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Alex Hemke and Jennifer Nicklay fill a homemade GrowBarrel with soil Saturday at Van Cleve Park.  The barrels are a sustainable alternative to a traditional garden.

Neighborhood puts nature in a barrel

by Kaitlin Walker
Published June 22, 2011
GrowBarrels allow people without garden space to test their green thumb.

IRS cracks down, revokes thousands of tax exemptions

by Katherine Lymn
Published June 15, 2011
More than 5,000 Minnesota nonprofits lost tax-exempt status last week, when the IRS cracked down on groups that hadn’t filed tax returns for three consecutive years.
Ecology grad student Michael Wells holds a Downy Woodpecker in his hand at the Katharine Ordway Natural History Study Area Saturday in Inver Grove Heights. Bio Blitz is an intensive 24 hours race to find all the plants and animals at a specific location which helps biologists to identify different plants and animals.

Ready … set … name that bird!

by Kaitlin Walker
Published June 15, 2011
BioBlitz challenged the public to race to identify animals, plants and fungi.

Mayo’s help in Haiti goes deeper

by Kathryn Elliott
Published June 15, 2011
Eight teams have brought medical supplies and expertise, but Phase Two of Mayo’s Haiti relief involves Skype conferences and a long-term relationship.

Layoff notices make shutdown real

by Megan Nicolai
Published June 15, 2011
More than 40,000 may be jobless if no agreement is reached on a state budget.

Proposal protects medical records

by Kathryn Elliott
Published June 8, 2011
Patients would be allowed to view who accessed their records and why.
Chris Curtiss cuts sausage for her aunt Joan Fredrickson Saturday morning at St Boniface Church. The pancake breakfast fundraiser was hosted by the church for the North East Minneapolis farmers market.

Farmers markets grow in popularity in Minneapolis

by John Hageman
Published June 8, 2011
Markets are raising awareness for locally and home-made foods.

Shutdown could halt U’s time-sensitive projects

by Megan Nicolai
Published June 8, 2011
The University would not receive the monthly payments the state contributes to its budget.
Student volunteers work together to clean up fallen trees on Thursday in North Minneapolis.

UROC, students help in north side cleanup effort

by Kaitlin Walker
Published June 1, 2011
Hundreds of volunteers from the University of Minnesota flocked to North Minneapolis to help clean up wreckage from the May 22 tornado that ravaged the neighborhood.

Session’s end could put U buildings on the back burner

by Evelina Smirnitskaya
Published June 1, 2011
A special session action would be needed to keep capital projects on course.

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