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Voyageurs, Minnesota’s only national park, celebrates 50th anniversary

Voyageurs, Minnesota’s only national park, celebrates 50th anniversary

Voyageurs National Park, one of the nation’s most unique parks that is accessible largely only by water, preserves 220,000 acres of remote lakes, islands and forest along the Canadian border. But its creation was marked by local opposition.
by Dan Kraker

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Federal funding cuts leave Minnesota food shelves scrambling

Federal funding cuts leave Minnesota food shelves scrambling

PRISM food shelf in Golden Valley sees 20 to 30 families visiting for the first time every day. The organization coping with 30 to 40 percent less food from The Emergency Food Assistance Program.
by Nina Moini and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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Alleged drunk driver charged in crash that killed Twin Cities restaurant founder

Alleged drunk driver charged in crash that killed Twin Cities restaurant founder

David Burley, co-owner of the Blue Plate restaurant group in the Twin Cities, was killed in a motorcycle crash Sunday afternoon in western Wisconsin. St. Croix County prosecutors on Monday charged Andre Lamont Mathews, 33, with homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Matt Sepic

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RAGBRAI (and MN): For first time, iconic Iowa cycling event will include Minnesota on its route

RAGBRAI (and MN): For first time, iconic Iowa cycling event will include Minnesota on its route

Organizers of the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa — that’s RAGBRAI for short — on Thursday released this July’s 400-mile route. For the first time, it takes the thousands of cyclists into Minnesota.
by MPR News Staff

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Here are the Minnesotans named as James Beard Awards finalists

Here are the Minnesotans named as James Beard Awards finalists

Among the announced finalists are five Minnesotans or Minnesota institutions, including three Minnesota chefs in the Best Chef Midwest category: Shigeyuki Furukawa, Diane Moua and Karyn Tomlinson.
by Max Sparber

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U.S. sees large rise in border seizures of eggs, while fentanyl rate falls

U.S. sees large rise in border seizures of eggs, while fentanyl rate falls

President Trump cites risks from fentanyl to justify tariffs on Canada and Mexico. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says interceptions of eggs are way up, compared to 63 fentanyl cases last month.
by Bill Chappell

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