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Dayton, client advocates blast Minnesota HMO for $120M transfer
The move by Medica Health Plans is also reigniting a debate about the role of Minnesota's nonprofit health plans.
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Steven Hoag, Minnesota distance running legend, dies at 70
His best-known triumph was finishing second in the 1975 Boston Marathon behind Bill Rodgers, with a time of 2 hours, 11 minutes, 54 seconds.
Free Super Bowl tickets for Minneapolis youth team kick off nationwide giveaway
Entire eighth-grade park team players and coaches get first of 500 free tickets to big game Feb. 4.
Lawsuit: Excessive force by St. Paul police caused 'massive' facial trauma
Michael Fleming was visiting friends at an apartment when he was caught up in a police raid.
Hennepin County starts to fine-tune its 2018 legislative wish list
Priorities are child protection, government efficiency, medical lab funding.
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Nationwide FBI sex trafficking sweep nets 4 in Minn., Dakotas
In all, the FBI arrested 120 suspected traffickers and rescued 84 juveniles during the operation.
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Pedestrian struck by semi near U campus dies of his injuries
Police say the truck's driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with investigators.
Blaine man killed in car-semi crash identified
Mohamed Amin, 19, of Blaine, was killed in the crash Thursday night.
Former tenants of Crossroads apartments in Richfield reach $650K settlement
The settlement is the largest of its kind in the nation, housing advocates say.
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Mahtomedi neighbors go to court over stormwater flooding
Homeowners blame a street project for poor drainage. City says it's searching for a permanent solution.
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Park and rec land passes milestone, but growth has slowed
Regional parks are no longer acquiring land as aggressively, but the Twin Cities has now passed 200,000 acres of park and recreation land.
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Protesters shut down Duluth hearing on oil pipeline project
Protesters cut short a hearing in Duluth on Enbridge Energy's proposal to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline across northern Minnesota.
Speakers overwhelmingly favor giving Lake Calhoun new name
The Hennepin County Board hearing and its vote sometime before the end of the year are the next steps in the state-mandated process to change the name of a body of water.
Downtown Mpls. businesses make push to swing Council races
Fundraising e-mail says, "Don't be filled with regret on November 8."
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Minnesotans don't need new ID to board planes for a year
Federal officials said Wednesday that the state now has through October 2018 to comply with the federal Real ID law.
Teen critically wounded on Metro Transit bus among 4 Mpls. shootings
Minnehaha Avenue, downtown and north Minneapolis were the sites of gunfire.
Savage City Council candidates hold first public forum
Two veterans will face a longtime incumbent in quest for two open seats.
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