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If helping people is the end goal, we might try investing in them directly, rather than letting the funding first pass through the kidneys — often diseased — of the well-connected.

A new study by the University of Minnesota looked into the impact of a proposed sales tax increase in Itasca County, to help fund the new Criminal Justice Center. About $30 million of the $75 million project would be paid by non-county residents, according to the research.

Senate District 6 includes parts of Cass County, including Ponto Lake Township in the Echo Journal coverage area; the northern two-thirds of Crow Wing County; and parts of Itasca County

Minnesota law requires public defenders to be devoted full-time to the job.

National Weather Service staff confirmed Thursday that tornadoes touched down across northern Minnesota.

National Weather Service staff confirmed Thursday that tornadoes touched down across northern Minnesota.

Samuelson said he was fortunate to travel and work internationally and learned the value of diversity, empathy, and inclusiveness to forge stronger relationships and communities in a larger setting.

A 500-yard-wide EF-1 tornado touched down in Poplar Township in Cass County and traveled about 4.3 miles northeast from a cemetery, across Highway 64, and into a wetland that was inaccessible to Weather Service investigators.

National Weather Service staff confirmed Thursday that tornadoes touched down across northern Minnesota.

National Weather Service staff confirmed Thursday that tornadoes touched down across northern Minnesota.