WASHINGTON — The new version of the farm bill making its way through Congress like a vine climbing a trellis goes beyond agriculture.
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A 14-year-old Chisago City boy who died after a watercraft collision on Crooked Lake near Garrison, Minn., has been identified. Brian Michael Ammerman was thrown from his personal scooter after it collided with another scooter operated by a 13-year-old boy, according to the Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office. A resident with a pontoon boat pulled the boys from the water and got them to shore. …
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DULUTH - A man was found dead outside his home on Saturday, the city’s first fatal shooting of the year, police said. There were several witnesses to the shooting, which occurred about 3:40 a.m. at a home in the city’s East Hillside neighborhood. Police Lt. Peg Johnson said there was some kind of confrontation at the residence, but she said she wasn’t sure whether it was connected to the …
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EAU CLAIRE, WIS. - A judge rejected motions by the Catholic Diocese of Superior seeking dismissal of a wrongful-death lawsuit filed against it by the parents of a Hudson, Wis., funeral home intern who was killed five years ago. Eau Claire County Circuit Judge Paul Lenz issued an oral ruling Friday in the lawsuit filed by Carsten and Sally Ellison of Barron, Wis. Ellison, 22, and funeral director …
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I own my home in my name only. I am 86 years old and would like to add my son’s name onto the deed of my home, reserving a life estate for myself. However, I have heard from some of my friends that this may hurt me if I need nursing home care in the future. I don’t know what to do.
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MIAMI - A 105-year-old Cuban-born man who had at least one pending wish finally had it fulfilled — he became a U.S. citizen. Jose Temprana celebrated by sipping champagne with friends at the Hispanic Community Center in Miami on Friday. “I feel different,” said Temprana, who served 30 years in Cuban jails. “Satisfied, very happy. It was worth the wait.” Temprana has the vitality of a younger …
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In addition to the law setting up the ignition interlock program, several other new laws take effect today. They include: The cost of a marriage license increases to $110 from $100. Those who attend a “premarital education” class will have the price of their licenses increase from $30 to $40. Members of the military and their families can apply within two years of returning from active duty to …
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Although some Minnesota judges will have discretion starting this week to give ignition interlock devices to serious drunken driving offenders, no one will be immediately able to use them. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety has yet to establish guidelines for the use of the devices, although the effort is gaining speed because of a pilot program set up by the Legislature that will start …
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The state and the two unions that represent most state workers have reached a tentative contract agreement that will give across-the-board pay raises
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Police departments around Minnesota are weighing whether they can spare any of their own officers for a few days next summer to help
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A judge rejects motions by the Catholic Diocese of Superior seeking dismissal of a wrongful death lawsuit filed against it by the parents
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Officials at Minnesota State University Moorhead have put up 14-thousand-255 U-S flags on Nemzek Field on campus. It’s to honor all the soldiers from
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Police in Duluth are investigating the city’s first fatal shooting of the year. Police say there were several witnesses to the shooting, which occurred
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The Hennepin County medical examiner today ruled the death of a 32-year-old art student a homicide, calling it the result of “multiple causes.”
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WINNIPEG, MANITOBA Angry over rising drug costs, a group of older Minnesotans pioneered the nation’s first free bus trips to Canada for low-cost drugs in 1995, then in 2002 started the first nonprofit website to buy drugs from Canada. But on Friday, the Minnesota Senior Federation bus with 26 paying customers stopped at CanTrust Pharmacy in Winnipeg for its last scheduled drug run to Canada, …
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