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After years of delays, revived taconite mine offers new economic hope on Minnesota’s Iron Range

After years of delays, revived taconite mine offers new economic hope on Minnesota’s Iron Range

Mesabi Metallics — a controversial project that’s been in the works for more than two decades and could be the first new taconite mine in Minnesota in nearly 50 years — is once again bringing hopes of economic revival to the Iron Range.
by Dan Kraker

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For this Minnesota living history teacher, the past is never dead

For this Minnesota living history teacher, the past is never dead

Arn Kind turned his passion for the past into a second career making history entertaining and educational in school classrooms and small town libraries across Minnesota. From Vikings to the voyageurs to Vietnam, he delivers lessons like few others.
by Dan Gunderson

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Minneapolis Downtown Council starts 10-year plan to revitalize neighborhood

Minneapolis Downtown Council starts 10-year plan to revitalize neighborhood

The Minneapolis Downtown Council is kicking off a new plan to revitalize the city center, with goals to get more people and more energy into the city by 2035. That could include an overhaul of Nicollet Mall, commercial-to-residential building conversions and attracting tens of thousands of new residents.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Deaths from ATV crashes in Minnesota surged in 2024

Deaths from ATV crashes in Minnesota surged in 2024

As of Nov. 5, 30 people have died in ATV crashes on Minnesota roads, ditches and trails in 2024. That number surpasses a previous high of 27 people killed in 2020.
by Kirsti Marohn

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How to be not lonely? 'Cohousing' is an answer for some people

How to be not lonely? 'Cohousing' is an answer for some people

In cohousing communities, neighbors share common spaces, chores and a sense of connection that benefits everyone. For some, it's an answer to the isolation of parenting that many families feel today.
by Katia Riddle

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Minnesota businesses that rely on snow hope for better conditions after less-than-ideal winter last year

Minnesota businesses that rely on snow hope for better conditions after less-than-ideal winter last year

Unprecedented warmth and record-low precipitation during the 2023-24 winter season left many Minnesota businesses that rely on snow and cold weather struggling to survive. Now those businesses are working to prepare for their upcoming seasons after a less-than-ideal experience last year. 
by Calli Hadler

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Photos: Thousands brave Thanksgiving cold to run and walk Turkey Day 5K

Photos: Thousands brave Thanksgiving cold to run and walk Turkey Day 5K

Amid one of the coldest Thanksgiving days of the past decade, thousands of runners flocked to downtown Minneapolis on Thursday for the annual Turkey Day 5K, the largest Thanksgiving race in the Twin Cities.
by MPR News Staff

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