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Minneapolis schools add 2nd lottery for more integration at magnet schools
The results of the lotteries show progress toward one of the main goals of the district's redesign.
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G. Kent Gardner, longtime Star Tribune city editor, dies at 80
"He was as pure a newspaper guy for spot news as you will ever see."
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Man in his 20s shot, killed along West Broadway in Minneapolis
No arrests have been made, police said.
UMD administrator lambastes student newspaper in e-mail
Administrator apologizes for stridency and harsh language in message.
Curious Minnesota
How much gold is hiding underground in northern Minnesota?
The precious metal has not been mined in Minnesota since the turn of the 20th century.
Minnesota music venues and festivals cheer Gov. Walz's looser restrictions
We Fest and Summer Jam will now go on as expected, and club shows could return sooner than expected.
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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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