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Money Magazine's Best Places To Live 2010: Minnesota Town Earns ...

2010-07-12

For those of us looking to relocate, look no farther than Eden Prairie, Minnesota, which was named by Money Magazine as the best small city to live in America.

Jul

CP Rail Manitoba & Minnesota Subdivision: Great Places To Eat ...

2010-07-15

It got me to wondering: Where are other great places to grab a coffee, or other liquid refreshment, or a meal, and watch trains? I posted that query on the Atlas HO forum. Here are some of the responses: "The Steaming Tender in Palmer, ...

Jul

Real America: Your Civil Rights Sausage Is Made in Minnesota - The Awl

2010-07-29

Circuit City, formerly headquartered in Virginia, a state with a Tax Foundation ranking 25 places higher than Minnesota's, just got its last rites read to it last year by Minneapolis-based Best Buy. Is Emmer suggesting Best Buy or ...

Jul

Duluth Area Camping

2010-07-31

This weekend I plan to go up to Duluth to do some riding and was looking for a good place to camp. When i say camp, i mean car camping with a tent. We don't require parking at our specific campsite but it would be preferred over a. ... Here are a few spots in Duluth MN that I can think of that allow tent camping and have showers available. I don't exactly know the alcohol beverage policies of these campgrounds. I do know that Snowflake Nordic Center Tent Camping doesn't ...

Jun

Kayaking & Canoeing in Minnesota | BornToPaddle.com Places To ...

2010-06-30

Looking for a place to paddle your kayak or canoe? Check out the Mississippi River Challenge in Minnesota. Find other places to paddle all over the US.

Jul

MinnPost - Verse or Worse: A cluttered mind: Vuvuzelas, Russian ...

2010-07-23

He mused in writing about a similar collection of odd place names some years ago, when Atwood, Augusta, Argonne and many more, started showing up on one TV station as Minnesota places in the path of possible violently dreary weather. ...

Jul

Nanowrimo 2010 | National Novel Writing Month

2010-07-31

Location: Burnsville, Minnesota, USA. Posts: 281. Posted on: Jul 31, 2010 - 11 22. I've been thinking...it is my 10th year doing Nanowrimo this year. That's a DECADE. Wow. And every year we struggle to get donations. Last week a couple kids came to ... That or we could hit up Blue Moon and Nina's and all those other places we live at in November for a donation, too. Personally, I want a NASCAR style sponsorship jacket. I could see "Bic" and "Mead" and a few more patches. ...

May

Minnesota list of 10 Most Endangered Historic Places is released ...

2010-05-21

A prominent county courthouse, a Depression-era school building, an iconic Modern ice-cream stand, and a Northern Minnesota lakeside overlook are among the diverse sites named to the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota's 2010 list of the ...

Jul

Born in a barn, film fest true to its roots | Duluth News Tribune ...

2010-07-30

Before the Free Range Film Festival was the kind of event that drew submissions from all over the country — not to mention places like Germany and Spain — it was just a group of friends in an old barn, debuting their own homemade comedies and ... “It's the most exciting thing I've encountered since I've been in Minnesota.” The festival continues with more than 20 films from 2-6 p.m. today, then starting again at 7:30 p.m.. Robin Decaire, one of the event's organizers, ...

Jul

Minnesota's Split Rock Lighthouse celebrates centennial year ...

2010-07-29

In 1969, the Coast Guard retired the light, even as the lighthouse earned a spot on the National Register of Historic Places that same year. The State of Minnesota acquired the lighthouse in 1971, and the Minnesota Historical Society ...

Jul

Girls golf: Stillwater places third at state

2010-07-31

COON RAPIDS - It was more than a lifetime ago for players on the Stillwater girls' golf team since the Ponies last finished third at the state tournament.

Jul

Miracles Happen in Minnesota

2010-07-31

MASON CITY, IA - A military salute for our troops at home and abroad drove into the ceremony at the second annual Miracles Happen Festival. Folks are paying a special tribute to some local families affected by war.

Jul

Aug. 1 is Interstate 35W Bridge Memorial Day

2010-07-30

Saint Paul -- Gov. Tim Pawlenty has ordered all U.S. flags and Minnesota flags to be flown at half-staff at the Capitol Complex, including state buildings, monuments, and grounds in proximity to and including the Minnesota State Capitol, from sunrise until sunset on Sunday, Aug. 1. The governor also encouraged the people of Minnesota and places of worship to mark this day with a moment of ...

Jul

Boner, Deeg place fourth and sixth at state tourney; Carpenter finishes 12th

2010-07-31

Stillwater juniors-to-be Hailey Boner and Cassie Deeg each finished among the top six at this week's Minnesota PGA State Junior Girls Championship at Giants Ridge in Biwabik.

Jul

Teachers' Summers: Theresa Raker, fifth-grade teacher at Pepperell Elementary

2010-07-31

Learning is something that should never stop throughout ones lifetime. It is so important to expand your horizons and open your mind to new ideas, people and places. Part of the way in which my hu...

Jul

The Nationals Start Trading Places

2010-07-30

Photo by fcreativ In what's being praised as a completely non-Bowden-esque move, Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo pulled the trigger and dealt All-Star closer Matt Capps to the Minnesota Twins for highly rated catching prospect Wilson Ramos last night. The addition of Capps prior to this season has been a big reason for the Nats' improvement over 2009, back when every call to the bullpen was ...

Jul

Capella Education Company is Once Again Recognized as One of the Twin Cities "Best Places to Work"

2010-07-30

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For the third consecutive year, Capella Education Company, a provider of exclusively online post-secondary education through its wholly owned subsidiary Capella University (http://www.capella.edu), has been recognized as one of the Twin Cities "Best Places to Work" by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. The award highlights ...

Jul

Sunday Essay: Dallas poet Robert Trammell marched to his own meter

2010-07-31

Robert Trammell, Dallas poet, died in May 2006 of cholangiocarcinoma, vulgarly known as cancer of the bile duct. That, at least, was the official cause of death. Some who knew Bob suspect that cancer was merely the proxy for the disease that actually killed him, the same disease that has been known to kill American writers and artists (and a great many others, too) - anxiety over money.

Jul

Minnesota's charitable gambling jackpot shrinks

2010-07-28

Blame a generation gap or the economy, but receipts are at their lowest level in decades.

Jul

Biz briefs: Pizza Ranch to open first metro site in Lakeville

2010-07-31

Pizza Ranch , an Iowa-based restaurant chain with restaurants in nine Midwest states, is opening its first restaurant in the metro area. The new site is next to Hom Furniture along I-35 in Lakeville .

Jul