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Cathy Wurzer
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Walz OKs more guests at weddings, private gatherings as COVID ebbs

Walz OKs more guests at weddings, private gatherings as COVID ebbs

People planning wedding receptions and other group celebrations got some good news Friday when Gov. Tim Walz raised his limit on the number of people who can attend private indoor gatherings from 10 to 50. 
by Mark Zdechlik

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Art Hounds: Take your Valentine to look at art

Art Hounds: Take your Valentine to look at art

Artists in the Northrup King building in northeast Minneapolis open studios Saturday evening. Plus, Art Hounds recommend an exhibition of woven art from Artistry, and the Prairie Gate Literary Festival from the University of Minnesota Morris holds its first event.
by Emily Bright

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One Minn. health care provider using AI to prioritize patients for COVID-19 shots

One Minn. health care provider using AI to prioritize patients for COVID-19 shots

How should health care providers decide who gets to the front of the line for a coronavirus vaccine? The state Health Department has mostly left that decision up to individual providers, most of whom are prioritizing their patients based on age. Others are taking a more complicated approach. Experts say those choices raise important ethical and moral issues.
by Dan Gunderson

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Mobile ‘strike team’ brings COVID vaccine to the most vulnerable

Mobile ‘strike team’ brings COVID vaccine to the most vulnerable

Because of their age and their close living arrangements, the nuns at St. Benedict’s Monastery are at high risk from the coronavirus. But traveling to a clinic or hospital to get a vaccination would be a challenge for many of them. So, the vaccine came to them.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Patience is a virtue: How northern Minnesota wolves ambush their prey

Patience is a virtue: How northern Minnesota wolves ambush their prey

A study released Tuesday shows for the first time the sophisticated ambushing strategies that wolves in northern Minnesota have developed to hunt beaver. It builds on earlier research countering the traditional notion that wolves only hunt prey by outrunning and outlasting it.  
by Dan Kraker

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1 dead, 4 wounded in Buffalo, Minn., clinic shooting; suspect is ex-patient

1 dead, 4 wounded in Buffalo, Minn., clinic shooting; suspect is ex-patient

Buffalo police said the man who allegedly opened fire in an Allina Health clinic is “very familiar” to them, but there’s no evidence this was domestic terrorism. He’s expected to face a judge on Thursday.
by MPR News Staff

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‘A societal domino issue’: Advocates say help for child care providers key to economic recovery

‘A societal domino issue’: Advocates say help for child care providers key to economic recovery

Almost a year into the pandemic, many Minnesota child care providers are losing money — and some are in danger of closing. Advocates say ongoing state and federal help is needed to prop up the “industry that supports all other industries.”
by Elizabeth Shockman

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