STATE AND REGION
Wis. lawmakers propose state microbe, motorcycle
RIVER FALLS, Wis. - A state legislator wants to pay homage to Wisconsin’s dairy industry by declaring one of its key organisms as the official state microbe.By River Falls Journal , November 20, 2009
CDC: Swine flu cases seem to be dropping in US
ATLANTA (AP) — Health officials say swine flu cases appear to be declining throughout most of the U.S., but the specter of Thanksgiving gatherings makes it hard to predict what will happen next.By MIKE STOBBE,AP Medical Writer , November 20, 2009
Cougar killed in Rapid City
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The stray cat Becky Fisher found in her Rapid City yard when she returned home from the grocery store was not the typical tabby.By Associated Press , November 20, 2009
Another Minn. man indicted in missing Somalis case
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A 24-year-old St. Anthony man faces terrorism-related charges in the federal investigation into the departures of young Somali men who left Minnesota to fight with a terror group in Somalia, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday.By AMY FORLITI,Associated Press Writer , November 20, 2009
MN conference looks at indigenous college students
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — Educators from around the country are brainstorming about American Indian college students in Moorhead on Friday.By Associated Press , November 20, 2009
Man convicted of homicide by driving drunk
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A driver has been convicted in Ramsey County of driving drunk and causing the death of a St. Paul woman and injuring her husband.By Associated Press , November 20, 2009
Augsburg student hospitalized with meningitis
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A student at Augsburg College in Minneapolis is hospitalized with a case of bacterial meningitis.By Associated Press , November 20, 2009
Nearly 7 percent of state's home loans delinquent
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A record number of Minnesota homeowners are behind on their mortgages.By Associated Press , November 20, 2009
2 victims of Minn. bus crash improving
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The two passengers most seriously injured in this week's tour bus crash near Austin are improving.By Associated Press , November 20, 2009
Humane Society offers reward in northwest Iowa pig deaths
HULL, Iowa (AP) — The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest in the suffocation of 3,800 pigs at a hog operation near Hull in northwest Iowa.By Associated Press , November 20, 2009
Records link pizza guy to robbery
FARGO - A person dressed as a pizza delivery person may have been among the perpetrators of a home invasion/robbery in south Moorhead Nov. 8 that briefly caused a lockdown at Minnesota State University Moorhead, court records show.By Dave Olson, INFORUM , November 20, 2009
Autopsy results in for DSU students
DICKINSON, N.D. - After three Dickinson State University softball players drowned in a stock pond northwest of Dickinson, final toxicology tests reveal drugs or alcohol were not involved.By Lisa Call, The Dickinson Press , November 20, 2009
Blind man hit by vehicle upgraded, is reunited with his guide dog
WILLMAR — Thomas Sykora, the 58-year-old blind man who was run over by a vehicle Monday evening, has been upgraded to serious condition at St. Cloud Hospital.By Gretchen Schlosser, West Central Tribune , November 20, 2009
Designers could make garden grow
SUPERIOR, Wis. - Even as Center City Park sparkled to life with Christmas cheer Wednesday, city and Superior Business Improvement District officials were looking ahead to next summer’s promise of brighter, warmer days.By Shelley Nelson, Superior Telegram , November 20, 2009
Typo means school's report cards promise "irrelevant" learning tools
SUPERIOR, Wis. - An extra two letters cost the Superior Middle School administration a little embarrassment when report cards were mailed out last week. But fixing the mistake won’t cost much from the school’s pocketbook.By Maria Lockwood, Superior Telegram , November 20, 2009
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1944: Two More State Hunters Killed
Two people were killed in hunting accidents already in October 1944. One was shot by an unidentified hunting companion and the other by a very ident
1934: Youth Severely Burned Roping Power Line
Kenneth Keep, a 12-year-old, was severely burned in 1934, and as usual at the time, the newspaper went into rather grotesque detail about it. Keep i
1944: Soldier Home on Leave Saves Family
I'd say this soldier during World War II in 1944, Harold Winblad, deserved some sort of medal for his rescue of the Millet family from Red Wing.
1944: Patton Pounds West Wall; Soviets Now in Greece, Germans Claim
This is a fairly typical top half of a front page from September 1944, with the war headline across the top with a dogleg to the right of the page,
1959: Iowa Official Starts Pornography Drive
I believe a better headline for this 1959 AP story would have been "Iowa official starts anti-pornography drive," but at the time everyone
1959: Rocket Men
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1934: Mutant Pestiferous Dandelions
A 25 inch dandelion root, as we say in Minnesota, is one heckuva dandelion.
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1934: Fish Bowl Sets Fire to House
Not that long ago, my eye doctor in Jackson suffered a similar incident when his office caught on fire because of a mirror.
I believe there was
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