Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit goes on display at Science Museum of Minnesota

Back in 1947, a Bedouin shepherd was searching for a lost goat in the hills by the Dead Sea. He threw a rock into a cave, perhaps to startle out an animal, and heard the sound of breaking pottery. When he entered the cave, he found 10 ceramic jars and a treasure — a collection of ancient Jewish manuscripts dating to the time of Jesus. At least, that’s how the story goes. When it comes to the Dead Sea Scrolls, there is more mystery than certainty. “The great question about the scrolls is: Who wrote them? And there is no answer yet,” said Mike Day, a senior vice president at the Science Museum of Minnesota, where a major exhibition on the Dead Sea Scrolls opened Friday.

• Dead Sea Scrolls

Proctor's motorized chair to go back on auction block

The famous - or infamous - motorized chair seized after a drunken-driving arrest in Proctor is making another appearance on the auction block.

• Motorized chair

Fargo gives quick OK to flood preparations

In a morning meeting fraught with a sense of urgency, the Fargo City Commission signed off on almost $1.2 million worth of clay levee work and alternative flood protection equipment.

Minnesota bill would protect pets from domestic abuse

A proposal seeks to make Minnesota the 14th state to include pets in court orders designed to protect a person from harm or harass­ment.

• Protecting pets

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UMD keeps cheap cab rides going

University of Minnesota Duluth students used a cheap taxi program so much that it ran out of money.

Cloquet resident faces sexual-assault charges

A Cloquet resident and employee at the Mexico Lindo restaurant was charged this week with sexually assaulting a woman at an apartment above the Cloquet restaurant.

Superior firefighters contain oil spill

The Superior Police Department was called to the 4900 block of St. Croix Drive about 1 p.m. Friday, when a fuel tank for a home in the Lakeside Terrace Mobile Home Park ruptured, spilling 60 to 70 gallons of heating oil into an adjacent wetland.

Victims identified in crash near Ely

The identities of two people killed as the result of a head-on car collision Thursday evening just west of Ely have been released: The victims were Larry J. Karsten, 57, and Carmen J. Berrini, 28, both of Ely.

Eh? Guard members bring hockey to Afghanistan

We’re hearing news from Afghanistan that Duluth won the big hockey tournament there last weekend.

If you go

The Cloquet Mojakka Cook-Off fundraiser will be from 1-4 p.m. Sunday at the Northeastern Hotel, 115 St. Louis Ave., on Dunlap Island. Call (218) 879-9968 for details.

Residents angered over state control of mineral searches

Mahtowa Township residents opposed to mineral exploration in their part of Carlton County were dismayed this week to learn that the state, not the county, has the final say on mineral searches near their homes.

Cutting-edge machine makes big bales of energy

The new biomass machine cuts brush to burn while opening habitat for sharp-tailed grouse and deer.

• Coal vs. biomass: A question of economics vs. environment
• BioBaler
• Chewing brush
• Fox 21 News: Biomass

Mojakka Cook-Offs split between Cloquet, Finland

Organizers of two separate Northland Mojakka Cook-Offs this weekend have taken their competition out of the kitchen, with each claiming to be part of the “annual” Mojakka Cook-off that began seven years ago.

• if you go
• A helping of mojakka

Fire just the most recent of family’s woes

A fire is just the latest in a series of challenges the family has had to face recently.

• Significant damage