Top 2002 stories are: growing meth problem, community policing, elections, new hospital, Tri-State plans to stay, fatal Cor-Tech accident, Magnolia Steakhouse fire, True Value-Country Store, Global Ventures sentences and Highway 75 work. Above: Damage from the March 19 Magnolia Steakhouse fire in Luverne caused the family business to close for 5 1/2 months. Story inside.
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