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Authorities ID victims, suspected gunman in Cloquet motel shooting

Authorities ID victims, suspected gunman in Cloquet motel shooting

Police in Cloquet on Wednesday released the names of the two victims and the alleged gunman who died in a shooting at a motel in the northern Minnesota city earlier this week.
by MPR News Staff

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The toll that tragedies like the deadly St. Paul house fire have on first responders

The toll that tragedies like the deadly St. Paul house fire have on first responders

Jeff Ernewein is a photographer at KSTP-TV. He was also a firefighter for 12 years. He was one of the first journalists at the scene of last week’s St. Paul house fire.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe annual event highlights priorities, progress and cannabis plans

Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe annual event highlights priorities, progress and cannabis plans

Chief Executive Melanie Benjamin said 2023 was a year of progress for the central Minnesota-based tribe. Benjamin outlined band priorities for the coming year, including plans to open a cannabis growing facility.
by Melissa Olson and Kirsti Marohn

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Historic, all-woman St. Paul City Council sworn in and ready to work

Historic, all-woman St. Paul City Council sworn in and ready to work

The group of seven elected officials is majority women of color, and all the women on the council are under the age of 40, making them the city’s most racially diverse and youngest council ever.
by Regina Medina

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Small land transfer may be a big deal in tribal lands debate

Small land transfer may be a big deal in tribal lands debate

In what could become a blueprint for similar Minnesota communities, Lake City, southeast of the Twin Cities, has returned ownership of Dakota burial mounds back to their modern-day relatives at Prairie Island Indian Community. Two communities historically at odds now may be ushering in a period of understanding.
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Minnesota blackout license plates are hot sell in first week

Minnesota blackout license plates are hot sell in first week

The Department of Public Safety’s Vehicle Services Division reported it sold 3,800 of the plates during the first week they became available. Major League sports team plates and Lion’s Club options also became available this week. Others go on sale later in January.
by Dana Ferguson

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