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First lady Jill Biden to visit Duluth as Biden campaign launches outreach to older voters
First lady Jill Biden will visit Duluth on Thursday, as she kicks off her husband's outreach to older voters. The effort will blend rallies and phone banks with social events like bingo nights and pickleball games.
In North Dakota GOP primaries, U.S. Rep. Armstrong wins for governor and Fedorchak for House
U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong has won North Dakota's Republican primary for governor, while longtime public utilities regulator Julie Fedorchak has finished first in a rambunctious GOP race for the House seat he will vacate.
This prison newspaper in Minnesota has been publishing for more than a century
A newspaper in a Minnesota prison began publishing more than a century ago. The paper covers prison life and gives its writers purpose. It’s one of around two dozen similar publications nationwide.
Scholar says he still wants U Holocaust center job despite controversy
The University of Minnesota has put its search for a new director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies on hold after its job offer to a controversial Israeli historian drew strong objections from two professors and some members of the Twin Cities Jewish community
‘It’s a loss’: The State Fair Foundation sunsets the Commemorative Art program
The Minnesota State Fair’s Commemorative Art program, which began in 2004 and featured work from 19 artists to expand connections to the arts community and generate revenue, has ended.
Environmental groups say state agencies too lax with polluters
A new coalition of environmental groups says four state agencies have allowed pollution from farms and industry by repeatedly failing to enforce environmental laws.
Prince collaborator Sheila E. says she’s ’heartbroken’ at being turned away from Paisley Park
Sheila E. figured she’d be welcome if she showed up unannounced at Paisley Park, the studio where the percussionist once collaborated with her mentor and one-time fiancée, the late rock superstar Prince. She was wrong.