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Good skiing close to home in Minnesota

Whenever I drive along Minnesota's North Shore during the winter months, I get an almost overwhelming urge to ...

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Super hype makes game hardly worth waiting for

Unless you cheer for the Patriots, the Steelers or one of those other perennial NFL powerhouse franchises, watching ...

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Why all that LGA stuff really is a big deal

If you have owned, do own or know someone who owns a home in one of the Twin ...

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Professional sports need to hear ‘no’ for a change

Vikings fans may wonder who their quarterback will be next year and Packers fans may hope for a ...

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Old edition illustrates attitudes of the times

Most of the rest of the headlines ran true to the pattern we all know, either from our ...

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Tweener week a mystery

Something needs to be done about this week, this confusing half-holiday period between Christmas and New Year’s. Are ...

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Taking the trash out of Christmas

There has to be a way to avoid the piles of packaging

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Storm shows how poorly prepared many are

Last weekend’s blizzard and this week’s little follow-up snowstorm provided an opportunity for people to test out their ...

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End to race, start of battle

By all accounts, incoming Gov. Mark Dayton looked and sounded rather somber during his public appearances on Wednesday ...

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Seeing the beginning of Austin growth phase

How many times does a dollar circulate around a community before its ripples fade away or spend themselves ...

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Minnesota is entering a season of change

A couple of times a year the Chamber of Commerce invites members to a lunchtime briefing on legislative ...

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Fighting the good fight against squirrels

There was nearly a half-inch of ice in the birdbath outside our house on Thursday morning.

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No need to accelerate the tradition

Either the squirrels or the deer — or maybe both — have eaten the faces off our Halloween ...

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Telling people how to eat not the answer

New York has been the epicenter of food rules during the past decade or so, ranging from the ...

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Rules taking the fun out of NFL game

Sometimes it seems like the National Football League’s rules committee and owners must be Congressional wannabes. They have ...

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