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Legislative notebook: Higher cigarette taxes on the table in Minnesota
By Danielle Killey and Don Davis Minnesota legislators are considering raising cigarette taxes and the cost of little cigars by classifying them cigarettes, which are taxed at a higher rate than ciga...
Posted on 2/7/13 at 6:17 PM
Home Sweet Home: China in Minnesota
All of you who've read my posts are awesome. Thank you for following along. While I'm sad to see this journey end, I'm excited with anticipation because this was just my first try. I'll be writing man...
Posted on 10/27/12 at 11:31 AM
Watch those leaves zoom by
Fall colors are here and so are the inexplicably impatient drivers. The locals are willing, even eager, to pass in No Passing Zones all year round, but the behavior of the foliage lookie-loos is hard ...
Posted on 9/24/10 at 11:03 AM
Looking at Lake Superior State
Two weeks from Friday, Minnesota Duluth opens 2010-11 at Lake Superior State in a one-game trip to Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., on Oct. 8 (followed with a game the next night at Northern Michigan.) The M...
Posted on 9/24/10 at 9:39 AM
New visitor center celebration at Grand Portage State Park
A new visitor center at Grand Portage State Park will be celebrated on Sept. 25, according to Minnesota Department of Natural Resources news release. Maples should be near their peak of fall color ...
Posted on 9/16/10 at 12:49 PM
POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: Endorsement, no endorsement
Political notes from Capitol reporter Don Davis.By Don Davis/MN State Capitol Bureau , June 19, 2010
Cloquet sluggers lose consolation game 8-3
By Jana Peterson , June 18, 2010
State gets deed to Vermilion parkland
Gov. Tim Pawlenty signed an agreement this morning to pay U.S. Steel $18 million for 3,000 acres along Lake Vermilion in northeastern Minnesota to becme a new state park. Development of the park may take more than a decade, but visitors may be able to make limited use later this year.By Don Davis/MN State Capitol Bureau , June 08, 2010
Barnum girls win state basketball title
By Rick Weegman, Duluth News Tribune , March 22, 2010
State girls soccer: Cloquet, East Ridge head into overtime
ROSEVILLE, Minn. — Haley Bassett’s goal with 39.8 seconds remaining in regulation rescued Cloquet from imminent defeat and sent its girls soccer state tournament game against East Ridge into overtime tied at 1-1 tonight at Roseville Area High School.By Rick Weegman , October 29, 2009
Plans for new vets' cemeteries stall
ST. PAUL — Efforts to establish veterans cemeteries in Northeastern and southwestern Minnesota are moving ahead slowly, but proponents say they are far from dead.By Scott Wente , April 06, 2009
Two critically injured in freeway crash
Two young people were in critical condition and another escaped with only minor injuries following an accident on I-35 last Saturday, Sept. 6. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a 1997 Acura Integra driven by Mark A. Swenson, 16, of Duluth was traveling northbound at mile marker 225 when the car he was driving spun out of control, leaving the roadway and striking a tree.September 11, 2008
Veterans cemetery gains endorsement of state, local groups
The proposal for a State Veterans Cemetery, to be located on a 68-acre corner of Jay Cooke State Park, appears to be very much alive and well, according to a contingency that spoke in support of the proposal at Tuesday’s regular session of the Carlton County Board.By Wendy Johnson , April 10, 2008
Wrenshall girls lose game one in state tournament basketball
An extended scoring drought cost Wrenshall in its debut at the Minnesota high school girls state tournament.March 14, 2008
Barnum girls net second place at Class A state championship
Barnum fell 51-40 to Ada-Borup girls basketball state tournament Saturday afternoon at Target Center in Minneapolis.March 13, 2008
Post-state hockey tournament welcome home planned for CEC boys
No matter the outcome of this week's Minnesota State Boys Hockey Tournament, the Cloquet-Esko-Carlton team will be welcomed home with fanfare in a celebration starting at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 9, at Cloquet Area Recreation Center (CARC).March 04, 2008
CEC boys headed to state tournament, will play Edina at 11 a.m. Thursday
While it's safe to say Cloquet-Esko-Carlton benefited from some odd bounces Thursday night at the DECC, there's little doubt the Lumberjacks deserved their 3-2 victory over Anoka in the Section 7AA championship game.February 29, 2008
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