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What to know for this year’s Twin Cities Marathon weekend

What to know for this year’s Twin Cities Marathon weekend

More than 28,000 athletes will participate in races Saturday and Sunday for the Twin Cities marathon weekend, in a return after last year’s race was canceled for heat.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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At the crossroads of travel and storytelling: A new bookstore blooms in St. Paul’s Union Depot

At the crossroads of travel and storytelling: A new bookstore blooms in St. Paul’s Union Depot

Story Line Books, a new bookstore at St. Paul’s Union Depot, opened on Sept. 28, offering a cozy spot for travelers with books, gifts and travel essentials, founded by former lawyer Danielle Miller.
by Emily Bright

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What a difference a week makes: Where to catch the changing fall colors in Minnesota

What a difference a week makes: Where to catch the changing fall colors in Minnesota

The Minnesota DNR’s fall colors map suggests leaves are between 25-75 percent changed. The most colorful sights are in the state’s arrowhead region, central Minnesota and in the northeast. The Twin Cities metro area remains fairly green.
by Anika Besst

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Breaking ground for better care: Minneapolis VA strives to create safer space for women veterans

Breaking ground for better care: Minneapolis VA strives to create safer space for women veterans

The Minneapolis VA recently broke ground on a new women’s clinic. When it’s completed in two years, the new facility will not only be larger and offer more services than the current clinic, it will be specially designed to serve the specific physical and mental needs of women veterans.
by Erica Zurek

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What are Minnesota's undecided voters thinking about?

What are Minnesota's undecided voters thinking about?

MPR News host Cathy Wurzer spoke with John Blanchar, director of the Social and Political Psychology Lab at the University of Minnesota Duluth to learn what’s going on inside the minds of the undecided voters.
by Cathy Wurzer and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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