Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) back issues from April 2009:
Q & A; Use hardware removal icon for flash drives.(BUSINESS)(STEVE ALEXANDER)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: STEVE ALEXANDER; STAFF WRITER Q I have five flash drives with capacities of 64 and 256 megabytes, and 1, 2 and 4 gigabytes that I use to save and move files among three Windows XP computers. But only the 64-megabyte and 4-gigabyte drives work properly. The other three ...
AUTISM REPORT: PROPORTION OF SOMALI CHILDREN IS HIGHER; Researchers said the Health Department study doesn't prove autism is more common among Somali children.(NEWS)(Report)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: MAURA LERNER; STAFF WRITER The Minnesota Department of Health has confirmed what Minneapolis school officials have long suspected: that there's a "significantly higher" proportion of Somalis than others in the city's preschool programs for autism. But it ...
Elderly couple beaten during robbery; They were helping a resident move out of an apartment they own in Richfield.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: LORA PABST; STAFF WRITER Attackers armed with a frying pan and butcher knife beat and robbed an elderly couple in a Richfield apartment last week, police said. The victims, a 75-year-old woman and a 78-year-old man, had stopped by an apartment building they ...
Lack of more WCHA applicants hurts chances of Bemidji State.(SPORTS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: Roman Augustoviz; Staff Writer Bemidji State, which made an upset run to the NCAA Frozen Four, is the only school that applied to join the WCHA by its Tuesday deadline. Four other schools expressed interest, said Bruce McLeod, the commissioner of the 10-team conference, ...
Tough image, tender hearts protect kids; Bikers provide courage and friendship for abused children, in and out of court.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: JIM ADAMS; STAFF WRITER A dozen motorcycle riders in black leathers showed up one cold night in early February outside an apartment building where a scared little boy lived in Oakdale. The 5-year-old wasn't afraid of the bikers. He was fearful that his dad ...
birding; on the wing; Birds race to nesting territory; New research shows that songbirds hot-foot it to get back to Minnesota - and their breeding grounds - in spring.(VARIETY)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: VAL CUNNINGHAM Baltimore orioles, rose-breasted grosbeaks, flycatchers, phoebes, swallows and many other birds are due back right about now. Since many of Minnesota's migratory birds must travel thousands of miles to get here, you'd think it would take them a fairly long ...
SMALL BUSINESS; Minneapolis artist paints herself into a profitable niche; Jane Elias offers professional art tutoring to what she calls "non-artists, timid artists and budding artists" at her studio in Minneapolis.(BUSINESS)(DICK YOUNGBLOOD)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: DICK YOUNGBLOOD; STAFF WRITER The realistic-looking cobblestones painted on the sidewalk lead into the center of the Nicollet Avenue storefront, where visitors confront walls adorned with super-sized flowers and dragonflies, a wind-blown wheat field, Humpty Dumpty ...
House is moving along a smaller bonding bill.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: MARK BRUNSWICK; STAFF WRITER A $200 million bonding bill, designed to spur jobs and win support from Gov. Tim Pawlenty, is destined for the House floor. A key committee passed the measure by voice vote Tuesday afternoon and it was expected to be approved in ...
Minority growth jumps in suburbs; Shakopee and a cluster of Twin Cities suburbs have posted huge gains in minority students. But nationwide, that growth isn't making suburban schools as integrated as you might think.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: SARAH LEMAGIE; STAFF WRITER A southern string of Twin Cities suburbs, from Farmington to Chaska, have posted some of the nation's most dramatic increases in minority students since the early 1990s. But a nationwide surge in suburban minority enrollment has not led to ...
From Paris to Dassel, Minn., to resurrection at the MIA; An important 19th-century French painting buried in a church janitor's closet gets new life at the Institute of Arts.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: MARY ABBE; STAFF WRITER The Minneapolis Institute of Arts' newest painting isn't the proverbial Rembrandt discovered at a garage sale, but it is a 19th-century treasure unearthed in the janitor's closet of a Lutheran church in Dassel, Minn (pop. 1,233). Museum director ...
Judges' ruling is boon to Franken; Absentee ballots to be counted will be far fewer than Coleman sought in effort to close the U.S. Senate gap.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: Pat Doyle; Kevin Duchschere; Staff Writers Norm Coleman's lawyers all but conceded defeat Tuesday and promised to appeal after a panel of three judges ordered no more than 400 new absentee ballots opened and counted, far fewer than the Republican had sought to overcome ...
Federal stimulus may boost police; Some north metro cities will compete for money to hire officers; others say they're not willing to take the risk because of the strings attached.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: MARIA ELENA BACA; STAFF WRITER A handful of north metro cities are planning to compete for federal stimulus funds to beef up their police forces. Blaine, Coon Rapids and Arden Hills are among cities vying for the grants, part of the federal Community Oriented ...
VERDICT: KILLER HAD IT PLANNED; Michael Anderson was found guilty of first-degree murder in the slaying of Katherine Ann Olson.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: ABBY SIMONS; STAFF WRITER A jury found Michael Anderson guilty Tuesday night of premeditated murder in the shooting of a Minneapolis woman he lured to his house in Savage through an ad on Craigslist. District Judge Mary Theisen set sentencing for 10:30 a.m ....
Studios open to the public.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: Kathleen Clonts The work of more than 40 artists, including two accomplished weavers, will be featured during this weekend's North Artists' Studio Crawl. The self-guided tour and sale of 18 north metro galleries will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday ....
`EATING LOCAL' GOES ... LOCAL; It's finally getting easier for suburbanites south of the river to buy straight from farmers.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: David Peterson; Staff Writer Laurie Hougen-Eitzman is one of the "oldies," as she puts it, in the business of selling big heavy boxes of cantaloupe and garlic and fresh basil straight off her farm to people who take them home and turn them into that night's dinner. ...
CORRECTIONS.(NEWS)(CORRECTIONS)(Correction notice)
Apr 01, 2009 ... CORRECTIONS Calendar listings on Page 08E Sunday and Page 02E Monday incorrectly indicated that Macy's Spring Flower Show had opened. "A Dream of Color" opens at the downtown Minneapolis ...
Dakota County public defenders buried in cases; As more jobless people can't afford private lawyers, the courts feel the squeeze.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: JOY POWELL; STAFF WRITER The juggling of cases by overburdened public defenders was in full swing Tuesday afternoon in Dakota County District Court, and in three courtrooms it was much the same: Judges, court reporters, prosecutors, defendants and others waited, with ...
DATELINE MINNEAPOLIS; Impressive show of support for two schools; A not-so-wealthy pair of south Minneapolis elementary schools raised $40,000 at their recent fundraiser.(NEWS)(DATELINE MINNEAPOLIS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: Patrice Relerford; Staff Writer Anyone who cares about urban children and their education should be proud of the staff members, parents and other supporters of Hale and Field elementary schools in south Minneapolis. Last month, more than 450 adults from both ...
gardening; the dirt; Read all about it.(VARIETY)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: Kim Palmer; Connie Nelson; Staff Writers Calling all garden-minded bookworms! It's still too early to dig into the garden, but not too early for another rite of spring -- the annual open house at Terrace Horticultural Books. This St. Paul shop specializing in ...
THEATER REVIEW; Male singers take a trek to diva-town; Band leader and arranger Sanford Moore and singer Dane Stauffer have crafted a musical revue that has humor, honesty and heart.(VARIETY)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: ROHAN PRESTON; STAFF WRITER Drag performers have been sending up disco and R&B divas for decades, so it comes as a surprise that a revue of such songs -- plus country and rock numbers -- is not a tour-de-camp. Two moments illustrate the humorous and honest ...
front door; A weekly look at ways to add beauty, utility and fun to your home or garden.(VARIETY)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: KIM YEAGER; CONNIE NELSON; STAFF WRITERS DO IT NOW If you haven't removed the winter greens from your window boxes and planters, do it now. Browned-out spruce tips and tattered holiday ribbons don't give spring a warm welcome. In just a few weeks, you'll be ...
ON OUTDOORS; OPERATION: THANK YOU; A group of war veterans got reacquainted with the pleasure of hunting, thanks to a group of volunteers.(SPORTS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: DOUG SMITH; STAFF WRITER Despite 12 months in war-torn Iraq, with mortars and rockets periodically crashing down around him, soldier Gabe Timp of Cottage Grove didn't mind the gunshots echoing across the fields in Prior Lake last weekend. "This is awesome," Timp said ...
Man racks up 2 more DWI charges after 11 convictions.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: Gregory A. Patterson; Staff Writer A Minneapolis man has been charged with two counts of felony driving under the influence of alcohol, one gross misdemeanor count of driving after license cancellation and a misdemeanor violation of the open-bottle law. For Daniel Lynn ...
Changes for charter schools; Approve proposals to strengthen oversight, governance.(NEWS)(Editorial)
Apr 01, 2009 ... In 17 years of operation in Minnesota, charter schools have been praised and pilloried. Some reports highlight the schools' academic successes with kids and tout figures that show high levels of family and student satisfaction. Other studies question the charters' effectiveness and say ...
ELCA board takes up how to vote on gay clergy; Council rejected a motion to set a two-thirds vote on gay ordination at the churchwide assembly, but the matter is far from closed.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: JEFF STRICKLER; STAFF WRITER The first battle lines for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's (ELCA) latest proposal on gay ministers were drawn Tuesday when the Church Council rejected a motion to require a two-thirds vote on the question. The council ...
Readers Write.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009 ... LETTER OF THE DAY: Hennepin Avenue: It's urban but safe, so please don't avoid it When I read Mitch Pearlstein's piece on how dangerous Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis has become (Opinion Exchange, March 27), I had to scratch my head and wonder if he was talking about ...
Elk River schools end backpack mail delivery; Officials are ending the practice of letting children take literature from outside groups home after school.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: NORMAN DRAPER; STAFF WRITER Starting May 15, the only thing headed home via Elk River schools' backpack mail will come directly from the schools. That means nothing from the Boy and Girl Scouts. Nothing from athletic or other extracurricular booster clubs. Not even ...
Mary Ann Fenlason dug into Edina history; She was president of the Edina Historical Society and the first to get married at Normandale Lutheran Church.(NEWS)(Obituary)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: TIM HARLOW; STAFF WRITER The history of Edina unfolds in photographs, artifacts, restored buildings, and interviews with longtime residents and descendants of pioneers. It's all on display at the Edina Historical Society, an organization into which Mary Ann ...
RED RIVER FLOODING; Soggy dikes, but guarded optimism; A heavy snowfall over the region means there will be another crest coming by mid-April, officials said. Stores reopen, displaced residents begin to return and Fargo-Moorhead moves a bit toward "normal.".(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: RICHARD MERYHEW; STAFF WRITER FARGO, N.D. - They're coming back. In one of the strongest indications yet that the worst of the Red River flooding may be over, Fargo officials announced Tuesday that all businesses asked to close while the river was rising could ...
Crackdown on bar too severe, Appeals Court rules; Minneapolis exceeded authority in restricting Gabby's liquor license and denied it due process, the court said.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: ROCHELLE OLSON; STAFF WRITER The Minneapolis City Council, in attempting to curb bad behavior of bar patrons spilling into Northeast neighborhoods, went too far in its license crackdown on Gabby's Saloon & Eatery, the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. In ...
Garage Barrage: more the merrier.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Volunteers are hoping to enlist homeowners itching to hold a garage sale in the Garage Barrage, a community garage sale to benefit Irondale High School Baseball, set for April 24-25 in Mounds View and New Brighton. The event, organized by volunteers from the Irondale Homerun Club, is ...
gardening; DIGGING IN; Spring forward; Trees may look like they're dormant in late winter, but they're actually slowly and carefully preparing themselves for spring.(VARIETY)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: JEFF GILLMAN As spring approaches, trees feel the temperature difference just like we do. But unlike us, they aren't ready to start enjoying the warmth right away. They need a certain amount of cold weather before they can spread their leaves. Trees have ...
The Greengirls are ready to garden - at least online.(VARIETY)
Apr 01, 2009 ... With the push to eat locally -- and save money -- it's shaping up to be a productive gardening season. That's why we brought the Greengirls out of winter hibernation early this year. Starting today, our intrepid garden bloggers will be dishing the dirt online. Robyn Dochterman, our ...
Washington County official apologizes for DWI arrest; Commissioner Dennis Hegberg, who was arrested in Forest Lake on suspicion of drunken driving, said he's sorry for his "poor judgment.".(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: KEVIN GILES; STAFF WRITER The longest-serving commissioner currently on the Washington County Board was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in Forest Lake over the weekend. Dennis Hegberg, 62, failed a sobriety test after an officer stopped him. He was ...
HOME PRICES TAKE A PLUNGE; In the Twin Cities, home prices fell 20 percent in January from a year earlier, the largest annual decline on record.(BUSINESS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: JENNIFER BJORHUS; STAFF WRITER Housing continues to grope for a bottom in the Twin Cities, new numbers out Tuesday show. Local home prices in January took their steepest annual dive yet, according to the latest Standard and Poor's Case-Shiller home price ...
`Best of both worlds'; `Hybrid' classes that combine face-to-face instruction with online learning are popular at Bloomington Jefferson.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: AIMEE BLANCHETTE; STAFF WRITER Students at Bloomington Jefferson High School might sleep through their first-hour classes or leave early to go to their part-time jobs, but it doesn't mean they're slacking off. New "hybrid" courses offered this year give ...
Small town basking in big hoopla over hockey; Bemidji State's berth in the Frozen Four has given the program credibility and the town an infusion of pride.(SPORTS)(Jim Souhan)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: Jim Souhan; Staff Writer Bemidji, Minn., is home to huge statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox. Bemidjians won't need so much concrete and wood to honor their latest folk heroes, the life-sized creators of the local university's tall-but-true tale. Led ...
Policeman who killed man, 19, got Medal of Valor; Attorneys for slain man's family are critical of the bravery award to the Minneapolis officer who shot Fong Lee.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: DAVID CHANEN; STAFF WRITER The Minneapolis police officer at the center of a wrongful-death lawsuit alleging that a gun was planted at the crime scene received the Police Department's Medal of Valor last year in connection with the case. Officer Jason ...
With razor wit, Ayres is outside, cutting in; BOOK REVIEW: Not quite memoir, not quite reportage, "Death by Leisure" is an odd and sometimes funny look at the bizarre world of Southern California.(VARIETY)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: KIM SCHMIDT Special to the Star Tribune British-born journalist Chris Ayres is assigned to an enviable beat for the Times of London: the glitz and glamour of Southern California, where the sky is "a cheerleader on antidepressants: blank-eyed, even-tempered, ...
Putting the `park' in parking lot; Lakeville hopes Market Plaza can serve as a downtown event center in addition to providing parking spots for business customers.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: DEAN SPIROS; STAFF WRITER Is a parking lot with a fashionable name still just a parking lot? Proponents of the continuing attempt to revitalize downtown Lakeville see Market Plaza as much more than that. When completed this spring, what once was a section of ...
MCAD names sculptor as new president.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: Jenna Ross; Staff Writer The Minneapolis College of Art and Design named its new president Tuesday. Jay Coogan, former provost at the Rhode Island School of Design, will serve as the nonprofit private college's 16th president, the Board of Trustees announced. ...
3M cutting worldwide workforce 1.5%; Several hundred of the 1,200 job cuts will be in Minnesota, most of them at the company's headquarters campus in Maplewood.(BUSINESS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: LIZ FEDOR; STAFF WRITER 3M Co., Minnesota's largest manufacturing company, is cutting its worldwide workforce by another 1,200 jobs, or 1.5 percent, in response to the global recession. Fewer than half of the job cuts will be in the United States. ...
MoneyGram paid ex-CEO $13.1 million; The severance came as losses were piling up and the stock price was in a free fall.(BUSINESS)(Financial report)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: CHRIS SERRES; STAFF WRITER MoneyGram International Inc., the troubled St. Louis Park money-transfer company that has seen its shares plunge 96 percent in the past two years, paid a $13.1 million severance package to former chief executive Philip Milne. At the ...
police blotter.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: Susan Hilliard; Staff Writer BLAINE MARCH 7 Disorderly conduct. An officer observed a man urinating next to a vehicle along the fence on the 1000 block of 109th Avenue NE. He was arrested and cited for disorderly conduct. CENTERVILLE ...
letters.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Officers' deaths tragic The relatives of Lovelle Mixon, the murderer of four Oakland police officers stated that "He wasn't a monster." What would law-abiding citizens call him then? He was wanted on a warrant for gun possession and a lengthy criminal history, according to ...
town square; ANOKA COUNTY; Compost sites open.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009 ... CORRECTION PUBLISHED 04/08/09: A news brief on the metrowide Paint-A-Thon should have listed the phone number as 612-721-8687. The Paint-A-Thon helps low-income seniors and disabled homeowners spruce up their homes' exteriors. Anoka County's compost sites are scheduled to open ...
remembering.(NEWS)(Obituary)
Apr 01, 2009 ... Colwell, Charlotte W. age 75, Edina, MN, passed away Friday, March 27, 2009 in Edina. Memorials are preferred to the Edina Senior Center, 5820 Grandview Square, Edina, MN 55436 or to the donor's choice. Memorial Service Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 11 a.m. at Plymouth Congregational Church, ...
Park Board told to back merger or lose money; Minneapolis park officials will get the hard-line message today that if they don't get behind a push to merge pension funds, funding for parks could suffer.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: STEVE BRANDT; STAFF WRITER Minneapolis park officials will get a diplomatically worded but fiscally hard-headed message today: Support merging aging Minneapolis pension funds or risk that the city will have less money for parks. The stark alternative comes at ...
Another woman is assaulted at Lake Phalen.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: MARY LYNN SMITH; LORA PABST; STAFF WRITERS Police are investigating another assault at Lake Phalen. A woman running on the west side of the lake was attacked at about 6:30 p.m. Monday. The suspect followed the victim, knocked her to the ground, struck her in ...
critic's picks.(VARIETY)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: NEAL JUSTIN; STAFF WRITER Another gay groundbreaker Dustin Lance Black, fresh off his Oscar win for writing "Milk," scales back the rhetoric in his latest project, "Pedro" (7 p.m., MTV, MTVU, LOGO), a biopic on the life of Pedro Zamora, the first HIV-positive ...
Bias suits settled with Gold'n Plump, job agency .(BUSINESS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: Chris Serres; Staff Writer A federal judge gave approval for Gold'n Plump Inc. and an employment agency to pay $1.35 million to settle lawsuits alleging religious discrimination against Muslims at a chicken processing plant in Cold Spring, Minn. The money ...
SPOTLIGHT: LACROSSE; Learning lacrosse; The fast-rising high school sport is still new to a lot of players.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: DAVID LA VAQUE; STAFF WRITER Last Wednesday night marked the third Champlin Park boys' and girls' varsity lacrosse practices. Ever. Waiting in the hallway outside the field house were boys looking like half-dressed Imperial stormtroopers, ...
NOTEBOOK; Spring Lake Park softball in good shape.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: DAVID LA VAQUE; STAFF WRITER Roles will change and new names must emerge, but Spring Lake Park softball coach Lori Lightbody feels good about her team. "We like our options," she said. The Panthers are searching for their fourth consecutive winning ...
Q & A: CODY BEAM AND MIKE LATTA, COON RAPIDS BASEBALL; Pitcher, catcher on same page.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: DAVID La VAQUE; STAFF WRITER Even now, on the cusp of a new baseball season, Coon Rapids seniors Cody Beam and Mike Latta offer no great explanation for the Cardinals' jump from a 1-7 record at one point to No. 9 seed in the section to Class 3A state champions. ...
Local poetry buff goes to national stage; A north Minneapolis teen is headed for the national Poetry Out Loud competition -- with judges including Garrison Keillor grading her performance.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: ALEX ROBINSON What thoughts I have of you tonight, Walt Whitman, for I walked down the sidestreets under the trees with a headache self-conscious looking at the full moon ... This poem -- "A Supermarket in California" by Allen Ginsberg -- and two others stand ...
NOTES; Hoop-A-Thon fundraiser set for Sunday; The event, which started 11 years ago, raises money to support Huntington's Disease medical research.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: RON HAGGSTROM; STAFF WRITER B.J. Viau didn't go very far from home when he decided to continue playing basketball at St. Thomas. The 2005 Eastview graduate returns home to Apple Valley once a year for special occasion -- the Twin Cities Hoop-A-Thon. ...
Q & A: MATT GARIN, EASTVIEW LACROSSE; Lacrosse helps Garin in football.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: RON HAGGSTROM; STAFF WRITER Eastview senior Matt Garin is a stalwart two-sport athlete. His second sport of choice just might surprise some people -- lacrosse. The Division I football recruit at defensive end for the Gophers could also play lacrosse at that ...
SPOTLIGHT: BASEBALL; Armed and ready; The state baseball tournament was dominated by Lake Conference teams last year and could be again.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: AARON PAITICH Last season, Bloomington Jefferson made the baseball state tournament for the first time since 1985. "We're hoping it doesn't take another 22 years to make it back," coach Jim Gess said. But in the Lake Conference, the only thing ...
NOTEBOOK; Washburn basketball titles linked to St. Cloud State.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: JIM PAULSEN; STAFF WRITER The boys' basketball connection between Minneapolis Washburn and St. Cloud State University became even stronger when the Millers won the Class 3A state championship Saturday. Washburn is coached by Reggie Perkins, who was an ...
Q & A: TORY AHMANN, EDEN PRAIRIE; Synchronized swimming very taxing.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: JIM PAULSEN; STAFF WRITER Tory Ahmann has heard the cackles and jeers and putdowns. And she has one wish: that those who mock and ridicule synchronized swimming would hop in the pool and give it a try. Just once. And then maybe, she believes, her ...
Robbinsdale schools chief search narrows to four; The finalists, none of whom is from the district, will visit next Tuesday through Thursday.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: NORMAN DRAPER; STAFF WRITER The Robbinsdale school board is interviewing four semifinalists this week for the job of superintendent. Unlike nearby Anoka-Hennepin schools, which chose an insider -- district administrator Dennis Carlson -- as its new superintendent in ...
Bad economy saves historic barn; An unusual structure near St. Michael got a reprieve thanks to the slow housing market.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: HERON MARQUEZ ESTRADA; STAFF WRITER The bad economy has produced something good on a farm outside of St. Michael. One of the most unusual barns in the country, a round structure that was facing possible demolition as part of a planned housing development, has ...
AT THE LEGISLATURE; Minnesota, Wisconsin tout cooperation; Govs. Tim Pawlenty and Jim Doyle released a report on Tuesday that details how their states could share costs and ease each state's budget by as much as $10 million.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: MARK BRUNSWICK; STAFF WRITER Backing up each other's databases, investing together in communications systems for law enforcement and even buying milk from a Wisconsin prison dairy farm are a few of the ways Minnesota and Wisconsin, long friendly but persistent rivals, ...
Clean living; Shepherd's Choice Farm was born of a desire for a simpler way of life.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: PAUL LEVY; STAFF WRITER Kathy Pususta spent two decades cleaning other folks' houses, and then made soap when she got home. Laundry soap. Bathing soap. Soap that removed the itch from sensitive skin. And more soaps that she was itching to try. "My mom made ...
Treasures from Titanic's rescue ship to visit.(NEWS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Byline: PAUL WALSH$sw Artifacts from the ship that responded to the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 will make their worldwide debut at the Science Museum of Minnesota in June, officials for the St. Paul museum announced Tuesday. The items are from the RMS Carpathia, the vessel ...