(MNN)Relics from the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sold at auction in Detroit for $150K. The orange life ring with SS Edmund Fitzgerald in white stenciled lettering was found a week after the freighter sank in Lake Superior in November of 1975. The other item auctioned off is a wooden plank from one of the ship’s lifeboats. The relics were loaned to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Michigan in 1988. A record two thousand people attended a ceremony at Split Rock Lighthouse last month marking the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Minnesota's job engine stalled in January
Minnesota's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate inched up to 4.4 percent in January, which was slightly higher than the national average.
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Minnesota's job engine stalled in January
Minnesota's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate inched up to 4.4 percent in January, which was slightly higher than the national average.
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Interim Hennepin Healthcare leader steps down
Dr. Kevin Croston resigned Wednesday. He was appointed to the position after the previous interim CEO stepped down in January.
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Minnesota rural hospitals: Medicare funds set to resume
Incorrectly denied Medicare claims the past few months led to holdups in millions of dollars in reimbursement payments to some rural state hospitals that put at least one near the brink of closing. Officials say the problems have been fixed and money...
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