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On Tuesday at about 5:45 a.m., there were more than drawn out O's outside of the new Columbia HyVee or more importantly, Columbia's first Caribou Coffee.

Share + Nov 9, 2009 8:54 am US/Central VIRGINIA, Minn. 1 of 1 Mining accounts for only 3 percent of the jobs in St.

The St. Louis County Sheriff's Department is investigating a fire that happened on Saturday night in Britt, which is northwest of Virginia.

Submitted by Journal Staff on November 5, 2009 - 12:19pm. Borderland Briefs Birchdale supper The public is welcome to attend the Birchdale Church Roast Beef and Pork Supper planned for 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Birchdale Hall.

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Published Thu, Oct 29 2009 8:13 am Continuing to chronicle the print pullback in nonmetro Minnesota: the Mesabi Daily News is dropping its Monday edition , according to the Duluth News Tribune.

CHICAGO Two American Consolidated Media-owned dailies in Minnesota are dropping a day of publication beginning next week.

A new agreement with two-year colleges in Minnesota's Iron Range area will allow engineering students to work directly with real-world engineers while earning a four-year mechanical engineering degree from Minnesota State University.

Share + Oct 21, 2009 8:33 am US/Central VIRGINIA, Minn. 1 of 1 Movie producers were last on the Iron Range for the 2004 movie "North Country" starring Woody Harrelson and Charlize Theron.

Every two years communities across Minnesota prepare their wish lists for state Legislators as they consider projects to fund in their bonding bill.

Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development 10/8/2009 The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development is going on the road to Virginia, MN.

US Bank National Association has completed the necessary negotiations for the purchase of the Bond Trustee Business from North Carolina-based First Citizens Bank.

A nursing aide at a northern Minnesota assisted-living facility persuaded an elderly resident with memory problems to write 12 checks totaling more than $10,000 last year, then cashed them and apparently made off with the money, state Health Department investigators said Thursday.

The festivities will begin with a cocktail hour and silent auction at 6 p.m. Seating for the multi-course dinner and performance will be at 7 p.m., and the winners of the silent auction will be announced throughout the evening.

Taxpayers in ISD 2142 will see about a 25-percent reduction in school taxes overall as a result of the levy approved Monday by the St.

Share + Sep 12, 2009 2:38 pm US/Central VIRGINIA, Minn. 1 of 1 Cliffs shut down one of its Minnesota plants last fall when the economic downturn started and all three shut down due to maintenance or lack of demand earlier this year.

You want a taste of pop culture from the 1970s? Musicals contemporary and classic? The latest Pulitzer Prize winner and work by revered playwrights from across the pond? Laughs? Drama? The fall theater season in the Twin Cities is, as ever, packed, and the possibilities are just about endless.

The incidents of elderly abuse at the Edgewood Vista assisted living facility in Virginia are simply sickening.

Democrat Tom Rukavina on Monday stressed a need to educate workers and create jobs as he formally announced his run for Minnesota governor in 2010.

With two reports this week of increasing taconite production on the Iron Range, the outlook for the mining industry might be improving.