwinCities.com

Washington County will fund 4-H for one final fair season

Washington County commissioners voted 4-1 on Tuesday morning to cut funding for 4-H in mid-September. The decision means the county's 4-H'ers will be able to participate in the county fair in July and the Minnesota State Fair in August.

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Related Topix: Washington County, MN, Minnesota, Stillwater, MN, Afton, MN, Woodbury, MN

Tue Mar 24, 2009

KARE-TV Minneapolis

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The American Red Cross plans to open a shelter in northeastern Minnesota after an ice storm snapped trees and powerlines, leaving thousands in the dark.

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Related Topix: Silver Bay, MN, Lutsen, MN, Grand Marais, MN

Mon Mar 16, 2009

StarTribune

A broadband stimulus jackpot

C ook County, at the tip of Minnesota's Arrowhead region, wants to build a fiber-optic network along its major highway routes -- Hwy.

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Related Topix: Minnesota, Grand Marais, MN, Thomson, MN, Duluth, MN, Tower, MN

Wed Mar 11, 2009

The Pine Journal

Intense winter storm expected to pummel Northland

Just when the grass was starting to peek through the snow piles, winter is reminding us that it still has some punch left.

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Related Topix: Weather, Lake County, MN, Duluth, MN

Mon Feb 09, 2009

Pine Journal

Ice storm warning issued for Carlton County

The National Weather Service has issued an ice storm warning for Carlton County from 9 a.m. Monday to noon Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Weather, Carlton County, MN, Duluth, MN, St Louis County, MN, Lake County, MN

Tue Dec 30, 2008

KXMA-TV Dickinson

Fire destroys townhomes at Lutsen ski resort

A fire has destroyed several townhome units at the Lutsen ski resort. The fire broke out Monday night in an unoccupied unit in a six-unit townhome building at Caribou Highlands Lodge.

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Related Topix: Fire, Lutsen, MN

Mon Dec 22, 2008

Albert Lea Tribune

Editorial: Will anyone listen to counties cry?

For decades now, and maybe longer, Minnesota's oft-ignored county officials have been as noisy as toddlers throwing temper tantrums when it came to unfunded mandates, those things the state requires counties to ...

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Related Topix: Toddlers, Family, Rock County, MN, Opinion

Tue Dec 16, 2008

Business North

Oberstar announces grants for northland fire departments

Five fire departments in Northeast Minnesota have been awarded $468,662 in federal grants to buy new equipment and provide additional training to first responders.

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Related Topix: Fire, Ham Lake, MN, Britt, MN

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