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Impaired driver given 3 years in prison in fatal hit-and-run
The driver who struck and killed a pedestrian along a Brown County road hours after smoking marijuana has been sentenced to three years in prison.
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Will Minnesota join the push to switch to a national popular vote?
Coming off the 2020 presidential election, the conversation around the Electoral College continues to heat up.
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Man accused in trooper assault arrested at St. John's following manhunt
A man accused of assaulting a state trooper in Stearns County and leading law enforcement officers from 16 agencies on a manhunt has been arrested, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
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'Help us': Doctors implore Minnesotans to follow virus rules
Doctors urged Minnesotans on Thursday to take COVID-19 seriously and to comply with new restrictions that take effect Friday night as they provided dramatic accounts of how the state's health care system — especially its health care workers — is at a breaking point.
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FEMA ambulances deployed to help transfer Minn. patients
The state is getting 25 staffed ambulances from the federal government to help hospitals transfer patients so medical centers are better prepared for a surge of critically ill patients.
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U.S. Bank Stadium launches study of homelessness and financial instability among employees
Operators hope to help furloughed employees with food, housing and health care.
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Attorney General Keith Ellison makes women's economic security target of new task force
Pandemic is worsening pre-existing disparities, AG Keith Ellison says.
Another record season for wind turbine shipments at Duluth port
About 525,000 tons of blades and tower parts will move through the harbor this year.
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Woman, adult son charged in murder of father in family's Twin Cities home 7 years ago
Prosecutors allege the man was shot by his son, whose mother then helped him dump the body in Wisconsin.
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Citing COVID concerns, Minnesota courts suspend trials and in-person hearings for two months
Pause starts Nov. 30, also makes hearings remote.
Staples man pleads guilty to helping burn down Mpls. Third Precinct
Central Minn. man helped light Molotov cocktail; three alleged accomplices face charges.
CDC pleads with Americans to avoid Thanksgiving travel
With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation's top public health agency pleaded with Americans on Thursday not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household.
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Record 72 COVID-19 deaths, 7,877 more cases in Minnesota
The unprecedented number of COVID-19 deaths continued Thursday with another 72 fatalities and 7,877 cases announced by state health officials.
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In Wisconsin, long shot recount may just be prelude to court
President Donald Trump's hopes to reverse his election loss in Wisconsin hinge on closing a deficit of some 20,500 votes, an almost impossibly high bar that spurs speculation his true goal is building a case for legal challenges that could win favor in the state's conservative-controlled Supreme Court.
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