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With Minnesota law change in effect, adoptees can access original birth records

With Minnesota law change in effect, adoptees can access original birth records

Thousands of birth records become available to adopted people on Monday. Adopted people 18 years and older can apply to the Minnesota Department of Health to receive their birth records and additional information related to their adoption.
by Melissa Olson

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Sen. Nicole Mitchell seeks dismissal of burglary charge while calling for release of more evidence

Sen. Nicole Mitchell seeks dismissal of burglary charge while calling for release of more evidence

DFL Sen. Nicole Mitchell of Woodbury was arrested and charged with burglary in April when she was found in the basement of her stepmother’s home in Detroit Lakes. Her next court hearing is now scheduled for July 9. 
by Clay Masters

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Russian trans man who fled to Minnesota reunited, remarried to his husband

Russian trans man who fled to Minnesota reunited, remarried to his husband

Erik and Ivan Beda were forced by the Russian government to divorce when Erik transitioned in 2023. It led to their separation at the border when they fled to the U.S. Two-and-a-half months later they reunited and remarried thanks to Minnesotans who have rallied behind them.
by Aleesa Kuznetsov

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Minnesota BCA investigating fatal police shooting in Crookston

Minnesota BCA investigating fatal police shooting in Crookston

Crookston police say an officer fatally shot a man while responding to reports of a fight at a homeless shelter late Sunday night. It’s the second fatal police shooting in the city in just over a month.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox and MPR News Staff

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St. Paul's Suni Lee qualifies for Paris Olympics; Simone Biles breezes to victory at U.S. trials

St. Paul's Suni Lee qualifies for Paris Olympics; Simone Biles breezes to victory at U.S. trials

Simone Biles is heading back to the Olympics. Reigning Olympic champion Sunisa Lee, 2020 Olympic floor exercise champion Jade Carey, 2020 Olympic silver medalist Jordan Chiles and 16-year-old Hezly Rivera and Biles were named to the five-woman team later Sunday night.
by Kerem Yücel and The Associated Press

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New Stearns County park protects lakeshore, offers chance to restore lost prairie and wetlands

New Stearns County park protects lakeshore, offers chance to restore lost prairie and wetlands

The property borders the popular chain of lakes where it narrows into the Sauk River, just south of Cold Spring. It includes about a half-mile of shoreline, rolling hills and old-growth oak forest.
by Kirsti Marohn

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