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Appetites: Go beyond burgers and brats this grilling season

Appetites: Go beyond burgers and brats this grilling season

Unless you relish brushing snow off your grill, our outdoor cooking season is pretty much a flash in the pan. Go beyond the usual burgers and brats with these ideas.
by Tom Crann

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Museum starts night tours of signs from Vegas past

Museum starts night tours of signs from Vegas past

The Neon Museum, where Sin City's most iconic signs go to retire, has begun aiming more than 100 multicolored spotlights on its outdoor collection of 150 signs. It's also extending hours for nighttime tours.

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No-wake zone on St. Croix for bridge project

Boaters who use the St. Croix River this summer will notice a new no-wake zone near Oak Park Heights. MnDOT is preparing a worksite in the river as part of the St. Croix Bridge project.
by Jessica Mador

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Little Falls ceremony to mark Memorial Day

Minnesota's Department of Veterans Affairs is preparing for more than 1,200 people at a ceremony to mark Memorial Day.

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MPR News photos of the week: Paddling, Italian pastry and a fatal rockslide

MPR News photos of the week: Paddling, Italian pastry and a fatal rockslide

The ice is finally out across the state and Minnesotans were ready to take advantage, Cossetta's opened a new expansion and family and friends grieved after a fatal accident in St. Paul. All that and more in our photos of the week.

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Metro Miss. River locks closed to rec boats

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has closed three Mississippi River locks in the Twin Cities to recreational boats because of high water.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Appetites: Inside the newly expanded Cossetta's

Appetites: Inside the newly expanded Cossetta's

Cossetta's has long been one of the biggest names in Italian food in the Twin Cities, and it has just gotten a lot bigger. The new pastry shop is the new crown jewel of the expansion, says the Heavy Table's James Norton.
by Tom Crann

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Photos: Cossetta's new Pasticceria, or pastry shop

Photos: Cossetta's new Pasticceria, or pastry shop

Cossetta's has long been one of the biggest names in Italian food in the Twin Cities, and it has just gotten a lot bigger. They've undergone a major expansion and renovation.
by Jennifer Simonson

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