It’s not trendy and it’s not glitzy but Virginia, Minnesota — on the Iron Range — has one of the 10 best neighborhoods for people over 50 in the country, according to the AARP.
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A mining company employing 1,850 employees at three plants in Minnesota is warning politicians not to help out another company that plans to have 300 employees at a taconite plant. Read more →

Lost in the holiday diversions this week was the death of Paul Sprenger, who died on Monday while vacationing in Curacao.
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When the campaign season mercifully ends in a few weeks, history will record that this was the year that hair was an issue in the race for Congress in Minnesota’s 8th District. Hair! Read more →

To be imperfect in a world of perfect, a solution to what ails the Iron Range, how to find a kidney, what does America want for health care anyway, and the Replacements in Chicago. Read more →