Estherville man flown to Sioux Falls hospital after snowmobile accident

JACKSON — Jesse Brady Jones, 37, of Estherville, Iowa, fell from his 2006 Ski-Doo MX2800 snowmobile while attempting to climb a hill near a creek at approximately 11:38 a.m. Sunday in the area of 74900 Petersburg Road.

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City gives WREDC a boost

Council approves $16,200 for economic development group
WORTHINGTON — After careful scrutiny and asking many questions, the Worthington City Council Monday approved the release of $16,200 from the 2010 economic development levy for the Worthington Regional Economic Development Corp.

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Notification program added in District 518

Shoutpoint Campus Messenger can call 356 phone numbers in four minutes
WORTHINGTON — Winter weather worries will no longer mean an onslaught of phone calls for receptionists in District 518.

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Law enforcement agencies line up for chance to grab bad check writer

WORTHINGTON — She was sentenced in mid-December to 90 days in the Nobles County Jail, and with good behavior is scheduled to be released at the end of the week.

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House launches government redesign hotline, Web site

ST. PAUL -- Minnesotans have a new chance to tell legislators how they would like to see government operate.

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Senate Dems push for jobs

Vote likely today on construction projects bill
ST. PAUL — It’s all about jobs this year at the Minnesota Legislature. Democrats who run the place are working the employment angle into almost every proposal, from skating rinks to tax policy.

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Brief: Sanford announces UND gift

FARGO, N.D. — Sanford Health-MeritCare and the University of North Dakota Foundation announce a $1.5 million gift to establish the Dr. Roger Gilbertson Endowed Chair of Neurology at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences.

Brief: SMAHC plans grants session

WORTHINGTON — The Southwest Minnesota Arts and Humanities Council (SMAHC) announces new Arts Legacy Grants available through the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Brief: Foundation grants to be awarded

SIBLEY, Iowa — The Community Foundation of Osceola County will host an awards ceremony at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Sibley Senior Center. The even is open to the public.

Letter: Many years later, "Fiddler" again sensational

It was 39 years ago that my high school classmates and I participated in three performances of “Fiddler on the Roof” during my sophomore year at Worthington Senior High School.

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Letter: Goodwill drive in Worthington a success

Goodwill Industries of Sioux City wishes to take this opportunity to thank the many donors who contributed to the recent Ambassador drive in Worthington.

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As others see it: Constitution has education mandate

Take a good look at the state Constitution. The Legislature has two jobs — fund schools and fund the state trunk highways. That’s it.

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Column: Let us recombobulate

PEORIA, Ill. — There they all were on the Sunday-morning chatfests, droning on about the anger of the American people as shown by the election in Massachusetts of a pickup truck to the U.S. Senate — ever ready, as pundits are, to take one good story and extrude it into a national trend portentous with meaning

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Column: An American paradox

MIAMI — It is the enduring paradox of our centuries here. It is the paradox that stood its ground at Bunker Hill, paradox that made a doomed charge on Fort Wagner, paradox that stormed San Juan Hill, advanced through the Meuse-Argonne, landed on Iwo Jima, liberated Seoul and was taken prisoner in Hanoi.

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