Dan Kraker
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Sep 11, 2026
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- Jul 14, 2026
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Retired from Nordic skiing, legend Jessie Diggins tackles the Superior 100 mile race (opens the original)
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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. That’s what Jessie Diggins, the most acclaimed cross country skier in U.S. history posted on Instagram Friday morning as she and her support crew donned homemade tie dyed t-shirts and began running a grueling 100 mile race on the Superior Hiking Trail. “Superior100 is a go — with a solid crew and of course glitter and homemade tie dye shirts,” Diggins posted. “See you i
Why the devastating Boundary Waters wildfires are critical for a healthy Minnesota forest (opens the original)
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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. The Forest Service this week declared that the wildfires that burned more than 100 square miles of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area this summer are finally fully contained, more than two months after they first ignited. What those intense and fast moving blazes left behind are full of seeming contradictions. On one hand, the blazes were incredibly destructive. They scorch
Northern Minnesota wildfires now fully contained; BWCAW forests already sprouting new growth (opens the original)
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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. More than two months after hot, dry winds whipped up flames sparked by lightning strikes, the wildfires that have burned tens of thousands of acres in and around the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota are now fully contained. U.S. Forest Service officials say their firefighting crews, who have worked day and night to build containment lines and
From lake to table: Turning Minnesota's invasive crayfish into a local delicacy (opens the original)
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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. That's the rallying cry behind a small business in northern Minnesota that harvests rusty crayfish — an invasive species that has infested at least 300 lakes across the state — and sells them, live, to people and restaurants. The crayfish, which can grow up to six inches long, are native to the Ohio River valley. They were likely brought to Minnesota as fishing bait. Th
Google launches a charm offensive in 2 Minnesota towns as data center opposition grows (opens the original)
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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. Staffers with tech giant Google turned on the charm and put in some face time in Minnesota this week, as the company tried to smooth over some ruffled feathers and win over naysayers in two small towns where it hopes to build massive data centers. Wednesday evening Google hosted what it called a community celebration in Pine Island, about 20 minutes northwest of Rochest
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