Regulators grant higher energy rates for Xcel gas, Minnesota Power for 2024

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In November, both utilities asked for larger rate increases, but the state Public Utilities Commission typically grants interim rates while scrutinizing that overall request.
Brad Rademaker sifts through soybeans at the CHS soybean processing site in Mankato, Minn., on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. Inver Grove Heights-based CHS
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Congressional watchdog: Stop paying big farmers' crop insurance

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Hundreds of people turned out for an informational meeting held by Hunters For Hunters in Carlton on Wednesday night.
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Hundreds of people turned out for an informational meeting held by Hunters For Hunters in Carlton on Wednesday night.

Hunters pack meeting in Carlton to join grassroots group's call for wolf hunt

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Hundreds of hunters gathered at an ice arena outside of Duluth to learn more about Hunters for Hunters.
Mike Loeffeler walked his dog Pan on a warm December day in 2017. Temperatures could rise into the 50s in the Twin Cities Thursday and could reach 60
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Wintertime warmup blankets all of Minnesota, with one city leading the way in the 60s

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University of Minnesota Duluth.
Local

Low enrollment drives University of Minnesota Duluth to examine majors, courses

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Brian Glasow, an invasive carp specialist with Minnesota DNR, holds a bighead carp caught recently in the Mississippi River.
Sports

Anderson: They're back. Invasive carp take aim at state's waters again.

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Wolves center Karl-Anthony Towns posed after hitting a three-pointer recently against the New York Knicks.
Sports

Souhan: If you're distracted by his antics, you're missing KAT at his best

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Gophers guard Elijah Hawkins, right, and Nebraska’s Keisei Tominaga fought for a loose ball in the second half Wednesday.
Sports

How the Gophers overcame their star's ankle injury to defeat Nebraska

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