--- When Minnesota’s Riverview Community Bank opened for business in 2004, founder Chuck Ripka claimed divine inspiration — that God had told him to “pastor the bank” and, in exchange, that He would “take care of the bottom line,” leading Ripka to use “prayer” as a theme in the bank’s promotions. In October 2009, Riverview became only the sixth bank in the state to be shut down by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Riverview acknowledged that it had invested aggressively in real estate.
--- Dr. Hulda Clark, 80, passed away in September of multiple myeloma, an advanced cancer of the plasma cells. Before she was stricken, she had authored three books touting her eccentric remedies as cures, first, for “all diseases,” and then, especially, cancer. In her books “The Cure for All Cancers” and “The Cure for All Advanced Cancers,” she urged those diagnosed to immediately stop chemotherapy and embrace her quixotic regimens, to subdue the “parasites” that cause cancer.
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Turnabout on ‘gallows’ beam
Historical Society now admits it is not a bridge beam; Minnesota historian’s study focuses on Mankato gallows beam authenticity (copy of study)
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Study: Mankato beam authentic from gallows
Historical Society now admits it is not a bridge beam; Minnesota historian’s study focuses on Mankato gallows beam authenticity (copy of study)
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SLIDESHOW: 10 biggest earthquakes in eastern U.S.
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(PHOTO GALLERY) Scenes from Minnesota Vikings Training Camp 2011
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Health Care Reform report from CBO
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VIDEO: Red Hot Boom event raises money for fireworks, veterans memorial
Music and food in the former Embers parking lot raised money for the Mankato Area's July 4 fireworks and for the Veteran's Memoral Place.
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VIDEO: Senior Games presents pickleball
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Are Democrats or Republicans better for economy?
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