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Vikings launch new foundation aimed at kids' health, disparities
New, more hands-on charity replaces the team's 39-year-old Vikings Children's Fund.
Mpls. Mayor Hodges must produce budget or explain, judge says
Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges must either produce a full 2018 budget by Friday or go to court to explain why the document isn't ready, a Hennepin County judge has said.
Mother charged with murder of Minn. teen; remains found in burn pit
After growing up in Minnesota, Savannah Leckie went to live with her biological mother in Missouri and had been missing for many weeks.
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State Fair memories make us true Minnesotans
For generations of Minnesotans, the State Fair's sights, sounds and scents make for some powerful memories.
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Tevlin: Reopening State Fair diner is family's rite of August
Lee and Bev Bahr have turned management of the Lunch Box over to the kids, grandkids and great-grandkids, but on Tuesday were still there before first light.
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Damaged Minnehaha Academy hopes to move temporarily to Mendota Heights
With just two weeks before the start of school, Mendota Heights is holding back-to-back special meetings Wednesday to decide on space usage.
Nicollet Mall costs rise $2.1M, but project is still under budget
City leaders have approved nearly $4.7 million in extra expenses during the past year, as designs changed, bigger trees were brought in and workers put in longer hours.
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Super Bowl check helps St. Paul's Frogtown Farm dig even deeper roots
The nonprofit Frogtown Farm got $50,000 from the Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee, which has handed out about $2 million so far this year.
Council panel votes to shut down massage business in south Minneapolis
Owner denies allowing sex acts and promises to appeal city's decision.
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Semi fatally hits woman on highway in Renville County
The State Patrol has not addressed why the woman was on the highway late at night.
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Former Target and Uber exec Jeff Jones named CEO of H&R Block
'I'm not walking into a troubled situation,' Jones said about leading the nation's biggest tax preparer.
Judge finds that Cottage Grove golf course owner sexually harassed employees
Incidents occurred at Mississippi Dunes, where women were groped and a bar manager was fired, order says.
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Jane Eidson, who got a college degree at 56, dies at 98
The experience solidified Eidson's belief in the power of education.
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Minnesota's legendary Whitey's Wonderbar closing for good on Friday
Whitey's Wonderbar, the legendary East Grand Forks dining and drinking establishment that survived Prohibition, a great flood and numerous ownership changes, will soon close to make room for a North Dakota rival.
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Pickup passenger killed in crash with semi near Sleepy Eye
Roads were wet at the time of the crash on Hwy. 4 on Monday afternoon.
2017: After officer shoots dogs, Mpls. trains police recruits on dangerous dogs
Police recruits get tips on confronting dogs on the job after two were shot in a Minneapolis backyard.
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Cloudy skies aside, Minnesotans fully dazzled by partial eclipse
Across most of Minnesota, overcast skies granted only glimpses of the much-anticipated solar eclipse, but throngs of people went out to get a look anyway.
NTSB: Minnehaha school worker tried to sound alarm before fatal blast
A preliminary report about the explosion says a maintenance worker smelled natural gas and used a radio to tell others to evacuate just a minute before the blast.
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