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Yellowstone flooding leaves uncertainty for farmers and ranchers in heavy-hit areas

By Eric Young Click here for updates on this story     CARBON COUNTY, Montana (Billings Gazette) — The recent flooding along the Yellowstone River has left major questions for Montana’s largest industry. Lost equipment and livestock on top of rising diesel, fertilizer and seed prices have put Carbon County farmers and ranchers in tougher-than-usual circumstances while

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After more than 250 years, last remnant of one of Wisconsin’s largest white oaks is no more

By Avani Kalra Click here for updates on this story     WESTPORT, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — As a girl growing up on her family’s town of Westport farm, Margaret Walker-Geary spent many afternoons climbing what was then the state’s second-largest white oak. “People used to stop and look at that tree, you know,” said Walker-Geary,

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Woman makes history as first Indigenous woman to win Miss Minnesota crown, with ambitious goals to make an impact

By Marielle Mohs Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — History was made with the newly crowned Miss Minnesota on Friday in Eden Prairie, as 25-year-old Rachel Evangelisto was the first Indigenous woman to win the crown. Evangelisto describes the moments before she found out she won. “I was standing there shaking,

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