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Minnesota shoring up long-term care, hospitals amid COVID-19 surge
Gov. Tim Walz proposed spending $50 million to help with long-term care staffing as federal officials announced plans for a medical team to arrive in Minneapolis later this week.
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University of St. Thomas to launch nursing school focused on health equity
Students will embed in community, learn cultural competence.
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Head-on crash kills one in northwestern Minnesota
Collision occurred after driver crossed the center line.
Naming contest for St. Paul's Hillcrest development will reach new heights
Community will choose from The Heights, Hillpoint Heights and Eastcrest Heights as the new name for a planned mixed-use development.
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Lawmakers, advocates gather at Capitol to remember crash victims
Nearly 450 Minnesotans have died this year amid a spike in deadly road incidents.
Some employers rush to bring workers back before new year
The numbers aren't large yet. And many of those who have called teams back say they are getting ready for their companywide "hybrid work" policies to launch in January.
Rockford hopes 'Blinky' will make it safer to cross Hwy. 55
A flashing beacon was installed last week to make it safer for school kids crossing the highway
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Bloomington immigrant family welcomes friends who fled Afghanistan
The Mulakhails, who have lived in the U.S. for three years, host their friends in their small apartment until the new arrivals get on their feet.
Disabled seniors fight eviction in Newport as moratorium ends
Building was touted as a top-notch assisted living facility when it opened last August, but landlord says needed repairs forced his decision.
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Parishioners at St. Paul church protest erasure of Mexican traditions
Demonstrators accuse church of ignoring traditions.
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1 dead after Saturday night shooting in St. Paul
A homicide investigation is underway in St. Paul's Payne-Phalen neighborhood.
Duluth's Bentleyville Christmas light display welcomes walk-through visitors
The treasured holiday display opened Saturday.
Hundreds rally in downtown Minneapolis to protest Rittenhouse acquittal
Hundreds of demonstrators marched through downtown Minneapolis to protest the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois teenager who shot three people last summer, killing two, during unrest in Kenosha, Wis., following the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
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St. Cloud ER 'fast and furious' amid COVID wave in Minnesota
Minnesota's busiest hospital — by occupancy rate — has been at the epicenter of the state's COVID-19 wave for three months, treating an escalating number of infected patients while seeing no slowdown in everyday emergencies.
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David Weissbrodt, longtime U professor who founded its Human Rights Center, dies
Later he launched the world's largest human rights library and was the first U.S. citizen to chair a U.N. human rights body since Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Trial of ex-officer Kimberly Potter tests 'innocent mistake' claim for police
Intent vs. recklessness at heart of ex-officer's case.
Randall Smith ID'd as Minneapolis homicide victim, was entrepreneur and civil rights activist
The manager of All Square restaurant died in a hospital from gunshot wounds last week.
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