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Traffic update: Easing up on I-35W, still slow on I-94 in Minneapolis
Travel times have dropped on southbound I-35W in Minneapolis now that previous crashes and stalls in the work zone have cleared. Things are almost back to normal between Hennepin Avenue and Crosstown.
Runaway girl's Brooklyn Park home has troubled history
For years, it's where child protection officials have come repeatedly on reports alleging physical and sexual abuse. It's where an 8-year-old boy was found dead in his pajamas in February.
At Cedar Lake's Hidden Beach, it's not all fun in the sun
Neighbors in the affluent Kenwood neighborhood say they're turning the beach's reputation around with family-friendly events and money to pay for extra police patrols. But it's an ongoing battle, with police incident reports doubling last year.
Dad of kids hit by SUV on playground questions high-speed chase
They seek answers in playground crash that left one child critically hurt.
St. Paul School District looks ahead with new strategic plan
A push for more funding is expected after recent cuts.
St. Paul releases first study of police body cameras
In first three months of 2018, officers recorded more than 87,000 videos.
In St. Paul City Council race, Mitra Jalali Nelson attracts donors from outside the city
DFL aide to U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison leads fundraising.
Resident at Brooklyn Park care home found dead after nurse failed to check ventilator
State investigators said that a nurse failed to check his ventilator overnight.
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Massive rainfall forces closure of Hwy. 23 for weeks or months
Repair of 300-foot stretch could take months.
St. Clair-Snelling development may be sign of fights to come
Plan for Snelling Avenue housing development divides neighborhood.
You now have to be 21 to buy tobacco products in Roseville
Roseville is the latest city in Minnesota to make 21 the legal age to buy tobacco products.
St. Paul wants a cap on businesses allowed to sell cigarettes
Proposal is part of effort to reduce tobacco sales.
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Activists demand accountability for ketamine cases
City Hall protest followed pledges by city leaders to investigate ketamine use.
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Route selected for St. Paul streetcar to MSP, Mall of America
The Ramsey County Board on Tuesday voted unanimously to support a new kind of streetcar service along the W. 7th Street corridor in St. Paul, approving the route and propelling the project forward.
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New federal Drug Enforcement Administration division pairs Minnesota with Great Plains states
Meth trafficking is among the leading targets of new five-state federal office.
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Corrections for June 20, 2018
A story on B1 Tuesday incorrectly quoted Colleen Ebinger, vice president of the Family Housing Fund. In describing the project with the Hennepin County Community Action Program, Ebinger said, "They were supposed to be helping find new housing."
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Dayton, Swanson challenge 'immoral' border separations of families
Gov. Mark Dayton said Tuesday that he would not authorize Minnesota National Guard troops to help with immigration enforcement at the border, and Swanson joined with other attorneys general to push against the Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy.
Blaine woman charged after crash in Mpls. alley kills 2
A woman charged with multiple felonies in a crash that killed two people and injured another in a Minneapolis alley this weekend remained under police guard in a hospital Monday.
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4-year term for repeat deportee who drove high, killed Monticello schools staffer
Victim's mother decries driver's history of entering the U.S. illegally.
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