Local
May 8, 2021
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Afaya Sanaa Healing Center opening in St. Paul Midway

Activist beckons others to the St. Paul site who've suffered trauma of violence in the community.
Business
May 8, 2021
Minnesota couple's new 'adventure': Turning shipping containers into custom studios

Minnesota couple's new 'adventure': Turning shipping containers into custom studios

A civil engineer and his design-savvy wife launched Latitude Studios to make shipping containers into backyard studios, lakeside hangouts and more.
Business
May 8, 2021

Minnesota couple's new 'adventure': Turning shipping containers into custom studios

Local
May 8, 2021
Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao.

4 ex-Minneapolis cops indicted on civil rights charges in George Floyd death

The new charges allege Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao used their positions as police to deprive George Floyd of his constitutional rights.
Local
May 7, 2021
Prima Sisinni raised her phone to take a selfie with her fellow recipients master’s degrees in non-profit management during a belated commencement f

A year later, Hamline University gives 2020 grads a sendoff

"We promised them that we would recognize them when we were able to do so," Hamline President Fayneese Miller said. "This is a group that always maintained hope."
Local
May 7, 2021

A year later, Hamline University gives its 2020 graduates a proper sendoff

"We promised them that we would recognize them when we were able to do so," Hamline President Fayneese Miller said. "This is a group that always maintained hope."
Duluth
May 7, 2021
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Historic Duluth school sells for $3 million

Construction is expected to begin after an October deal closing. The school's famous clock tower and bell will remain.
Local
May 7, 2021
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Minnesota first-dose COVID-19 vaccine rate nears 60%

Gov. Tim Walz hopes Minnesota reaches 70% in June, at which point the state's indoor mask mandate will end. The state reported 12 COVID-19 deaths and 1,453 diagnosed infections.
Local
May 7, 2021

Charges: Moorhead man, 18, said need to pay rent ignited deadly robbery spree with his roommate

A taxi driver was found dead in his cab after it crashed in the middle of the night.
Local
May 7, 2021
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Minnesota 'clean cars' rules may move forward

An administrative law judge said the MPCA has clear authority to adopt rules that address air pollution. Auto dealers and Republican state senators had objected.
May 7, 2021

Baby dies in northern Minnesota house fire

A woman and three other children were able to escape before first responders arrived.
Local
May 7, 2021
Officers stand near an entrance to the Wells Fargo branch Thursday May 6, 2021, in south St. Cloud, Minn. following a reported hostage situation. Poli

With pizza and patience, cops win 9-hour bank hostage standoff in St. Cloud

The ordeal ended with no one physically harmed and the suspect surrendering without incident.
Local
May 7, 2021
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Small Latino nonprofit in St. Paul handing out $14M in aid to help stave off evictions

The Latino Economic Development Center ended up being the state's largest administrator of housing assistance.
Local
May 7, 2021
Officers stand near an entrance to the Wells Fargo branch Thursday May 6, 2021, in south St. Cloud, Minn. following a reported hostage situation. Poli

Hostages freed, suspect arrested after St. Cloud bank robbery standoff

Hours of negotiations, but the tense situation ended with no one injured.
Local
May 7, 2021

With pizza and patience, cops win 9-hour bank hostage standoff in St. Cloud

The ordeal ended with no one physically harmed and the suspect surrendering without incident.
Local
May 7, 2021
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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.
Local
May 7, 2021
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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."
Local
May 7, 2021

Man in his 20s shot, killed along West Broadway in Minneapolis

No arrests have been made, police said.
Duluth
May 7, 2021
Heidi Stang, editor-in-chief and Michael King, a managing editor of the University of Minnesota Duluth’s student newspaper, The Bark, pose in its of

UMD administrator lambastes student newspaper in e-mail

Administrator apologizes for stridency and harsh language in message.
Curious Minnesota
May 7, 2021
Flecks of ore containing copper, nickel, cobalt, palladium, platinum and gold seen in core samples taken from around PolyMet property. PolyMet Mine in

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.

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