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A winter travel advisory will affect us Wednesday night into Friday. The National Weather Service says this season’s first snow accumulations are likely across parts of northwestern Minnesota and eastern Minnesota this week.
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Saving art — and history — in Moorhead
A Moorhead, Minn., art gallery is working to save a large mural painted more than half a century ago. The mural was created by Cyrus Running, who started the art department at Concordia College in Moorhead.
As student mental health needs leap, schools seek a next generation of counselors
A nearly $7 million federal grant is helping address Minnesota’s long standing shortage of school counselors. Those doing the work now in northwestern Minnesota say the needs are greater than ever.
GOP presidential hopeful Doug Burgum says he'd leave abortion laws up to the states
In a The NPR Politics Podcast interview, the North Dakota governor shares his views on wide-ranging issues, including the role of the federal government in regulating abortion and transgender issues.
Nutrient producing microbes win over farmers but skeptics doubtful
A growing number of farmers are using nitrogen producing bacteria as an alternative to the polluting synthetic nitrogen fertilizer, but some soil health experts are skeptical of the new products.