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Covering SE MN for @mprnews by way of DC by way of NC. Politics reporter, steel drum player in a former life. Tips and rants welcome.
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One headstone at a time: Meet the man who’s restoring orphan graves in Owatonna

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By Catharine Richert Verified
| MPR News (Saint Paul, MN) Verified
Tim Shea stands in the cemetery at the former Minnesota State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children in Owatonna. Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. A few years ago, Tim Shea and his partner Linda Donadei made a daytrip from the Twin Cities to the Minnesota State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children in Owatonna, which housed, fed and educated orphaned children from 1886 until 1945.
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Having fun finding fungi: Rochester artist makes crocheted mushrooms to teach and delight

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By Catharine Richert Verified
| MPR News (Saint Paul, MN) Verified
Crocheted artwork by Lydia Hansen mimics fungi found in the woods at Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center. Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. Walk too fast, and you might miss the life-like crocheted fungi lining the hiking trails at Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center in Lanesboro.
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Field of dreams? DFL looks to regain a footing in Minnesota farm country the party ceded to GOP

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By Catharine Richert Verified
| MPR News (Saint Paul, MN) Verified
Jason Lohmann had already worked a full day at the lumber yard, but his tasks for the day were hardly over. “We're going to plant our sweet corn tonight, in that 42 acre field,” Lohmann said as he stood on the edge of his farm in Zumbrota. Lohmann and his family have lived there for just six years, but he has been farming for a long time. He grew up doing it with his dad just down the road. “I've been doing it for almost 40 years, some sort of farming,” he said.
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