Klobuchar visits Darfur … Minnesota

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U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar paid a visit to Darfur Saturday — but not the humanitarian crisis flashpoint in Sudan. Klobuchar met with one-third of the town of Darfur, Minn. (pop. 137), about how to fund a new fire station.

The town is indeed named for the Sudanese Darfur — the plight of which inspired another member of Minnesota’s congressional delegation to undergo arrest last spring.

Residents of Darfur, Minn., are hoping for federal stimulus money to help pay for a fire hall big enough to fit their rigs.

[Via the Star Tribune's RachelSB]