1. Gov. Dayton to discuss fiscal cliff with President Obama (KARE)
2. Mining company proposal to dig for sand and gravel near St. Croix River up for discussion tonight (MPR News)*
3. Austin Post-Bulletin to end publication (Austin Daily Herald)
4. Prostate cancer scan advance helps Mayo doctors with early detection (MPR News)
5. Cloquet steelworkers to vote on contract with Sappi paper (Duluth News Tribune)

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*Note an earlier version of this TOP 5 indicated the mining project near the St. Croix was up for a vote tonight. Tonight’s meeting of the Scandia planning commission is scheduled to only include discussion of the matter.