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Thrills on the wing: Sandhill cranes fill the skies at a Minnesota wildlife refuge
For the past few weeks, there has been a distinctive rattling rising from the wetland around the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, about an hour’s drive north of the Twin Cities metro. It’s the sound of thousands of sandhill cranes gathering to rest and feed before migrating south for the winter.
First phase of massive Sherco Solar project now generating electricity
The first phase of the $1.1 billion Sherco Solar project was connected to the electrical grid in late October. When the next two phases are completed over the next two years, the project will produce enough energy to power about 150,000 homes.
Eagan police say report of assault at Lebanon Hills Regional Park was false
A woman reported an assault on Nov. 7 at Lebanon Hills Regional Park and police launched an investigation. A department spokesperson said Tuesday that the woman now says the assault never happened.
EagleCam expansion: Minnesota DNR says new camera, new nesting pair will go live this week
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources on Tuesday announced its popular and beloved EagleCam feed will resume on Thursday at a new location, after the nest previously featured on camera fell in 2023.
How philanthropy can support housing stability and racial justice
The Pohlad Family Foundation focuses its philanthropy on housing and racial justice. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the foundation’s president, Susan Bass Roberts, about where the money goes.
Survivor of deadly trip across Canada-US border expected to testify in human smuggling trial
An Indian migrant who survived a deadly trek across the Canada-U.S. border in blizzard conditions is expected to testify Tuesday in the federal trial of two men accused of taking part in a sprawling human smuggling scheme that ultimately killed a family of four.
 Grapegate: Remembering the New York Times’ grape salad debacle 10 years later
The New York Times said it “scoured the nation for recipes that evoke each of the 50 states,” and Minnesota wound up with a grape monstrosity mixed with sour cream and topped with brown sugar.
Opening statements delivered in federal human smuggling trial in northern Minnesota
The family froze to death in a snowstorm in January 2022 after getting separated from a larger group trying to cross illegally from Canada into the U.S.