February 14, 2014: That baby on the cover would be in fifth grade by now, well on his way to consuming pounds and pounds of mineral resources. Inside the issue, we explore the mining jobs that still anchor the Iron Range economy, and editor Jean Cole takes a look at the wild rice sulfate
Forty years ago Nov. 2, Rudy Perpich was elected governor of Minnesota, returning for two full terms to the office he'd previously occupied for a partial term. He would become Minnesota's longest-serving governor, and the only one to hail from the Iron Range.
Forty years ago Nov. 2, Rudy Perpich was elected governor of Minnesota, returning for two full terms to the office he'd previously occupied for a partial term. He would become Minnesota's longest-serving governor, and the only one to hail from the Iron Range.