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After 121 years, the Warroad Pioneer newspaper closes its doors

After 121 years, the Warroad Pioneer newspaper closes its doors

The last edition lands in mailboxes Wednesday. The paper's closure is part of an alarming trend -- over the last 14 years, the United States has lost nearly 1,800 newspapers, according to one study.
by John Enger

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Photos: Lucy Laney hosts its first boxing tournament

Photos: Lucy Laney hosts its first boxing tournament

Fighting is not encouraged at Lucy Laney Elementary School in Minneapolis, but for one day this weekend it was allowed. Morgan McDonald, the school's dean of behavior, organized and hosted a Junior Olympics boxing tournament Saturday in the gymnasium.
by Evan Frost

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Walz, legislative leaders miss deadline for budget targets

Walz, legislative leaders miss deadline for budget targets

With two weeks to go in the session, legislative leaders set Monday as a deadline to reach agreement on the top-line numbers for each major spending area in the next two-year state budget, but after meeting into the night they could not agree.
by Tim Pugmire

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Lawmakers try to dislodge opioid response bill

Lawmakers try to dislodge opioid response bill

Lawmakers generally agree on a plan but are negotiating over who will pay and for how long to respond to the addiction epidemic which has claimed hundreds of lives in Minnesota.
by Brian Bakst

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