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As helium prices balloon, hopes rise that northeast Minnesota has big deposit of the gas
Pulsar Helium is conducting exploratory drilling in northern Minnesota, hoping to confirm a profitable deposit of helium, a ...
Woman escapes northeastern Minnesota house fire; remains found believed to be husband
A northeastern Minnesota man is presumed dead after a house fire Thursday morning, according to the St. Louis County ...
Minnesota Capitol bill would bar copper-nickel mines within BWCA’s watershed
Democratic legislators have introduced a bill to bar copper-nickel mines from developing within the same watershed as the ...
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In Minnesota’s Arrowhead, balsam firs ravaged by an especially bad spruce budworm outbreak ramp up fire fears
Fire fears grow as insect that feasts on the conifers has exploded in the northeastern part of the state at a level not seen ...
Owl ‘irruption’ brings joy for birders, concerns for owls in northeastern Minnesota
Owls that live in the boreal forest in Canada have flown south to northeastern Minnesota in search of their preferred food, ...
Snowmobile rider dies after crashing into fish house in northern Minnesota
A snowmobile rider died after crashing into an ice-fishing house on Two Inlets Lake in northeastern Becker County, one of two ...
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Public input sought on elk restoration plan in northeast Minnesota
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa will host meetings on Feb. 10 ...
Two men dead in triple shooting in Northeast D.C.
Three men were shot Sunday afternoon in the 4000 block of Minnesota Avenue NE. Two were pronounced dead, and a third was hospitalized.