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October 23, 2023 8:00 AM

New DNR EagleCam unlikely for 2024, but potential for a pair of live feeds in 2025

Potential nest sites are selected, but there are still many details involved in site approval and installation of electricity and a camera. The DNR wants to be careful to avoid any work on a camera site after the end of the year so they don't risk disturbing the nesting birds.

by Dan Gunderson and Anna Haecherl

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October 22, 2023 8:05 PM

Activists march to oppose new 3rd Precinct site

As part of the National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality, protesters started their march at the now vacant 3rd Precinct. City leaders have said there’s a need for the neighborhood to have a precinct, but there’s been little consensus on a new site.

by Aaliyah Demry

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October 22, 2023 7:50 PM

No serious injuries after man drives into pro-Palestinian protest, wields knife

Minneapolis police are investigating an incident near Loring Park on Sunday afternoon where a man drove a car through a crowd showing support for Palestinians in Gaza.

by Nicole Ki

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October 22, 2023 2:36 PM

Sunday morning shooting in St. Cloud kills 1, injures 2 others

Officials are investigating a shooting in St. Cloud early Sunday morning that led to the death of a man and injuring two others.

by Aaliyah Demry

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October 22, 2023 11:45 AM

U of M police ask for help finding missing student

The University of Minnesota Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a 19-year-old last seen leaving the 17th Avenue Residence Hall Saturday around 2:40 a.m.

by MPR News Staff

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October 22, 2023 8:00 AM

Public meetings planned on power line between Iron Range, central Minnesota

The proposed Northland Reliability Project is one of several new high-voltage transmission lines utilities want to build across the Upper Midwest over the next several years.

by Kirsti Marohn

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October 21, 2023 6:43 PM

Minnesota wins at Iowa for 1st time since 1999, beating No. 24 Hawkeyes 12-10

Down 10-3 at the half, the Gophers held Iowa to minus-2 yards in the third quarter.

by The Associated Press

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October 21, 2023 2:15 PM

5 dead and 5 injured — names on a scrap of paper show impact of Gaza war on a U.S. family

Jehad Adwan, a nursing professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato, said he and his wife, Fatma Abumousa, found out early Sunday that five of her relatives were killed, and another five were injured, after a bomb hit her family's home in Gaza.

by The Associated Press

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October 20, 2023 3:03 PM

Authorities seize 22 dogs from Anoka County animal rescue group

Authorities in Anoka County seized 22 dogs from an animal rescue group in the city of Andover on Friday, as part of the investigation into the discovery of eight dead dogs in Cottage Grove, Minn., last weekend.

by MPR News Staff