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Greater Minnesota

Nashwauk is considering losing ambulance services

Nashwauk is considering losing ambulance services

During a medical emergency, you can count on an ambulance to likely be at your home within 10 minutes. Sometimes those minutes matter. But a city in the Iron Range is at risk of losing that critical service.
by Cathy Wurzer and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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Five months after sudden closure, all residents of Red Pine Estates secure housing

Five months after sudden closure, all residents of Red Pine Estates secure housing

The residents of the subsidized income housing apartment complex located within the city were given six days to evacuate their unsafe homes over the Fourth of July holiday.
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Mayo Clinic unveils plans for a new $5 billion campus in downtown Rochester

Mayo Clinic unveils plans for a new $5 billion campus in downtown Rochester

The plan will center on new “health neighborhoods” where practitioners and services come to the patients. Mayo officials say the new model will streamline care for patients and staff.
by Catharine Richert

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Facing budget crisis, Rochester proposes closing some schools, moving others

Facing budget crisis, Rochester proposes closing some schools, moving others

Rochester Public Schools is announcing major changes to manage the district’s bloated budget, including closing some schools and eliminating transportation for districtwide schools. The changes will allow earlier start times for elementary students and later start times for middle and high school students.
by Catharine Richert

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Research reveals more secrets of where wolves hunt in northern Minnesota and their impact on forests

Research reveals more secrets of where wolves hunt in northern Minnesota and their impact on forests

Research published in the past month by scientists with the Voyageurs Wolf Project reveals further insights into how and where wolves in far northern Minnesota hunt for their prey, and how in some cases that hunting can have a profound impact on the region’s forests. 
by Dan Kraker

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Judge throws out lawsuit by southeastern Minnesota dairy farm seeking to triple in size

Judge throws out lawsuit by southeastern Minnesota dairy farm seeking to triple in size

Environmental advocates, including the Land Stewardship Project, opposed the expansion. They said the additional manure generated by a larger operation would increase the risk of water pollution in a region where nitrate in groundwater already is a problem.
by Kirsti Marohn

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