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Power Pair: Steve and Mary Grove support each other and Minnesota
The Star Tribune’s new publisher Steve Grove and startup investor Mary Grove are each other’s biggest fans and big believers in the potential of Minnesota. Listen back to MPR News host Angela Davis’ conversation with the married couple as part of her Power Pair series.
Rain triggers rare flood warning for the Red River at Fargo-Moorhead
Nearly 2 inches of rain fell on frozen ground since Saturday, much like a spring event. But this late in the year it’s rare for the National Weather Service to issue a flood warning for Fargo-Moorhead.
It’s messy out there. An ice storm will make travel difficult to impossible across parts of the region, with likely power outages and tree damage.
Freezing rain continues after record warmth over holiday weekend
A storm system continued to drop freezing rain on parts of the Red River Valley on Tuesday after bringing both blizzard conditions and record warmth to the region over the holiday weekend.
MPR News reporters share 8 of their most memorable stories from 2023
While we’re in the moment covering news, reporters and editors sometimes think about what we liked working on over the past year. We’ve collected them together, with reporters’ reflections.
Along the North Shore, sleepy Silver Bay embraces development to put itself 'on the map'
Construction is set to begin on a nearly $25 million development of townhomes and vacation rentals in Silver Bay, the first of several projects to reinvent the city originally built as a mining company town.