Some on Minneapolis City Council want to create unarmed traffic safety division
Minnesota law says only licensed peace officers can take some actions, such as requiring drivers to provide documentation.
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Minneapolis explores carbon credits to help reforest the city
A property tax levy to replace the city's dead and dying trees will expire at the end of this year.
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Hostages freed, suspect arrested after St. Cloud bank robbery standoff
Hours of negotiations, but the tense situation ended with no one injured.
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Wisconsin residents combat water contamination aftereffects
Craig Koller grew up splashing through backyard creeks and biking gravel trails, sometimes through the Johnson Control Industries Fire Technology Center. Black smoke wafted overhead as it conducted controlled burns to test firefighting foam, producing a dangerous "forever chemical" known as PFAS.
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Grid congestion caps Minnesotan's rooftop solar ambitions
The explosive growth of community solar projects to meet demand from Twin Cities customers is curtailing clean energy options in a southern Minnesota college town.
Duluth mayor proposes $24 million investment in Spirit Mountain
$12 million in state bonding money will be requested.
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Reward for information on 2 bald eagles shot to death along northern Minnesota river
The discovery was made near Blackduck, according to the DNR.
Minnesotans excited to shed COVID-19 restrictions
The excitement of returning to life as it once was rippled across Minnesota on Thursday after Gov. Tim Walz announced that the last of the…
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UMD administrator lambastes student newspaper in e-mail
Administrator apologizes for stridency and harsh language in message.
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2 women freed from ongoing Minnesota bank robbery standoff
A standoff between police in St. Cloud, Minnesota and an alleged hostage-taker continued into the evening Thursday despite the release of two employees.
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St. Cloud's Paramount Center for the Arts plans full season 'bravely and with bated breath'
The historic downtown St. Cloud venue opened Thursday for its first in-person show since last March.
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Coach and mentor Robert Malone dies at 54
He saw coaching as a way to stay around the sports he loved, while challenging youngsters from Minneapolis' North Side and Robbinsdale to discover their potential.
Nurses 'anxious' over planned Essentia Health acquisition of CHI hospitals
The Duluth-based health system's merger leaves some staff skeptical.
State COVID restrictions to end May 28, mask mandate July 1
Mask-wearing mandate to end sooner than planned if Minnesota reaches a 70% vaccination target.
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Families of Minnesotans slain by police plead at Capitol for changes
House Democrats offer 12 police reforms to Senate GOP.
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Authorities identify semi driver who killed himself in lot
Authorities on Thursday identified a semi-trailer driver who killed himself in a Rochester shopping center parking lot.
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GOP leaders at Capitol pan Gov. Tim Walz's reopening plans
The DFL governor's lifting of COVID restrictions by May 28 come as he, lawmakers try to wrap session.
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Man accused of sex crimes pleads not guilty to 84 charges
A Wisconsin man accused of sex crimes ranging from assault to possession of child pornography pleaded not guilty Thursday to 84 charges.
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Rosemount plant must install new equipment to address pollution
The EPA found violations at Spectro Alloys, a metal recycling plant.
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Wildlife staff mystified by die-off of more than 100 turtles in western Minnesota refuge
"There's a lot that we don't know at this point," said a federal wildlife spokeswoman.
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Walz lifts most Minnesota virus restrictions by Memorial Day
Minnesota will lift nearly all its COVID-19 restrictions just before Memorial Day weekend and drop its statewide mask requirement no later than July 1, Gov. Tim Walz announced Thursday, saying the mask mandate could even even sooner once 70% of residents age 16 and older get their first dose of vaccine.
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