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Walz returns to Mankato to reprise role as coach, deliver football pep talk and campaign a little
The governor stopped through on a campaign visit marking the 25th anniversary of the season the Mankato West football team won the state championship with him as assistant coach. He will attend the Governors Pheasant opener in Sleepy Eye Saturday.
WNBA has just 1 Black head coach but more could come from a pool of strong assistants in the league
The WNBA has been praised in the past as a leader for its diversity hiring practices. At the end of the 2022 season, half of the 12 head coaches in the league were Black. Two years later, Seattle’s Noelle Quinn is the only one left after Tanisha Wright was let go in Atlanta and Teresa Weatherspoon was fired in Chicago. 
Prepared to sit out election over war abroad, a young Minnesota voter finds her way back into the fold
As the Democratic presidential ticket changed, a young voter came around to supporting it despite her frustrations with U.S. policy toward war in the Middle East.
In some Minnesota schools, artificial intelligence gets a seat in the classroom
Teachers at Bloomington Kennedy High School are taking a practical view on artificial intelligence, teaching students how to use the technology and helping them understand where it can spin out of control, a sort of driver’s ed approach to AI.
Enrollment is up at Minnesota State colleges, a new fund helped
The state’s new program, North Star Promise, guarantees lower-income Minnesotans can attend public colleges or universities tuition-free. Nearly 17,000 students received North Star scholarships this fall, according to preliminary data for Minnesota State, tribal colleges and the University of Minnesota.
Hastings to receive 3M settlement money to treat 'forever chemicals'
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency announced it's linked PFAS contamination in one of Hastings’ wells to 3M's Cottage Grove facility. City officials say the money will help, but won’t cover the full $70 million to build three new treatment plants.