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To Find Truly Wild Rice, Head North To Minnesota

Joe Hoagland, left, pushes a canoe through a wild rice bed as 14-year-old Chris Salazar learns how to harvest the rice. Jim Mone/AP hide caption

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To Find Truly Wild Rice, Head North To Minnesota

September 16, 2012 • Processed wild rice dominates grocery store shelves, but around the Great Lakes, Native Americans still harvest it the same way their ancestors did centuries ago. This weekend, the Wild Rice Festival in Rosemont, Minn., celebrates the tradition.

To Find Truly Wild Rice, Head North To Minnesota

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Minnesota Outcome Could Embolden Washington Republicans

July 20, 2011 • Now that Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, a Democrat, has signed budget legislation ending the government shutdown in that state, could the outcome there have an impact on the debt-ceiling fight in Washington? A Washington reporter with Minnesota ties thinks it may embolden congressional Republicans.

Minnesota Governor, Republicans Reach Deal To End Shutdown

July 14, 2011 • Minnesota Public Radio and other news outlets are reporting that Gov. Mark Dayton, a Democrat, and state Republicans have reached a deal to end the two-week shutdown of the state's government.

State Woebegone: Minnesota Government Shuts Down

July 1, 2011 • In a battle between a governmental chief executive and legislature over taxing and spending that is getting awfully familiar in the U.S., the Minnesota state government shut down after Republican lawmakers refused to consider tax hikes on the wealthy proposed by Democrat Gov. Mark Dayton.

Minnesota Government Shuts Down; NBA Moves To Lock Out Players

July 1, 2011 • Lawmakers in Minnesota are stuck on the issue of taxes.

Report: Michele Bachmann Harbors 'Unrivaled Extremism'

June 15, 2011 • Now that she is a brighter rising star in the political firmament after Monday's GOP presidential debate, expect Rep. Michele Bachmann's past to undergo greater scrutiny and become the target of more journalistic profiles, some fairly negative.

Pawlenty Truth-Teller Stance Echoes Another Minnesotan: Walter Mondale

May 24, 2011 • Mondale, like Pawlenty, saw himself as delivering hard truths to voters in 1984. The former Democratic vice president tried to deny the Republican Reagan a second term by admitting he'd raise taxes to close yawning budget deficits. Reagan annihilated him.

Money For Sandbaggers? No Go, Says Fargo

A file image shows the flooded Red River separating Moorhead, Minn., (right) from Fargo, March 2010. National Weather Service forecasters say that the chance for major flooding this year is above 90 percent. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

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