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Dec. 4, 2015: DNR tweaks strategy to boost elk population, retain hunting
Three herds in northwestern Minnesota total about 130 elk; hunting has been allowed under tight restrictions.
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New elk research project to start next week in Minnesota
Demand for hunting licenses exceeds supply.
Long past its due date, pungent corpse flower at U finally blooms
The university's College of Biological Sciences Conservatory in St. Paul is dealing with an apparently shy performer. It seems the flower's bloom is a bit lacking of all its glory.
Obituary: Gloria Steinbring, a pioneering leader in Minnesota's disability rights movement
Gloria Steinbring, a charismatic and fiery leader of Minnesota's disability rights movement for four decades, died last month in Minneapolis. She was 71.
Charge: Man delivering newspapers sexually assaulted autistic teen in Rogers
A Star Tribune newspaper delivery man out on his route stopped a 14-year-old autistic runaway in the middle of the night in her Rogers neighborhood and received a lap dance from her in his car, according to authorities.
Driver who crossed into oncoming traffic dies in north metro wreck
Authorities have announced the death of a motorist who lost control of his vehicle on a north metro highway last week.
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Charges: Crookston motorcyclist drank before collision that killed wife
A motorcyclist was charged with being drunk when his wife was fatally injured in a collision with a deer on a country road in northwestern Minnesota.
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St. Cloud canine explosive detection company picking up local business
Dogs trained to detect bombs and drugs now in demand to fight domestic terror.
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Gallery: Highland Park hockey is back
Highland Park hockey vanished as a varsity program after 1987. The next two decades, a few players who attended the school skated for a St. Paul public school co-op team. Now, Highland Park's hockey team is back.
School bus with 20 kids crashes into parked cars in St. Paul
Portion of Minnehaha Avenue in St. Paul was closed after the accident. Two children were taken to the hospital with unspecified injuries.
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Minneapolis schools put controversial budget plan on hold
District looking at ways to better distribute money.
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U professor wants to know: How is divorce affecting your job?
Three-part survey to quantify the effects divorce has on full-time working people, for better or worse.
Stalled lawsuit over 3M chemical pollution will proceed, district judge decides
Judge says company waited too long to disqualify law firm.
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Sanders to attend Minneapolis event on issues facing black Americans
Minnesota's Neighborhoods Organizing for Change has organized the event
Non-Muslim Minnesotans donning hijab to show their support
The movement is turning heads at a time when many Muslims in Minnesota and elsewhere feel under siege. But hijab solidarity is drawing plenty of critics, too.
St. Paul woman attacked by police dog was at fault, city says
The city said Karen Shafer's injuries were caused by her own "negligence, improper and/or illegal conduct."
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Photos: Corpse flower in bloom at the U
The University of Minnesota's corpse flower bloomed overnight and a few thousand visitors lined up for the privilege of smelling its pungent smell that some compared to rotting fish.
Minneapolis sick-leave study group nears deadline
The 19-member group is set to provide a policy recommendation to the City Council by late February.
Osseo considers small class sizes for grades K-3
"We know that if students are reading at grade level by grade three, they are more likely to have success in later grades," said district spokeswoman Barb Olson.
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