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Feeding Our Future jury bribe courier charged with DWI after crash

Feeding Our Future jury bribe courier charged with DWI after crash

The Minnesota State Patrol says Ladan Ali had a blood alcohol concentration of .284, or more than 3 1/2 times the legal limit, when she rear-ended another driver in Mendota Heights on Feb. 14. Ali is awaiting sentencing for trying to bribe a juror in the first Feeding Our Future trial.
by Matt Sepic

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Twin Cities Green Book sites were touchstones for Black travelers in the segregation era

Twin Cities Green Book sites were touchstones for Black travelers in the segregation era

During the era of Jim Crow laws and racial segregation, 87 locations in Minnesota were listed in the Green Book, which helped Black travelers find businesses that would serve them. But less than a quarter of these sites in Minnesota remain standing today.
by Nina Moini and Ellie Roth

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Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota eliminates staff positions

Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota eliminates staff positions

The organization cites an end to federal funding for refugee resettlement services as the reason for staff cuts. Trump signed the executive order halting the Refugee Admissions Program on his first day in office. 
by Sarah Thamer

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Dangerous cold across Minnesota leads to more school delays for Wednesday

Dangerous cold across Minnesota leads to more school delays for Wednesday

Some Minnesota school districts have announced they’ll be starting classes late or moving to online learning on Wednesday, Feb. 19, as a stretch of dangerously cold conditions continues across the region.
by Andrew Krueger

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For a St. Cloud family, Trump’s pause of refugee admissions brings worry for Afghan relatives

For a St. Cloud family, Trump’s pause of refugee admissions brings worry for Afghan relatives

One of President Trump’s first actions after taking office was an executive order indefinitely suspending the U.S. refugee resettlement program. A family living in St. Cloud who fled Afghanistan a year ago worries about relatives left behind.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Extreme cold prompts school delays, closures across Minnesota for Tuesday

Extreme cold prompts school delays, closures across Minnesota for Tuesday

Dangerously cold air that has settled across the Upper Midwest this week has prompted some school districts in Minnesota — including Minneapolis and St. Paul — to cancel classes on Tuesday, Feb. 18.
by Andrew Krueger

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In rural Minnesota, a longtime township clerk puts his faith in neighbors

In rural Minnesota, a longtime township clerk puts his faith in neighbors

Loren Ingebretsen has been a politician for 45 years at the most grassroots level of American politics, the township board. It’s vital work across Minnesota that rarely gets noticed. 
by Dan Gunderson

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New York police say Minnesota trans man was tortured for a month, then killed

New York police say Minnesota trans man was tortured for a month, then killed

New York State Police have charged five people with murder in the killing of a missing Minnesota man who authorities said died following repeated acts of violence and torture for more than a month by multiple individuals who later discarded his body in a field.
by The Associated Press and MPR News Staff

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