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Man sentenced to over 13 years for fatal Oakdale crash following police pursuit
A Wadena man who killed an 80-year-old woman while fleeing police in a stolen SUV was sentenced Friday, April 15, to over 13 years in prison, announced Washington County Attorney Kevin Magnuson. Scott David Hardy, 36, pleaded guilty in February for his role in the crash that killed 80-year-old Shirley...
RDO marks 60 years of potato growing in Minnesota
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — For 60 years in a row, R.D. Offutt Farms seed potatoes were buried beneath the sandy soils near Park Rapids. It’s a tradition kept alive by the consumer looking for a steady flow of superior French fries, and RDO staff remaining on the cutting edge of potato production and sustainability.
How Minnesota is rebuilding its forests to counter climate change
AKELEY, Minn. — Minnesota is known and loved, in part, for its majestic deep, dark forests. Our trees are important for water quality and erosion control, carbon sequestration, products for society and wildlife habitat.But our Northwoods are in trouble, according to local scientists, and are at risk of becoming grasslands in as little as 50 years because trees can't adapt as quickly as our weather is warming.Hope is in the seedlingsIt's spring, and that means the Badoura State Forest Nursery in Akeley is humming, with seedlings boxed by the hundreds."My daughter thinks I'm crazy because I tell her like, 'I lift...
Experts say Minnesota's Northwoods could disappear within 50 years. Here's what's being done about it
AKELEY, Minn. — Minnesota farmers know it. Gardeners do, too. The average low temperatures in our state are warming quickly — especially in the past 10 years.Because of that shift, some scientists are now sounding the alarm. They say Minnesota's northern forests are on the brink and could disappear within the next 50 years. So what are we doing about it?Forests of the future are forged at Minnesota's lone State Forest Nursery near Akeley."We have about a four- to six-week window to get them out of ground, packed, shipped and out to the planting sights before they wake up," said...
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