The community was founded in 1877 by a group of settlers from Fertile, Iowa, who transplanted their hometown's name and its Scandinavian traditions to the Minnesota prairie.

Alex had already heard there were immigration agents in town, raiding the trailer parks and rented homes of the Hispanics who had flocked to this county seat on the Minnesota prairie in search of work at Jennie-O.

Mr. Coleman returned to the airwaves today after a four-day freeze on campaign advertising, with a new spot that shows him standing in a Minnesota prairie and speaking directly to viewers.

Their passage was paid for by Archbishop John Ireland, who wished to fill up the Minnesota prairie with Irish-American farm families.

The theory is based largely on experiments carried out on Minnesota prairies and oak savannas by Dr. Tilman and his colleagues.

In 1874, Charles and Caroline Ingalls (Pa and Ma) moved their growing family into a grass-covered dugout on the Minnesota prairie.

All those elements of nature, like diamonds and emeralds in a Tiffany's showcase, were on display in the opening round of the 84th P.G.A. Championship at Hazeltine National out here on the Minnesota prairie.

The decor inside is evidence that the sign does not lie: there is a poster of Minnesota native prairie, another of native wildflowers and still another, showing a fawn nestled in the grass, that is labeled "Minnesota State Parks."

Wishing to settle the Minnesota prairie with Catholic Irish-Americans, he actively promoted settlement in Graceville and the surrounding region.

The pain and sorrow of the war in the Persian Gulf spread this week to a tiny farm town on the Minnesota prairie and to this capital city on the banks of the Mississippi.