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Ben Werner, Student Newspaper Editor
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Second Harvest Heartland provides hunger relief to those in need by distributing donated grocery products to over 700 human service agencies in 61 counties in central and southern Minnesota and western Wisconsin.
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Brian Mengel, Civil Servant
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The SRDC provides technical assistance to assist counties in meeting solid waste planning requirements as outlined in the Minnesota Waste Management Act.
Helps Minnesota counties develop economically sound and environmentally protective solid waste management systems, including technical assistance, solid waste planning, and funding through the state's SCORE block grants.
The Association of Minnesota Counties partners with a number of business and affiliate organizations to assist counties and develop a central repository of products and services for its member counties.
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Paddy McGuinness, Newsagent
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It is also fitting that I receive this award here in the vicinity of where my ancestry resided (Hennepin, Goodhue, and Wabasha counties in Minnesota, and Pierce County in Wisconsin) from the mid 1860s to the mid 1880s.
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Arthur Dawkins, Astro-physicist
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She completed her postdoctoral training in internal medicine at Hennepin County Medical Center and fellowships in cardiology and interventional cardiology at the University of Minnesota.
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Thomas Owens, Police Officer
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State Corrections Aftercare provides services to individuals who are referred by the Hennepin County Drug Court or probation officers or who have recently been released from a Minnesota state prison or the Hennepin County Workhouse.
Both the Minnesota State Patrol and Hennepin County Sheriff's Department are investigating the van to discover what caused the sudden acceleration of the vehicle into the crowd.
Only three other counties in Minnesota, Le Sueur, Scott and Sibley, do not assess either petty misdemeanors or criminal convictions.
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Bob Greenberg, Congressional Candidate
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The resolution states that since Minnesota is facing a budget deficit and counties are supposed to be part of the solution, the Legislature should repeal mandates on counties, excluding those tied to federal aid.
The opponents are the federal government and eight Chippewa tribes in Minnesota and Wisconsin, versus eight private landowners, nine counties and the State of Minnesota.
While attending the Truth in Taxation meetings in counties across the state, many Minnesota homeowners are discovering that their property tax bills will be significantly higher this year.
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