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REGIONAL— Ron Alarcon, of rural Tower, is lucky to be alive— and he knows it. Alarcon was driving to work to the Cook DNR office late last month and had just turned up Cty. Rd. 77 near …

TOWER- As students from Vermilion Country School enjoy the summer, they’ll do so with a mindful eye toward the environment, being watchful for evidence of something they once might have taken …

Need a smile? Read the winners of the Star Tribune Limerick Contest Theyre poets and these COVID-themed verses for the Star Tribune Limerick Contest show it.  April 23, 2021 — 11:21am Video (00:55) : The Star Tribune held a limerick contest, and Brenda Corbetts ditty about COVID was chosen as the winner. Text size Copy shortlink: Spring is when a limerick writers fancy apparently turns to thoughts of vaccinated and unmasked love. ...

Readers Write: Plastic pollution, freedom of speech The cleanup looms.  Text size Copy shortlink: Mary Kosuths article on the environmental and public health concerns of plastic pollution should be a wake-up call ("Post-pandemic, plastic is the crisis we face," Opinion Exchange, Feb. 15). The COVID-19 pandemic pales before the enormity of the issue of plastic pollution. Plastics are burned in many countries, releasing cancer-causing, birth-d...