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1 month ago |
stcloudlive.com | Tracy Briggs
FARGO — In the wake of Pope Francis’s recent passing, Catholics worldwide have turned their thoughts to the enduring legacies of the clergy, from the grandeur of the Vatican to the quiet corners of local parishes.
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Mar 28, 2025 |
stcloudlive.com | Tracy Briggs
TWO HARBORS, Minn. — It all started with sandpaper, but a little stick-to-itiveness turned it into something much bigger. When Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing — better known as 3M — was founded in Two Harbors in 1902, its focus was on producing high-quality sandpaper. By the 1920s, the company had built a strong reputation in the abrasives industry.
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Mar 5, 2025 |
stcloudlive.com | Tracy Briggs
ROLLA, N.D. — It’s the heart of many a fairy tale — a young woman rising from humble beginnings to a life of luxury in a grand palace. But Marie Downing was Cinderella in reverse — leaving the opulence of Queen Victoria’s court in 1887 to become a modest farmer’s wife in rural America. It was a colossal culture shock from the Victorian finery of London to the blustery acres of Rolla, Dakota Territory. Yet, in her old age, Marie said she did it for love and would do it again.
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Feb 19, 2025 |
stcloudlive.com | Tracy Briggs
Feb. 23, 2025, marks 80 years since one of the most powerful and patriotic images was taken of war — the U.S. Marines raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. It was the first time the Stars and Stripes flew over traditional Japanese soil, a moment that electrified U.S. troops below and shook the island’s defenders.
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Feb 18, 2025 |
brainerddispatch.com | Tracy Briggs
SHAKOPEE, Minn. — They didn’t hit the road in a convertible and most likely didn’t pick up a charming drifter who looked like Brad Pitt. Nonetheless, Edna Larrabee and Beulah Brunelle might be the closest thing Minnesota has ever had to Thelma and Louise. The two women were the bane of existence for law enforcement authorities in the 1940s. Between 1946 and 1949, the pair broke out of Minnesota’s Shakopee State Reformatory for Women not once, not twice, but five times.
Journalists covering the same region

Michael Lyne
Sports Reporter at West Central Tribune
Michael Lyne primarily covers news in Central Minnesota, United States, including areas around the cities of St. Cloud and Brainerd.
Dale Morin
Reporter at Forum Communications
Dale Morin primarily covers news in the Central Minnesota region, including areas around Willmar and St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States.
Levi Jones
Reporter at Wahpeton Daily News
Levi Jones primarily covers news in the Central Minnesota region, including areas around Little Falls and Brainerd, Minnesota, United States.
JP Cola
On-Air Personality and News Director at KWLM-AM (Willmar, MN)
JP Cola primarily covers news in central Minnesota, United States, including areas around St. Cloud and surrounding communities.

Susan Lunneborg
News Editor at West Central Tribune
Susan Lunneborg primarily covers news in Central Minnesota, United States, including areas around St. Cloud and surrounding communities.
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