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A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1:30 P.M. CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ITASCA AND WEST CENTRAL ST. LOUIS COUNTIES: At 12:52 P.M., a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Taconite, or 8 miles northeast of Grand Rapids, moving northeast at 65 mph. Locations impacted include: Nashwauk, Pengilly, Hibbing and Keewatin.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1:45 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ITASCA, AITKIN, NORTHWESTERN PINE, EAST CENTRAL CASS, SOUTHWESTERN ST. LOUIS, CARLTON AND CROW WING COUNTIES: At 12:50 P.M., severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles southwest of Grand Rapids to near Palisade to 6 miles southeast of Deerwood, moving east at 50 mph. Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

. Civil Society

Commentator Don Eberly says our civil society has languished...the institutions that make up this part of the socoety, family, churches, civic organizations are suffering from lack of membership. He says a big reason is because the government has filled many of the voids...but with the federal government moving to limit its role, we need to build back our civil society.

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