August 25, 2000 - Before the homemade bread-and-butter pickles, patchwork quilts and gooseberry jams are exhibited at the Minnesota State Fair, some stiff competition has already taken place at the county level. For northern Minnesota resident Dorothy Coyle, Fair time is the time to harvest blue ribbons.
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December 27, 1999 - It's been a political football for nearly 70 years, but there may be a resolution in sight for tens of thousands of acres of northern Minnesota's so-called consolidated conservation lands. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Robertson reports from Bemidji.
December 8, 1999 - Minnesota experienced one of the driest falls on record this year, and the lack of precipitation has some concerned about the health of this year's Christmas tree harvest. But experts say the drought had little affect on the trees, and those being sold for the holiday season are in good shape.
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November 30, 1999 - For years, Minnesota archeologists have attempted to protect Indian burial grounds and other sensitive historic sites by keeping their locations secret. But now, state officials are reversing that strategy.
October 26, 1999 - Indian tribes throughout the Upper Midwest are continuing a steady expansion of their gaming facilities. While some of the profits are being used to improve life on the reservations, millions of dollars are being pumped back into building bigger and better casinos, with plans for a number of off-reservation facilities.
September 29, 1999 - It's been six months since state and federal fisheries experts signed a historic agreement with the Red Lake Indian Reservation to collaborate on a long-term recovery plan for walleye on the upper and lower Red Lakes. Now, biologists say the stocking program on the Red Lakes appears to be working, even as new possibilities are explored.
September 17, 1999 - Members of the DFL Committee on Rural Issues got an earful in Bemidji last night during the last in a series of hearings around the state.