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Photos: First warm spring day brings people outdoors

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Maeve Grundtner, 2, enjoys an ice cream cone during the first mild day of spring in Roseville, Minn. Friday, April 26, 2013.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson
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Carrying sandbags
Even with the sunshine and warmer temperatures, there's still quite a bit of snow on the ground in some parts of the region -- in the Fargo-Moorhead area, for instance. Here volunteers carry sandbags to the backyard of a house in Fargo, N.D., to protect it from flooding, while several inches of snow are still visible.
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Ice cream treat
Maeve Grundtner, 2, enjoys an ice cream cone during the first mild day of spring in Roseville, Minn. Friday, April 26, 2013.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson
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Paddling in open water
Alice Rivard paddles on Lake Phalen as her City Academy High School boat building class looks on in St. Paul, Minn. Friday, April 26, 2013. The boat, built by class members, will compete in the upcoming Minnesota Renewable Energy Society's solar boat regatta on Lake Phalen.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson