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Bovey Coleraine Youth Center Fund Raiser

Mark your calendars for Satuday, Sept 5, 8 am to 1 pm, the Bovey Coleraine Youth Center will be having a rummage sale fund raiser at the youth center. There are lots of back to school clothing, and tons of miscellaneous. The Youth Center is located across from the Bovey post office, on main ...

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Confessions of a Tree Hugger

by Barry BabcockI am lucky – I own and live on eighty acres of forested land with a diverse plant community. Living amidst these trees, shrubs, and herbs and forbs has given me a different perspective.Living with and amongst trees makes me believe that they are undeniably the most important ...

Esh-ke-bug-e-coshe the Great Chief of the Chippewa

by Barry BabcockSometimes it may happen that one interested in the history of human events stumbles upon a personality of such immense proportions and who for some unknown reason has slipped through the cracks of our national recognition.So it is that I stumbled onto William Whipple Warren and the ...

ITASCA GREENHOUSE: Growing Trees for a Green World

by Margaret A. HaapojaA sea of green—thousands of tiny tree seedlings--stretches out in front of us as we walk with Bill Sayward through one of his greenhouses. Soft tamarack needles recently pruned beg to be touched, and the sharp scent of balsam poplar perfumes the air.Bill and Cathy Sayward ...

EAB: The Morning After

by Kathleen PreeceFor a time, we thought we might be safe. We found out, we aren’t. The emerald ash borer, or “EAB” as it is commonly (but not affectionately) referred to, has shown its beetle face among the ash trees of St. Paul. So far the borers, which threaten Minnesota's 900 million ash ...

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Cass income from land, timber is up

FEDERAL DAM — Largely due to the sale in 2012 of $750,175 worth of county administered non-conservation land, Cass’ 2012 income from land and timbe ...

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Dayton has pay raise bills on his desk

ST. PAUL — Gov. Mark Dayton will soon decide between dueling legislative pay increase bills. ...

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Softball: Thunderhawks lose to Duluth East in playoff opener

The Grand Rapids softball season came to an end on Wednesday evening, as the No. 10 Thunderhawks fell to the No. 7 Duluth East Greyhounds by a score of ...

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UPM Blandin and Minnesota Power kick off forest restoration project marking culmination of historic easement exchange

UPM Blandin and Minnesota Power kicked off a reforestation project on 90 acres of forestland along a 160-acre transmission line vacated by Minnesota Po ...

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Catch Deer River High School Students’ Cross Country Online Concert Tonight

I am in the room with Superintendent Matt Grose from Deer River Schools and he just told us about something very fun that’s happening online tonight when the Deer River high school students will be performing a joint concert online with students in Chicago, California and professional singers. ...

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Aabitoose News

There will be no blog entries tomorrow and Friday because of the Native American art auction fundraiser for our LLTC Library Capital Campaign happening tomorrow, Thursday, May 23, beginning at 6:00 p.m. at Black Bear Crossings on the Lake in St. ...

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Aabitoose News

There will be no blog entries tomorrow and Friday because of the Native American art auction fundraiser for our LLTC Library Capital Campaign happening tomorrow, Thursday, May 23, beginning at 6:00 p.m. at Black Bear Crossings on the Lake in St. ...

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Magnetation secures $325 million for Mesabi Range, Indiana expansions

Though it's an area that prides itself on its public works, the Iron Range tends to do better economically when private equity moves around. That's why Magnetation's announcement yesterday of a $325 million investment in their new concentration plant by Coleraine and pellet plant in Indiana is potentially the sleeper story of the year on the western Mesabi.Essar Steel is also moving around some private funds by Nashwauk. ...

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