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CAPITOL CHATTER
Nursing homes get financial bump as lawmakers OK health care bill
By Danielle Killey Nursing homes and other care facilities will get more state money than they have seen in years. Sen. Tony Lourey, DFL-Kerrick, said the budget plan lawmakers approved last week inc...
5/18/13 at 6:40 PM

ASTRO BOB
1998 QE2 asteroid flyby an opportunity for pros and amateurs alike
An asteroid it would take an hour to walk across will speed past Earth on May 31 and provide radio astronomers a perfect opportunity to nab closeup views of its surface. 1998 QE2, discovered in 1998...
5/18/13 at 10:56 AM

OIL PATCH DISPATCH
Radioactive waste on the N.D. monitor
WILLISTON, N.D. Landfill employees here discovered at least two hot loads this week, illustrating why a group of North Dakota citizens is worried about the proper disposal of radioactive waste that ...
5/18/13 at 12:03 AM

THE WANNABE BIRDER
Do the Minnesota Vikings hate birds?
Probably not. But Minnesota Public Radio reports that some bird watchers are concerned about all that glass in the plans for their new football station. Birds, as anyone who has windows knows, don't a...
5/17/13 at 5:16 PM

EH? PLUS
All-you-can-eat buffet
The Eagles Auxiliary will be hosting an all-you-can-eat soup, sandwich & salad buffet lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at 1710 N. 12th St. in Superior. The event is open to the public. Here'...
5/16/13 at 4:15 PM

Featured Area Voices

EVERYDAY GOURMET
Zesty Tomato Quinoa
There is no doubt that quinoa is on trend right now in the food world. The united nations has even deemed 2013 as the "year or quinoa". Not just because it's popular though, but because it is consider...
5/18/13 at 9:19 AM

COURAGE IN THE KITCHEN
Pan-Fried Asparagus
Chuck, Ive found a real good place for brook trout, said my father when he picked me up at the bus station in Hayward. The spring semester was over and I was home for a few days before heading back to...
5/18/13 at 8:15 AM

SLOWING THE RACING MIND
If He Can Forgive Her…
On Monday, I posted an entry about playing the roll of the woman at the well in a sketch at an evening worship service on Sunday night. I had a lot of positive feedback from readers, and I fully belie...
5/18/13 at 6:18 AM

FAR SIDE OF FIFTY
Dakota RIP
The grand girls dog died on Wednesday May 15th. Dakota was a Sheltie and they got her when they lived in Illinois. She must have been about twelve years old. She didnt do old age well, she suffere...
5/18/13 at 5:05 AM

HORSE SHOES
Orb, Ruffian and the Triple Crown
I didnt bet on Orb, this years Kentucky Derby winner, but I should have. I should have noticed Orb was wearing the colors of one if not the greatest fillies of all time: Ruffian. Then, there would h...
5/17/13 at 10:46 PM

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