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7 Ramsey County homicide cases under review amid scrutiny of former medical examiner

7 Ramsey County homicide cases under review amid scrutiny of former medical examiner

The seven cases are the last of more than 200 where former Dr. Michael McGee provided key testimony. His work fell under scrutiny after a 2021 order from a federal appeals judge called into question McGee’s testimony in the killing of college student Dru Sjodin.
by Peter Cox

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Minneapolis man sentenced to 30 years in murder of trans woman

Minneapolis man sentenced to 30 years in murder of trans woman

Damarean Bible, 25, was sentenced Wednesday after a jury found him guilty of second-degree murder in August. Bible admitted to fatally shooting Savannah Ryan Williams, 38, early in the morning on Nov. 29.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Fact check: Trump calls out Minnesota abortion law, 2020 unrest in presidential debate

Fact check: Trump calls out Minnesota abortion law, 2020 unrest in presidential debate

Tuesday’s presidential debate spurred multiple references to Minnesota, including Democratic vice-presidential candidate Gov. Tim Walz and his policy track record here.
by Nina Moini, Gretchen Brown, Dana Ferguson and Anna Haecherl

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The heat is on: Indigenous-led nonprofit seeks to lower heating expenses with solar thermal

The heat is on: Indigenous-led nonprofit seeks to lower heating expenses with solar thermal

Since 2018, an Indigenous nonprofit near the White Earth Nation in northwestern Minnesota has been installing solar thermal panels to cut home heating costs in impoverished communities.
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Rural Voice: How to build more civic-minded communities

Rural Voice: How to build more civic-minded communities

MPR News host Kerri Miller took her Rural Voice series to Red Wing on Thursday to talk with community members and political scientist Brian Klaas about how to build a new spirit of civic engagement in rural Minnesota.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Harris’ average lead in Minnesota’s presidential race is now 6 points

Harris’ average lead in Minnesota’s presidential race is now 6 points

Two new polls of Minnesota voters, released Sept. 9 and 10, add to two others conducted since Gov. Tim Walz was selected as Harris’ running mate. All show the Democratic ticket currently leading the Trump-Vance Republican ticket in the race for Minnesota’s 10 electoral votes.
by Craig Helmstetter

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‘It’s a different sense of time and space’: New art exhibit aims to help process grief

‘It’s a different sense of time and space’: New art exhibit aims to help process grief

A new interactive art exhibition opening Thursday in Minneapolis dares us to begin to process what’s happening in our world. It’s called “Legacy Dream Space” and it includes video projection, theater, digital art and music.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gretchen Brown

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