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Support for the arts is in decline, which is detrimental to kids and our future

Dawne Brown White, Liz Tunheim Sheets
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Creativity isn’t just about making art, it’s about making meaning and solutions.

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Funding education in Minnesota is our most critical investment against future economic uncertainty

Christian Ledesma
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One key to solving chronic absenteeism in schools is making time to play

Shauna McDonald
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University of Minnesota Veterinary student Jackie Pieron removes lymph nodes from a deer harvested in the fall of 2016 near Rushford, Minn. At right, DNR Wildlife Health Program Supervisor Michelle Carstensen records data about the animal. Lymph node removal and testing is a critical part of the DNR's response to threats of CWD spreading to the state's wild herd of whitetails. These check stations are likely to be positioned later this year in Winona County in response to a CWD outbreak on a deer farm southeast of Winona city.

Outdoors

Chronic wasting disease pops up in a whitetail deer near Wheaton

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FBI searching autism centers in Minneapolis, St. Cloud after finding ‘substantial evidence’ of health care fraud

The Cesar Pelli-designed Wells Fargo Center, at left, along with the Capella Tower, two of the standout skyscrapers in the Minneapolis skyline. Tuesday, September 6, 2011.

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Downtown Minneapolis’ Wells Fargo Center sells to trio of investor groups

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Tolkkinen: Fatal wrecks shatter Battle Lake

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