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Minnesota nickel mine that would supply Tesla shelves its unusual excavation method

A worker shows a core sample, in search of nickel, at Talon Metals' proposed Tamarack Mine.

Talon Metals, which is trying to mine nickel near Tamarack, Minn., says it will dig a simpler path to the ore it wants to extract.

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It’s the spruce top cutter vs. the game warden in a ‘head-butting battle’ in North Woods

Nestled into a pocket of black spruce trees, the only deciduous conifer native to Minnesota, the tamarack tree, glows a golden yellow in the fall before dropping its needles in the Cloquet Valley State Forest. From 2001 to 2021, because of warming winters, the DNR says the eastern larch beetle has impacted 60% of Minnesota's tamarack forest.

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EPA investigating taconite mine for pollution that threatens wild rice

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GLEN STUBBE � gstubbe@startribune.com -- Tuesaday, July 13, 2010 -- St. Cloud, Minn. -- ] Arctic Cat's St. Cloud plant. The company recently announced plans to produce snowmobile engines there making them more vertically-integrated. ORG XMIT: MIN2012091320223569 ORG XMIT: MIN1304051542286038

MN Fortune 500

Arctic Cat owner stopping all production, could sell the Minnesota snowmobile and ATV maker

Twin Cities

MnDOT: Scrap parkway plan, keep I-94 a freeway between St. Paul and Minneapolis

Carol Seim waited in the parlor for the arrival of another group going on the Victorian Christmas tour at the Ramsey House in St. Paul, Saturday, November 23, 2013. ] (KYNDELL HARKNESS/STAR TRIBUNE) kyndell.harkness@startribune.com

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Minnesota Historical Society cancels Ramsey House tours on Dec. 26 after facing criticism

Andersen Windows will break ground Thursday on a new factory addition in Bayport. Seen here is its existing Bayport facilities (DAVID JOLES/Star Tribune file photo)

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Minn. window makers Andersen, Marvin continue holiday bonus tradition

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