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Croffle Cloud, Fawaffle, Smashadilla: Meet this year’s new State Fair foods

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Croffle Cloud, Fawaffle, Smashadilla: Meet this year’s new State Fair foods

Tastes of Wrecktangle, Saturday Dumpling Co. and Hoyo sambusas are part of this year’s lineup, which includes 33 official new foods and eight new vendors. And don’t worry, dill pickles and hot honey aren’t going anywhere.

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Richfield hub for Twin Cities acoustic musicians will close July 31

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Croffle Cloud, Fawaffle, Smashadilla: Meet this year’s new State Fair foods

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Could it happen here? Minnesota officials say the state’s flood alert system is ‘robust.’

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Man charged with killing teenage son, hiding body in Elk River landfill

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Could it happen here? Minnesota officials say the state’s flood alert system is ‘robust.’

Could it happen here? Minnesota officials say the state’s flood alert system is ‘robust.’

Richfield hub for Twin Cities acoustic musicians will close July 31

Richfield hub for Twin Cities acoustic musicians will close July 31

Bloomington sets aside aesthetic objections, loosens rules for electronic billboards

Bloomington sets aside aesthetic objections, loosens rules for electronic billboards

WNBA All-Star captains reunite Collier and Reeve with trade

WNBA All-Star captains reunite Collier and Reeve with trade

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Hold the mayo: A potato salad recipe that can weather the heat of Minnesota summers

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Israeli strikes kill 40 in Gaza, with no sign of a breakthrough after Trump’s talks with Netanyahu

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Medcalf: Summer road trip poses parenting challenge - how to spark curiosity?

The Big Gigs: 10 top concerts to see in the Twin Cities this week

Tasha Coryell's new novel mixes matchmaking and the macabre

Richfield hub for Twin Cities acoustic musicians will close July 31

U program that works to keep disabled people in the community could fall to federal budget ax

Twins' Matthews moves forward in recovery from shoulder strain

Israeli report accuses Hamas of using sexual violence as a weapon of war on Oct. 7

Officials ID man pinned and killed by pickup at Walmart in southern Minnesota

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Rochester clears $65 million outdoor sports complex for construction

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Opinion | O say why should you even have to try to sing ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’?

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Rash: An ‘unimaginable tragedy’ for Texas — and the country

Denker: Partisan politics are so 2024. Now we’re facing something much worse.

Denker: Partisan politics are so 2024. Now we’re facing something much worse.

Readers Write: Texas flooding, Planned Parenthood, Walz re-election

Rash: An ‘unimaginable tragedy’ for Texas — and the country

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