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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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Simone Biles moves closer to 3rd Olympic trip as injuries mount behind her at U.S. trials

Simone Biles moves closer to 3rd Olympic trip as injuries mount behind her at U.S. trials

Simone Biles is four rotations away from a third trip to the Olympics. The list of contenders hoping to join her in Paris is thinning quickly. Biles had little trouble sprinting to the lead at the U.S. Olympic trials. 
by The Associated Press

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At Paralympic swim trials in Minneapolis, the friendships are as fierce as the competition  

At Paralympic swim trials in Minneapolis, the friendships are as fierce as the competition  

Team USA is holding its Paralympic Swimming Trials at the University of Minnesota this weekend. Among the competitors are Mallory Weggemann of Eagan, Natalie Sims of Edina and Summer Schmit of Stillwater. 
by Anika Besst

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Minnesota author Tai Coleman on families, hope and surviving America while Black

Minnesota author Tai Coleman on families, hope and surviving America while Black

Poet and writer Taiyon Coleman’s new essay collection, “Traveling without Moving,” is a personal take on what it’s like to be a Black woman in today’s America.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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