Flood Devastation Lingers In Minnesota Farmlands
In Lyon County, about 1,600 farmers lost roughly one third of their crops as floods from a May storm receded. Dan and Helen Wambeke describe blackened fields and repeated planting failures on 230 acres between the Redwood River and Three Mile Creek. Some farmers fared better, but many face repair needs and financial strain as Marshall and surrounding communities assess the broader impact.
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Marshall, Minn
Dan
Helen Wambeke
Mrs. Wambeke
Don Louwagie
Wambekes
Midwest
Minnesota
Lyon County
Don
Carol Louwagie
Redwood
Marshall
Location varies as Gastonia retail spots rise and fall
In Gastonia a mix of thriving and vacant retail sites shows how some businesses succeed behind signs in small strip centers while others fail at busy intersections. The article notes fast shifts, with major tenants reviving areas and timeless vacancies, citing Franklin Boulevard New Hope Road, East area malls, and paths from Godfather's to Eye Med.
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Gastonia
Facet Foundry Studio
New Hope Road
Godfather’s Pizza
Franklin Boulevard
Gaston Real Estate
David Hoyle
Target
Toys 'R’ Us
Akers Center
Winn Dixie
Forest Brook
Nichols
Westgate
Franklin Square
Medical Center Pharmacy
Cox Road
Bill Thrower
Clinton faces health care war room and new battles
Washington report says Clinton shifts to health care reform while Congress handles NAFTA welfare reform anti crime and Bosnia. Officials say the fall agenda includes budget cuts more bloodshed in Bosnia and White House staff reductions as Clinton battles to advance multiple contentious priorities.
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Washington
White House
Administration
Clinton
Congress
Bosnia
Bill Clinton
Ann Lewis
Capitol Hill
NAFTA
Perseid meteor shower may bring a storm this week
The annual Perseid meteor shower could explode into a spectacular storm with thousands of meteors per minute at peak on Wednesday night into Thursday. Observers in the eastern United States Europe and western Asia may see an extraordinary display, with experts calling it an enhanced event of 400 to 500 meteors per hour and noting only a few such storms have occurred in the past century.
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Associated Press
United States
Europe
Asia
Stephen O’meara
Sky & Telescope Magazine
Daniel Green
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
Earth
North America
Eens
Controversy over biased remark shakes Gaston County EMS
Gaston County Commissioners chairman Porter McAteer faces controversy over a sexually biased remark linked to the firing of GEMS medical director Mark Baxa. Rescue workers allege vendetta while Hanson cites EEOC complaint. An EMS committee meeting is planned to decide on reinstatement.
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Gastonia
Gaston County
Porter McAteer
Gems Medical
Mark Baxa
Baxa
McAteer
C.C. Hanson
GEMS
Commissioners
EMS Committee
Gene Miller
Ms. Hanson
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Luke Largess
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