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AM.MN: Tribe’s HQ burns three weeks before groundbreaking on new one

By Chris Steller | 07.21.09 | 8:30 am

mn_amIn what the tribe terms an “ironic twist,” an Aug. 11 groundbreaking had already been set for a building to replace the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa government headquarters that burned to the ground Monday. The FBI…

Sign season: Hooray (and Hooters) for Obama

By Chris Steller | 01.20.09 | 3:40 pm

Minneapolis celebrated President Obama’s inauguration today with new signs ranging from an exuberant “Hooray” in a front yard to a more formal greeting above the downtown Hooters restaurant.