In Moorhead, a Kurdish community thrives
Most of the area’s immigrant Kurds, like business owner Talib “Tony” Salman, left their homes after Saddam Hussein used chemical weapons on the Kurds in the late 1980s.
John Fitzgerald
A decade after arriving in Minnesota, Bhutan community thrives
Most of the families have settled in St. Paul, Roseville and Little Canada, where they have bought homes, put their children through school and have well-paying jobs.
Le Sueur County jobless rate: Low-paying jobs partly account for it
ALSO: Rally participants in St. Cloud oppose travel ban; a John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon update; turkey truck tips over; and more.
Chronic wasting disease tracked to farm near Dassel
ALSO: Feds return 60,000 acres to Red Lake Band; Willmar-area women participate in Washington march; Ag secretary nominee meets with general approval; and more.
Counselor shortage in schools worries health professionals in Rochester
ALSO: Lots of pharmaceuticals and other chemicals are in the state’s waters; Bemidji hosts a discussion on race; and more.
Byron Republican Quam is a big introducer of legislative bills
ALSO: New nursery opens in Bemidji; Willmar Cash Wise rents its last video; lots of people getting the flu; and more.
Shipping traffic is heavy as seasonal close of Soo Locks nears
ALSO: Cheap flights from Thunder Bay; friends, family bewildered by reports of teacher’s behavior before being killed by a policeman in Mankato; and more.
Minnesota farmers prepare for new livestock antibiotic rules
ALSO: Hey Wells Fargo, give F-M a try; Willmar deals with 16-year-old’s depression, death; bow hunter rams arrow through buck’s heart; and more.
St. Louis County hit hard by overdose deaths
ALSO: Willmar wagon driver in critical condition; Worthington residents don’t like tax hikes; Mankato cops issue 246 snow emergency parking citations; and more.
Enbridge says it’s confident its Minnesota pipeline will be completed
ALSO: Mankato visits to Planned Parenthood are up 150%; 100,000th museum visitor gets Spam swag; the 148th Fighter Wing will be practicing over Duluth; and more.
Moorhead Planned Parenthood visits on the rise since election
ALSO: Red River Valley potato crop down; man pleads guilty in Virginia slaying; racial slur leads to Moorhead school bus driver’s firing; and more.
Christmas tree farms predict strong season
ALSO: Professor from Brewster gets award; Bemidji schools are growing; more than 28,000 sign up for MNsure; and more.
After 20 months of negotiations, Willmar teachers rally for ‘fair and equitable’ contract
ALSO: A chihuahua thief in La Crosse; FEMA to visit St. Clair; Worthington wants a movie theater; and more.
Prediction: Colder than usual winter in northern Minnesota
ALSO: Red Wing bridge will be done in 2020; Rochester man sues bus company over alleged discrimination; and more.
Firearms deer season to open Nov. 5
ALSO: 98% of Fargo-Moorhead area teachers are white; letters about water buffers mailed; pipeline protest to be supported in Bemidji; and more.
St. Cloud Latino group protests treatment of immigrants
ALSO: Murder charge in 1987 killing dismissed; family shares memories of musician Bobby Vee; Rochester men help Somali-Americans with election; and more.
Blue Earth County shows rise in suicides
ALSO: NDSU says knock it off with the nasty chant; it’s flu season; trial of man accused of aiding in the murder of Rose Downwind begins; and more.
Black students in Duluth disciplined at higher rate
ALSO: Students sit during national anthem in Mankato; Indigenous Peoples/Treaty Day marked in Bemidji; a Norwegian-American encounters his roots; and more.
Ash borer nearing northern Minnesota forests
ALSO: Brainerd pastor in hot water; Bemidji Oks Indigenous People’s Day; and more.
Albert Lea: worst flooding since at least 2004
ALSO: Decades-old outhouse pits yield antiques; pumpkins in bountiful supply this year; and more.
