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Lola Perpich, champion of the arts and ‘calming force’ as Minnesota’s First Lady, dies at 94

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Lola Perpich, champion of the arts and ‘calming force’ as Minnesota’s First Lady, dies at 94

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Excerpt: Former Star Tribune writers’ poetic book views what’s happening to American prairie

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