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Land of 10,000 Stories: Pam's pop top pursuit

9:25 PM, Jan 29, 2012

We have rulers and scales for measuring our height and our weight. Pam Court has a measure of her happiness: 70 ice cream buckets filled with pop tops.

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Land of 10,000 Stories: 'Trashy Ladies' clean up

8:32 AM, Nov 16, 2011

It is not unusual for Denise Harder and Kathy Casperson to share a laugh as they pick up trash along 205th Street in Dakota County.

Land of 10,000 Stories: Alzheimer's patients 'awaken' to drug free lives

7:10 AM, Nov 9, 2011

Contentment lives with the family albums of Hazel Eng. Hundreds of times since her Alzheimer's diagnosis she has studied her life in the black & white photos she keeps tucked in a dresser drawer. Yet each day they seem new to her.

Land of 10,000 Stories: Minnesotans 'kickstarting' creative projects

12:22 AM, Nov 2, 2011

In a quaint shop on a corner lot in the Seward Neighborhood, Dawn Otwell is on the verge of realizing her American dream. But unlike previous generations of entrepreneurs, she has an online community to thank.

Land of 10,000 Stories: Founder of laughing club still chuckling

11:40 PM, Oct 28, 2011

Jo Stewart isn't vying for Hillary Clinton's job, but the 83-year-old retired school teacher would certainly bring humor to any meeting with a foreign dignitary.

Land of 10,000 Stories: 'Cow Lady' has the last laugh

5:51 AM, Oct 19, 2011

Ruth Klossner owns what she believes is the world's largest collections of cow items, yet remembers a time when cows were, in a sense, off limits to her.

Land of 10,000 Stories: 'High-five Tuesday' pumps up the office

12:03 PM, Oct 12, 2011

At the corporate offices of Globe University in Woodbury, 83-year-old George Teagarden and his high-fives prove the morning's most reliable eye opener does not reside in a cup.

Land of 10,000 Stories: Pumped up for pumpkins

9:52 PM, Oct 4, 2011

A Minnesota man named Travis Gienger is on a mission to grow a huge, award winning pumpkin. Gienger lives on a tree-lined street in East Bethel and tucked behind his unassuming

Land of 10,000 Stories: Rewriting the story of 100-year-old suicide

6:37 AM, Sep 28, 2011

Some stories are buried deep; lost to the years and never again unearthed. But a story carried from the Steelesville Cemetery in rural Dassel 100 years ago is traveling from generation to generation still.

Land of 10,000 Stories: Baseball mom has full 9-son roster

6:36 AM, Sep 21, 2011

Since mustached men batted balls in cow pastures, parents have been taking their children to see baseball.

Land of 10,000 Stories: 9/11 with us still

11:19 PM, Sep 8, 2011

In words and in song we've been asked, "Where were you?" But as we approach the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we posed the question on Facebook, "Where are we?"

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Major haircut ends MN boy's 2-year humanitarian effort

For most 7-year old boys, getting a haircut is not that big a deal.
Jadon Lind's recent trip to the barber stands as the exception.

1:05 PM, Feb 3, 2012

State shuts down Brooklyn Center child care center

In a rare move, a state agency has shut down a Brooklyn Center child care center.

1:06 PM, Feb 3, 2012

Couple charged with prostituting autistic teen

A Twin Cities couple is charged with prostituting a runaway teen with autism.

11:47 AM, Feb 3, 2012

Jewelry store thieves fooled by cubic zirconia

Thieves thought they made a haul when they broke into a Long Lake jewelry store early Friday and made off with a bunch of wedding rings.

1:58 PM, Feb 3, 2012

Public Wi-Fi not as secure as you think

In a world that is constantly connected, it seems these days you are never alone, whether you know it or not.

8:45 AM, Feb 3, 2012

A whale of a Wisconsin story

A new movie called "Big Miracle" owes its story to a tiny company in Prescott. Kasco Marine was founded on a device that played the key role in the film.

6:04 PM, Feb 2, 2012

Bloomington man sentenced in hit-and-run death of senior

A Bloomington man was sentenced to 90 days in the workhouse Friday for his role in the hit-and-run death of an 85-year-old woman last October.

2:47 PM, Feb 3, 2012

Nearly 150 animals seized in northern Minn.

A northern Minnesota couple has a court hearing next week after nearly 150 animals were seized from their property.

9:49 AM, Feb 3, 2012

New Ulm officer facing no criminal charges

A grand jury found no criminal negligence in the case of New Ulm Police officer who crashed his squad car into another vehicle, killing two people.

10:15 AM, Feb 3, 2012

Family remembers woman struck and killed in Maple Grove

The family of the woman who died Tuesday when she was hit by a car on a sidewalk at a Maple Grove shopping area says she never saw nor heard the approaching SUV that jumped the curb and hit her.

8:16 PM, Feb 2, 2012
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