STATE AND REGION
Ag committee struggles show budget problem
ST. PAUL — Members of the Minnesota House agriculture finance committee looked through their budget for any place to cut.March 13, 2010
Political notes: GOP governor candidates hold their own
ST. PAUL — The Minnesota governor’s race looks to be close, with a new poll giving Republicans reason to smile.March 13, 2010
Man charged in assault at youth basketball game
BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) — A Minneapolis man is charged with assaulting a boys basketball commissioner and a parent at a tournament in Burnsville.By Associated Press , March 12, 2010
Calendar quirk will cost U of M $41M in payroll
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Because of a once in a decade quirk in the calendar, employees at the University of Minnesota will receive an extra pay check in the next fiscal year, and it could cost the university upward of $41 million.By TIM POST,Minnesota Public Radio , March 12, 2010
Grygla man charged in death of infant son
ST. PAUL - A Grygla, Minnesota man is facing murder charges in connection with the death of his infant son. Damien Marsden, 31, was charged today in Marshall County with Second Degree Murder, Second Degree Murder While Committing Child Neglect and Second Degree Murder while Committing Child Endangerment. A District Court judge set bail for Marsden at $40,000 cash.By Park Rapids Enterprise , March 12, 2010
Minn. bill looks at role of pets in domestic abuse
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — State lawmakers are considering a bill that would extend domestic violence protections to pets.By MARTIGA LOHN,Associated Press Writer , March 12, 2010
School district plans to cut 30 jobs
DULUTH - About 30 nonteaching positions in the Duluth School District face elimination in June to help right a $4.5 million budget imbalance.By Jana Hollingsworth, Duluth News Tribune , March 12, 2010
DNR: Snowmobile trails may be unsafe
ST. PAUL — The Department of Natural Resources is warning that snowmobiling conditions may be unsafe in many parts of Minnesota.By Associated Press , March 12, 2010
Police: 13-year-old girl assaulted by phony Wis. cop
GRAND CHUTE, Wis. — Police in Grand Chute say a 13-year-old girl reported she was sexually assaulted at the Fox River Mall by a man who told her he was an Appleton, Wis., police officer.By Associated Press , March 12, 2010
Chisholm shootings: 'Man on a mission'
HIBBING — Witnesses said former police officer Jason Mark Musburger had an expression “like a man on a mission” Saturday night as he returned to Jim’s Sports Bar in Chisholm with two fully-loaded handguns.By Mark Stodghill, Duluth News Tribune , March 12, 2010
Moorhead girl reports suspicious approach
MOORHEAD - A man approached a 9-year-old girl near a church in north Moorhead on Tuesday and tried to convince her to get in his car, police stated in a news release.By Forum staff reports, INFORUM , March 12, 2010
River in Minn. rises 3 feet in a few hours
ADA - The Wild Rice River in Minnesota rose rapidly this morning, a jump of more than 3 feet in a matter of hours, according to data from the National Weather Service.By Forum staff reports, INFORUM , March 12, 2010
Wis. village passes sex offender residency ordinance
ROBERTS, Wis. - It is official: Roberts will not allow any sex offenders to move into its Village limits. At least, not any one who hasn’t lived in Roberts before.By Julia Ybarra-Young, New Richmond News , March 12, 2010
Driver rams travel plaza
SUPERIOR, Wis. - A car rammed into the front of Nemadji Travel Plaza on Wednesday morning, shattering windows and breaking bricks.By Superior Telegram, Superior Telegram , March 12, 2010
District will make cuts to German program
FARMINGTON - Declining enrollment at all grade levels means Farmington eighth graders will not get a chance to take German next year.By Nathan Hansen, The Farmington Independent , March 12, 2010
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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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