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Minnesota PCA OKs Magnetation plant No. 4

Minnesota PCA OKs Magnetation plant No. 4

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s citizens board on Tuesday unanimously approved plans by Magnetation to build its fourth iron ore recovery plant on the Iron Range, this time near Coleraine in Itasca County.

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Franken: Federal budget cuts to blame for gas price hikes

Franken: Federal budget cuts to blame for gas price hikes

Sen. Al Franken is blaming the recent spike in Minnesota gas prices in part on the Department of Energy’s decision to stop publishing refinery maintenance reports two years ago.

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Minnesota Republican legislators bemoan session of "overtaxing, overspending, overreaching"

Minnesota Republican legislators bemoan session of 'overtaxing, overspending, overreaching'

Fourteen hours after the Minnesota Legislature session ended, Republican leaders were in Duluth to express their disappointment over its results.

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Perkins blows save as Twins’ losing streak reaches seven games

Perkins blows save as Twins’ losing streak reaches seven games

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Evan Gattis hit a two-out, pinch-hit homer in the ninth to send the game to extra innings and Freddie Freeman won it in the 10th, sending the Atlanta Braves to their fifth straight win, 5-4 over the slumping Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.

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Dancin' in the Rain

Kayla Nelson with Creative Kids Child Care dances in the rain to the delight of the children while the group waits for a bus to take them home after a morning of activities at the YMCA Tuesday. From left are Jax Grochowski, Jailynn Sherill, Myriam Tupper, Sam Shelerud and his sister Sylvia. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)

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