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Actor Timothee Chalamet visits Minnesota, surprises Hibbing High School theater students
Actor Timothee Chalamet was in town for a Bob Dylan tour of Hibbing, where the songwriter grew up. The tour included a stop at the high school’s stage, a 1920s-style, 1800-seat theater where Dylan performed as a student. 
A Stearns County judge approved the property’s sale by commercial real estate firm Trigild to Delaware-based Contrarian Crossroads LLC.
Housing is now unaffordable for a record half of all U.S. renters, study finds
A new Harvard analysis finds people across income levels got squeezed by rent hikes during the pandemic. The market has lost millions of low-rent places, and new construction is mostly high-end.
Legendary hockey town Warroad hosts ‘Hockey Day Minnesota’
The small town of Warroad, long known as Hockey Town USA, will host thousands of hockey fans this week when it hosts the annual Hockey Day Minnesota event.
Two firefighters injured in Minneapolis fire; businesses displaced
A fire in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis heavily damaged two buildings early Wednesday. Two firefighters were injured in an explosion caused by smoke and gas buildup.