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Poll results: Minneapolis mayor 2nd- and 3rd-choice votes

Respondents in a poll conducted for the Star Tribune were asked who they would choose for their second and third choice votes. Here's how those votes would be distributed if their first choice gets eliminated as the tabulations proceed. The poll of 800 Minneapolis likely voters was conducted Sept. 8-10 and has a margin of sampling error of 3.5 percentage points, plus or minus.
Note: Respondents were not blocked from choosing the same candidate for all three choices, as will be the case when voters fill out their ballots.

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A climate conundrum beneath our feet: Minnesota's farmed peat soil releases greenhouse gases

The state is unsure how to address emissions from the soil.

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January 7, 2022

As the Greenwood Fire continues to burn, smoke from the blaze fills the air, almost obscuring the Bong Bridge and Denfeld Senior High School, bottom t

Drought, haze, tornadoes: Take a deeper look at Minnesota's bewildering 2021 weather

Smoky air from wildfires, a severe June heat wave and unusual snowmelt made for some strange weather extremes in 2021.

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January 8, 2021

Lightning illuminated the sky above downtown Minneapolis, as seen from the Lowry Avenue Bridge, on Friday, August 14.

The only mostly normal thing about 2020 in Minnesota? Weather

It was warmer and drier than average, but not without extraordinary events.

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August 19, 2020

U.S. wildfire tracker

Use this interactive map of current wildfires in the U.S. to get the latest info.

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July 29, 2020

Perseverance rover

The rover is the most sophisticated that NASA has ever sent to Mars. It will search for signs of ancient microbial life, characterize the planet's geology and climate, and collect rock/sediment samples for possible return to Earth. It is powered by heat from the radioactive decay of plutonium into electricity used to charge its two batteries.

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Poll results: Minneapolis mayor 2nd- and 3rd-choice votes

A climate conundrum beneath our feet: Minnesota's farmed peat soil releases greenhouse gases

Drought, haze, tornadoes: Take a deeper look at Minnesota's bewildering 2021 weather

The only mostly normal thing about 2020 in Minnesota? Weather

U.S. wildfire tracker

Perseverance rover