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Hopeful downticks in Minnesota’s COVID-19, RSV and flu data

Hopeful downticks in Minnesota’s COVID-19, RSV and flu data

In the Twin Cities seven-county metro, new hospital admissions for COVID-19, flu and RSV are down by 12 percent, 33 percent and 28 percent, respectively, for the first week in January compared to the last week in December. COVID hospital admissions ticked down during the first week in January after climbing for the nine previous weeks.
by Craig Helmstetter

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Minnesota fiddle maker loses home and workshop to fire

Minnesota fiddle maker loses home and workshop to fire

A Minnesota man known for his fiddle building skills lost his home, workshop, and dozens of instruments in a recent fire. Bud Larsen plans to rebuild and continue teaching others to make Norwegian hardanger fiddles.
by Dan Gunderson

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Better wellness visits, healthier kids: Minnesota pediatricians try a new approach

Better wellness visits, healthier kids: Minnesota pediatricians try a new approach

Some pediatricians in the Twin Cities and St. Cloud are experimenting with a program they say is improving basic kid wellness visits and may lead to better outcomes for some of the youngest, neediest Minnesotans. The state’s looking at how it might help the program grow.
by Kyra Miles

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Frozen masterpieces: Ice sculptures at the Minneapolis Institute of Art

Frozen masterpieces: Ice sculptures at the Minneapolis Institute of Art

Pearson’s “Veiled Lady” is one of ten ice sculptures by Minnesota Ice on view starting Thursday for Mia’s “Minneapolis Institute of Ice” event. The sculptures will be on view in the museum courtyard through Feb. 4, weather permitting.
by Alex V. Cipolle

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Today in Fargo-Moorhead: Foggy air, new info on man who killed Fargo officer

The Fargo-Moorhead area will see a foggy Thursday into Friday. High temperatures are sitting at 32 degrees through Saturday, when we may see some patchy blowing snow. We warm to 40 degrees come Monday.

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Family of Ricky Cobb II grateful for murder charge against state trooper

Family of Ricky Cobb II grateful for murder charge against state trooper

During a press conference Thursday, the family and an attorney representing them thanked Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty for bringing three charges against trooper Ryan Londregan Wednesday.
by Peter Cox

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Court approves sales of Crossroads Center in St. Cloud

A Stearns County judge approved the property’s sale by commercial real estate firm Trigild to Delaware-based Contrarian Crossroads LLC.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Mille Lacs Band's chief executive Benjamin won’t seek reelection, calls job ‘greatest honor of my life’

Mille Lacs Band's chief executive Benjamin won’t seek reelection, calls job ‘greatest honor of my life’

The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe’s chief executive Melanie Benjamin announced she will not be seeking a seventh term in office. Benjamin has served the nearly 5,000 member Ojibwe nation as the band’s top executive for nearly two and a half decades. 
by Melissa Olson

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