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Art Hounds: Glowing puppets, a haunted theater and Midwest folk music

Art Hounds: Glowing puppets, a haunted theater and Midwest folk music

Writer Kathleen Kenney Peterson, musician Greg Herriges and folk artist Sarah Larsson share their picks for spooky storytelling, microscopic spectacle and polka-powered dancing.
by Emily Bright

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In Rochester, restaurants stand in the shadow of the Mayo Clinic

In Rochester, restaurants stand in the shadow of the Mayo Clinic

Rochester’s restaurant scene has rapidly grown over the last decade or so. But even dining spots stand in the shadow of the state’s largest hospital — and their destinies are intertwined.
by Gretchen Brown

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After contentious zoning approval, Hermantown now delays controversial data center's permits

After contentious zoning approval, Hermantown now delays controversial data center's permits

The small northern Minnesota city tabled consideration of the two permits after a group opposing the proposed data center filed a petition asking for additional environmental review of the controversial project.
by Dan Kraker

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Immigrant rights group calls for removing pregnant women from detention

Immigrant rights group calls for removing pregnant women from detention

Women taken into custody by U.S. immigration agents while pregnant say they received inadequate care in a letter Wednesday that calls on the Trump administration to stop holding expectant mothers in federal detention facilities.
by The Associated Press

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Blue Earth hospital offers hope amid nationwide rural maternity ward closures

Blue Earth hospital offers hope amid nationwide rural maternity ward closures

Hospital labor and delivery units are closing all across the country, most notably in rural areas where care providers are already few and far between. But a couple of rural hospitals in Minnesota are doing the opposite: they're expanding.
by Molly Castle Work

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USDA is reopening some 2,100 offices to help farmers access $3B in aid despite the ongoing shutdown

USDA is reopening some 2,100 offices to help farmers access $3B in aid despite the ongoing shutdown

The Agriculture Department will reopen about 2,100 county offices all across the country Thursday despite the ongoing government shutdown to help farmers and ranchers get access to $3 billion of aid from existing programs.
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Reversing peanut advice prevented tens of thousands of allergy cases, researchers say

Reversing peanut advice prevented tens of thousands of allergy cases, researchers say

A decade ago, research said giving young children peanut products can prevent allergies. A new study says that, 10 years later, tens of thousands of U.S. children have avoided allergies as a result.
by Bill Chappell

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