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Housing likely for Orono's old golf course
Minneapolis Star Tribune
The city of Orono is on the verge of allowing a 57-year-old golf course to be turned into a housing development, despite opposition from hundreds of citizens who want the picturesque area to remain as open space. Other older golf courses around the …

Roundup: Rural Wis. Lags in Political Gifts
Daily Yonder
The quarterly report from CoBank says declining crop prices will be offset by economic growth in other rural economy sectors such as energy development. Farmers produced a record corn harvest in 2013, so much so that the crop strained the …