Lake Wobegon? It's Where Men Are Persistent
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Garrison Keillor, the charming, winning radio host of "A Prairie Home Companion," talks about the show's 30-year anniversary and its new DVD.
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Even for the locals, the sprawling central Massachusetts lake with the even more sprawling name is not for the tied of tongue.
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By Darryl Enriquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Feb. 13--WAUKESHA -- More than 60 people with concerns about improving water quality heard city officials and consultants Monday say that conservation alone will not resolve this city's water woes.
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On the surface, Lake Michigan is one of the world's biggest and wildest bodies of freshwater and a popular fishing destination.
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Back Bay, one day, may be a little fresher body of water, thanks to the efforts of Susan Wenzel and many volunteers,  On a recent Saturday, 800 or so flowers, shrubs and trees were planted in a 1,200-foot-long buffer along a lake in South Shore Estates in the Red Mill area.
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By Justin Boron< Staff Writer  By springtime at Thurmond Lake, docks will be floating and boaters can rest assured they won't be scraping their motors on the bottom - just as  long as Mother Nature does her part.
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By Deborah S. Morris, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Feb. 8--In the end, the community came together to preserve its past with an eye toward the future.
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By Rich Landers, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  May 24--Assembling camping gear is a pre-Memorial Day weekend ritual for many Inland Northwesters, but don't stop there.
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The end of summer is approaching, but don&#39;t put away that mosquito repellent just yet. Even though mosquito populations are lower than normal, Saginaw County officials this year have found 27 dead birds infected with West Nile virus -- almost twice the ...
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By Howard W. French  Where as many 10,000 fishing boats once docked, today only a few bob in a long, serpentine harbor here still flecked with wrecks. All along the shoreline, families that only recently made a rich living from the sea stare glumly at reminders of their loss.
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By BOB BUEHN  Fishermen dream of the chance to fish a pristine wilderness lake, casting to fish that have never seen a lure.  Most probably imagine a floatplane trip into northern Canada or other remote location.
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By Andy Reid, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  May 25--Bulldozers replaced bass boats on a dried patch of Lake Okeechobee on Thursday, scraping away the muck-caked consequences of turning the once-pristine lake into Florida's largest retention pond.
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By Bill Van Siclen; Journal Arts Writer  PROVIDENCE - For years, it's been one of the forgotten corners of Roger Williams Park: a cluster of aging 1960s greenhouses perched on a hill at the east end of the park, overlooking Edgewood Lake.
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By Jeri Krentz, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 24--Christian Wurtz steadies himself at the bow as his boat idles near a Lake Norman shore. There's a chill in the air; the gray sky looks smudged.   He chooses a spinning rod, already baited, and casts toward the riprap.
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By Steve Pollick, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio Feb. 16--The western Lake Erie ice has survived the onslaught of this week's blizzard-like Nor'easter, and fishermen were heading back out to favorite fishing zones yesterday.
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The mix of nude dancers, orange juice and black-and-white independent films wasn't in Bob Rieger's original business plan. But it has helped his Racehorses Gentlemen's Club survive amid the cornfields of McCook County and fend off a two-year barrage of challenges from politicians and outraged members of Citizens Against Nude Juicebars and Pornography.
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By Bob Susnjara  bsusnjara@@dailyherald.com  Vern Johnson never counted on having a scenic lake view from the backyard of his house in Fremont Township.  For two years, Johnson has seen ducks and deer splashing in the water, which is about 100 yards from his home.