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A MINNESOTAN IN CHINA Home Sweet Home: China in Minnesota
All of you who've read my posts are awesome. Thank you for following along. While I'm sad to see this journey end, I'm excited with anticipation because this was just my first try. I'll be writing man...
Posted on 10/27/12 at 11:31 AM
STAFF BLOG COMPASS POINTS WITH BRAD DOKKEN Discovery of Asian carp near Winona 'discouraging but not surprising,' DNR says
More bad news in the battle against aquatic invasive species in Minnesota surfaced last week in the form of a silver carp and a bighead carp caught March 1 in a seine net by commercial fishermen on th...
Posted on 3/5/12 at 3:31 PM
NEW PLATEAUS Home Sweet Home: China in Minnesota
All the pictures and words and emotions regarding China came to an end, folks. This post is about my arrival back and experiences being re-introduced to Minnesota. I left Zhuhai on an unusually clea...
Posted on 11/4/11 at 3:26 PM
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Asian carp could threaten northern Minnesota
A new test shows Asian carp appear to be moving north on the Mississippi River, which could threaten waters in most of northern Minnesota. Water samples in the Twin Cities tested positive for genetic...
Posted on 10/21/11 at 6:35 PM
FAR SIDE OF FIFTY Wistful Wednesday: The Headwaters
This is an old family photo. We are not sure exactly who it is. We think it might be Great Uncle Herman. I wish we knew for sure who it was. It is a marvelous old photo. ...
Posted on 6/29/11 at 6:03 AM
News Corp. may have used drones to film Souris River flooding 
Regulators with the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the news company’s use of drones that took aerial video of floods in North Dakota and Mississippi.
By Patrick Springer , August 09, 2011
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UPDATE: Reputed Klansman James Ford Seale dies
UPDATED 2:14 P.M.James Ford Seale, a reputed Ku Klux Klansman imprisoned for his role in the segregation-era abduction and killing of two black men in rural Mississippi, has died, a spokesman with federal Bureau of Prisons said.
By Jack Elliott Jr. , August 03, 2011
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Mississippi River flooding may have spread invasive Asian carp
Duane Chapman, a U.S. Geological Survey biologist and Asian carp expert, says the fish are likely to show up in places where Mississippi floodwaters intruded. They can weigh up to 100 pounds, grow 4 feet long and live for 25 years.
By Mary Foster , June 10, 2011
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Residents return to flood-damaged homes in Miss.
Javier Campos returned to his neighborhood for the first time in nearly a month Monday to find the serene little enclave of fishing camps and homes a putrid, mud-caked mess after the historic flooding of the Mississippi River.
By Holbrook Mohr , May 30, 2011
For flood victims, life is tedious waiting game
The monotony of shelter life has taken a toll on victims who have already been displaced for weeks and may not be able to return for at least a month. The river is expected to crest Thursday in Vicksburg, but high water might not retreat in some areas until late June.
By Holbrook Mohr , May 18, 2011
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Coast Guard reopens part of Mississippi River
The Coast Guard reopened the swollen Mississippi River north of New Orleans on Tuesday, allowing cargo vessels on the nation's busiest waterway to pass slowly, one at a time in the latest effort to reduce pressure from rising floodwaters.
By Alan Sayre and Holbrook Mohr , May 17, 2011
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As water creeps closer, residents warned: Get out
Deputies warned people Sunday to get out as Mississippi River water gushing from a floodgate for the first time in four decades crept ever closer to communities in Louisiana Cajun country, slowly filling a river basin like a giant bathtub.
By Michael Kunzelman , May 15, 2011
Flooding Mississippi River threatens catfish industry
The rising Mississippi River and its swelling tributaries threaten to inundate an economic mainstay that generates $200 million in annual sales. These new woes follow struggles in recent years against competition from Asian imports and high feed prices.
By Holbrook Mohr , May 13, 2011
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Delta braces for historic flood
The bulging Mississippi River rolled into the fertile Mississippi Delta Tuesday, threatening to swamp antebellum mansions, wash away shotgun shacks, and destroy fields of cotton, rice and corn in a flood of historic proportions.
By Holbrook Mohr and Shelia Byrd , May 10, 2011
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Mississippi Gov. Barbour rules out 2012 presidential run
The Republican issued a statement today saying he "will not be a candidate for president next year."
By Emily Wagster Pettus , April 25, 2011
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One killed, 10 injured in Mississippi school-bus semi crash
Fog may have been a factor when a school bus and a tractor-trailer collided on a rural Mississippi highway today, killing a 10-year-old girl and injuring at least 10 people, authorities said.
By Holbrook Mohr , April 01, 2011
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110 mph winds damage homes in Mississippi
Winds that reached estimated speeds of 110 miles per hour in central Mississippi damaged more than 40 homes as severe storms dumped large hail and heavy rain flooded roads, officials said Wednesday.
By Holbrook Mohr , March 30, 2011
Mississippi Senate OKs version of sex ed bill
A sex education bill approved Thursday in the Mississippi Senate would ban school officials from demonstrating how to use condoms and require parental permission before students can be in the class.
By Shelia Byrd , March 03, 2011
Police: 3 die in truck collision with school buses
At least 10 high school students were taken to hospitals and three adults were killed when a tractor-trailer sideswiped a school bus and collided head-on with another school bus Tuesday on a highway bridge in north Mississippi, authorities said.
By Holbrook Mohr , February 08, 2011
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By Associated Press , February 05, 2011
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