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Jean Cole

Virginia, MN
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5 years 17 weeks

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Posted on 04/08/11 at 12:06 pm in response to What we're doing in rural Minnesota (and how you can help)

Great project! I live on the Iron Range and have three 20-something daughters. One lives in Jackson, WY. One in Portland, OR (but may return). And the third recently moved to Duluth, MN, which she said felt like "treason." She didn't want to move, but circumstances called for it.

I think another interesting facet of this topic is those ruralites that DO move away, but return (sometimes many years later) because they want that sense of home/rootedness. Sometimes that doesn't happen...

Posted on 01/03/11 at 05:17 pm in response to Newspaper revenue rebounding? A lot of pigs with lipstick

"Virtually the whole range of human activity can be transacted on a smartphone."

I don't THINK so.

Posted on 06/09/10 at 12:16 pm in response to With 4-minute creation, Minnesota teen Sam Ekren is the toast of the nation's film festivals

My daughter graduated from Perpich three years ago. It was a fabulous experience for her. Wonderful to read about this talented Perpich student. Go Rudy!

Posted on 04/12/10 at 09:34 am in response to Three others poised for DFL convention endorsement if front-runners Kelliher and Rybak deadlock

As a Rukavina constituent, supporter and delegate, I'm disappointed in your flippant appraisal of this veteran state representative and gubernatorial candidate who is blessed with intelligence AND a sense of humor. If "long time capitol reporters" didn't take his campaign seriously and rohave utinely sought him out only for a "fiery quote and not substance" then there is a problem in the ranks of (city-centric) capitol reporters. His quick wit might make us smile (or cringe), but he's dead...

Posted on 03/16/09 at 01:42 pm in response to While major metros struggle, many newspapers still thriving in smaller towns

Other towns with two newspapers: Ely (weeklies: Timberjay and Ely Echo) and Tower (weeklies: Timberjay and Tower News), and Virginia (one daily (Mesabi Daily News) and one weekly (http://www.HometownFocus.us, a community journalism website and weekly PRINT publication).

With no other media outlet focusing on these small markets, the newspaper will continue to be an important service there. Approximately 50...