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Two Minnesota speed skaters qualify for Winter Olympics

Two Minnesota speed skaters qualify for Winter Olympics

Speed skaters Giorgia Birkeland of White Bear Lake and Greta Myers of Lino Lakes earned spots on Team USA with their performance at the Olympic Team Trials that wrapped up Monday in Milwaukee.
by MPR News Staff

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'You'll never eliminate fraud totally': Expert says Minnesota isn't an outlier in pandemic fraud

'You'll never eliminate fraud totally': Expert says Minnesota isn't an outlier in pandemic fraud

Despite fresh — and so far unfounded — allegations of fraud in Minnesota, the scandal that has dogged Gov. Tim Walz for years and ultimately led him to end his bid for reelection this week got its start during the pandemic. A fraud researcher says fraud and pandemics go hand in hand, and that very few if any governments got out of the COVID-19 crisis unscathed.
by Clay Masters and Megan Burks

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Americans drank more milk in 2024, reversing a decade-long decline

Americans drank more milk in 2024, reversing a decade-long decline

Industry experts say interest in protein consumption among consumers is likely driving growth in whole milk sales. But the trend may be a blip in the ongoing decline in U.S. milk consumption.

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Accusations fly in GOP-led congressional hearing into Minnesota fraud cases

Minnesota’s reckoning with social services program fraud landed in a congressional hearing Wednesday. Republicans accused DFL Gov. Tim Walz of being complicit or unresponsive. Democrats called it a political exercise that ignores President Donald Trump’s pardons of convicted fraudsters.
by Peter Cox

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Brimson Strong: How a plucky chicken named Reba inspired hope after a devastating fire

Brimson Strong: How a plucky chicken named Reba inspired hope after a devastating fire

In the spring of 2025, the Camp House Fire burned more than 12,000 acres of northern Minnesota forest, destroying about 200 homes, cabins and other buildings in and around the small town of Brimson. But amid the destruction, Reba the chicken survived, and her story is helping rebuild the community.
by Dan Kraker

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Audit finds weak oversight, fraud risk in DHS grants

Audit finds weak oversight, fraud risk in DHS grants

The findings in a new report by the Office of the Legislative Auditor say the Behavioral Health Administration within the Department of Human Services is failing to provide adequate oversight to disburse grant funding.
by Ellie Roth

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Governor unbound: Freed from reelection niceties, Walz comes out swinging at Trump, GOP

Governor unbound: Freed from reelection niceties, Walz comes out swinging at Trump, GOP

A day after announcing he’d end his bid for reelection, Gov. Tim Walz ripped President Trump, said he’d spend his last year in office working to “protect the well-being of Minnesotans” and told local GOP lawmakers to “put up or shut up” on helping the state.
by Dana Ferguson

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Minnesotan Margie Freed making her Olympic debut in biathlon

Minnesotan Margie Freed making her Olympic debut in biathlon

The Apple Valley native has only been competing in biathlon for a little over a year. Freed hopes to be the first person in Team USA history to medal in the sport.
by Nina Moini and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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