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Cold Spring day care caught in tax debate

A licensed child care center in Cold Spring could face forfeiture if a four-year tax debate with Stearns County officials isn't resolved.

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Do you prefer hospitals that ban unhealthy foods from their campuses?

In the last few months, several hospitals in northeast Minnesota have stopped selling soda and other beverages that are sweetened with sugar. They are at the forefront of a growing national trend among health care facilities that are trying to combat the nation’s obesity problem. Health administrators says hospitals need to reinforce that message, Other…
by Michael Olson

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3 confirmed dead in I-94 crash in Mpls.

The Minnesota State Patrol has confirmed that three people have died in a multivehicle crash on Interstate 94 in Minneapolis.

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With soda bans, NE Minn. hospitals are at leading edge of US trend

With soda bans, NE Minn. hospitals are at leading edge of US trend

In the last few months, several hospitals in northeast Minnesota have stopped selling soda and other beverages that are sweetened with sugar. They are at the forefront of a growing national trend among health care facilities that are trying to combat the nation's obesity problem.
by Dan Kraker

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African-American dialect the heart of Penumbra's 'Spunk'

African-American dialect the heart of Penumbra's 'Spunk'

Anthropologist and author Zora Neale Hurston had an ear for the African American dialect of the early 1900s. People would "grab a hot," which means get a meal, or, "collar a nod," get some sleep. Many of the expressions are gone now, but they have new life on stage at the Penumbra Theater's production of "Spunk" in St. Paul.
by Dan Olson

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