Minnesota

There's an old saying that it's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog. That's never been more true when a tiny but fierce Midwestern dog chased a rather large bear up a tree.

I have never loved the state of Minnesota more.

Well, Minnesota wants to give people a chance to...familiarize themselves with the snowplow machines. Recently, the Minnesota Department of Transportation put out a call for people to help name some of the Snowplow vehicles in use. There were more than 24,000 name nominations for these vehicles, according to Minnesota DOT officials.

Iowa avenges its only Big Ten loss as the Hawkeyes rough up Minneota.

A sheriff's deputy near the Twin Cities rescued a wounded trumpeter swan from the middle of the road. He placed the bird in the back of his squad car and eventually released it along the river in a safe location. To repay its gratitude, the Swan relieved itself all over the back seat of the squad car...

Last weekend, East Bethel, Minnesota, (about 40 minutes north of the Twin Cities) was experiencing unseasonably warm weather in the 70s, and Cory Klocek was using it to his advantage during opening weekend for deer hunting. After he bagged a 10-point buck near a pond, something caught his eye -- an alligator...

Big fella, too...

This 2,350-pound pumpkin grown in Anoka, MN, was the heaviest pumpkin grown in North America this year. If you win the Safeway Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off you are paid $7 per pound -- which means he scored $16,450. Travis Gienger's giant pumpkin was 176 pounds heavier than the runner-up...

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At the end of the day, we're all Midwesterners!