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Jim Ragsdale, former Pioneer Press reporter and Treasure Hunt clue writer, dies

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By MARY DIVINE | mdivine@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressEveryone in the Twin Cities news business admired Jim Ragsdale for his gentle wit and seamles
Saving the Peeps: Second in a series of videos exposing Peeps abuse
“I remember driving to the morgue with Jim to conduct a Peep autopsy with a real medical examiner and laughing out loud as he was brainstorming all th
Treasure Hunt: Clue writer James Goodhue IV returns to berate medallion hunters
He left the Pioneer Press in 2011 to return to the Star Tribune to cover the Capitol. He stopped working earlier this year because of his illness.Pers
Holly Jolly Ragsdale
Rachel Stassen-Berger, a reporter for the Star Tribune and longtime friend, organized the caroling flashmob. She said Ragsdale “traveled the cancer jo

Guarding city’s treasures

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20070401_095003_040207_wescott.webp, Wally Wescott, left, and his son, Kurt, place a Hi-lex gnome on a table outside their antiques store on West Seventh Street in St. Paul on Thursday.
By DON BOXMEYER | Pioneer PressThe man who runs Wescott Station has reached that elusive contented stage in life. He has the Hi-lex Gnomes. What else
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