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Could proposed federal changes push thousands of Minnesotans back into homelessness?
The federal government’s approach to homelessness is changing. MPR News guest host Catharine Richert talks about what that means for Minnesotans who rely on federal money for housing. 
Private well owners in Minnesota encouraged to test for arsenic, other contaminants
A group of nonprofits are holding free water screening clinics throughout the state for private well owners to test their water supplies. Arsenic is a naturally occurring metalloid and has been linked to cancers and other neurodevelopmental problems.
As Minneapolis Council member Andrea Jenkins retires, she reflects on ‘tumultuous’ time in office
Council member Andrea Jenkins has called her time in office “tumultuous” — most notably in 2020 during the pandemic and the upheaval after the murder of George Floyd in the ward.
ICE says agent shot at man in St. Paul after he hit him with car
An ICE agent shot at a man who they say hit two agents with his car on Sunday, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. No one was struck by the bullets and the agents had non-life threatening injuries, according to a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson.
For more than 10 years, authorities in Freeborn County were puzzled as they tried to figure out who was the man whose skeletal remains were found along Interstate 90 near Albert Lea. Now that part of the mystery is solved and DNA testing identified him as a World War II veteran who was born in El Paso, Texas.