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Minnesota News

MPR News is your go-to source for Minnesota news and stories.

From local stories from your Minnesota neighbors to breaking news updates across the state, we have you covered.

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DNR to kill cormorants on Lake Vermilion

DNR to kill cormorants on Lake Vermilion

Fisheries officials plan to kill part of the cormorant population on Lake Vermilion in northeastern Minnesota because the lake's perch population has been falling, and they're worried that the decline could eventually harm the lake's walleye numbers.

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Do I really need to shovel this snow? Yes, say cities

Do I really need to shovel this snow? Yes, say cities

When you wake up tomorrow, you’ll look out the window and see your Twin Cities’ sidewalk buried under four-to-eight inches of heavy, wet snow. Meteorologist Paul Huttner says each back-breaking shovel-full will approach the density of “cement.” But in an effort to find a silver lining ’round this latest April snow cloud, Paul points out…
by Curtis Gilbert

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Battening down in Fargo-Moorhead as possible record flood looms

Battening down in Fargo-Moorhead as possible record flood looms

Flood preparations will move into high gear this week in the Fargo-Moorhead area. Construction crews and volunteers will build emergency sandbag dikes and earthen levees as the communities prepare once again for a possible record Red River flood.
by Dan Gunderson

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Holocaust survivors tell their stories

Holocaust survivors tell their stories

A Twin Cities man says lying about his age during the World War II Holocaust is the reason he's alive today. A new play at Mt. Zion Temple in St. Paul tells the story of survival.
by Dan Olson

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Should we be crowdsourcing investigations like the Boston Marathon bombings?

Moments after the Boston Marathon bombings took place authorities solicited images from the public to help track down suspects. Many images of the finish line were also added to Reddit where internet denizens tried their hand at cracking the case. It turns out the crowdsourced manhunt was as effective as the New York Post, which…
by Michael Olson

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Minn. Zoo sets up webcam for watching baby penguins

Minn. Zoo sets up webcam for watching baby penguins

It’s been the kind of week in the news business that begs for a story about baby penguins. The Minnesota Zoo has come to the rescue, announcing today that it’s set up a webcam for people to watch its two African penguin chicks. The chicks, which were born in March, aren’t on display at the…
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Minnesotans in new book on Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal

Minnesotans in new book on Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal

As the state Legislature nears a vote on a controversial bill that would give victims of sexual abuse more time to sue, a new book chronicles the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church, including some key characters and cases from Minnesota.
by Sasha Aslanian

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Looking for Minnesota’s rural voice

Stimulated by a report suggesting rural Minnesota has lost influence, some 30 representatives of foundations, the University of Minnesota extension, and regional and state officials started work on an effort to organize a rural voice.
by Dave Peters

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