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Car veers off road, punches hole in Rochester home
The home's occupants got out on their own uninjured.
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Motorcyclist's death adds to Minnesota's increasing crash toll
Five motorcyclists have been killed in May alone.
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Minnesotans rejoice that daily routines are about to return
An indoor mask-wearing mandate will end no later than July 1 and COVID-19 restrictions on business and social gatherings will end May 28 under a plan that Gov. Tim Walz hailed Thursday as a path to a "great summer" for Minnesota.
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Families of Minnesotans slain by police plead at Capitol for changes
House Democrats offer 12 police reforms to Senate GOP.
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.
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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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Twin Cities coach and mentor Robert Malone dies of COVID-19 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.
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Nurses 'anxious' over planned Essentia Health acquisition of CHI hospitals
The Duluth-based health system's merger leaves some staff skeptical.
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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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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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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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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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Man with violent criminal history charged in fatal shooting outside St. Paul bar
The 29-year-old suspect was arrested Wednesday outside a Richfield hotel.
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Minnesota reports 1,661 new COVID-19 cases, 13 more deaths
The number of people with at least one vaccine dose exceeds 2.6 million.
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Watch: Walz explains loosening of COVID restrictions in state
Gov. Tim Walz is expected to tie the change to Minnesota vaccination goals.
Listen: Was Minnesota home to nuclear missiles during the Cold War?
Curious Minnesota podcast host Eric Roper discusses the 1950s initiative to install missile sites around the Twin Cities.
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