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Fish house removal deadlines loom as ice melts

Fish house removal deadlines loom as ice melts

With spring fast approaching, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources wants anglers to  prepare to remove their fish houses from off the ice to meet statutory deadlines. 
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Advocates push for 10,000 in Twin Cities to back a rent strike

Advocates push for 10,000 in Twin Cities to back a rent strike

A coalition of several Twin Cities unions and advocacy groups is seeking a mass show of support Saturday for a plan to withhold rent and force Minnesota lawmakers to agree to a statewide eviction moratorium and fund rent relief.
by Cari Spencer

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Federal agents must unmask, wear bodycams and identify themselves in Mankato

Federal agents must unmask, wear bodycams and identify themselves in Mankato

The Mankato City Council approved an emergency ordinance prohibiting law enforcement officers from wearing masks this week. The new law also requires officers to identify themselves upon request, wear body cameras if available and notify the city in advance of any operations there.
by Hannah Yang

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Minneapolis man finds loaded gun in Amazon package delivered to his doorstep

Minneapolis man finds loaded gun in Amazon package delivered to his doorstep

A Minneapolis man found what he said was an unwelcome extra in his recent Amazon order: a loaded handgun. Police are investigating where it came from and how it ended up on his doorstep.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Federal Medicaid funding freeze ‘totally illegal and unprecedented,’ Walz says

Gov. Tim Walz said Minnesota has cooperated with the federal government to tighten up Medicaid program controls but would fight an announced freeze of funds to the state.
by Dana Ferguson and Peter Cox

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ICE surge tests relations between St. Cloud police, community

ICE surge tests relations between St. Cloud police, community

At an annual meeting to review the city’s longstanding community policing agreement, St. Cloud Police Chief Jeff Oxton fielded questions about why his department didn’t do more to stop federal agents who may have violated laws or civil rights.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Four killed in head-on crash in Mille Lacs County

The Minnesota State Patrol says four people died and another person was seriously injured Wednesday night in a crash along U.S. Highway 169 in central Minnesota.
by MPR News Staff

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Minnesota food shelves shift gears and deliver groceries to immigrants in hiding

Minnesota food shelves shift gears and deliver groceries to immigrants in hiding

Many Immigrants and BIPOC in greater Minnesota remain too afraid to go to work, school, or shop for groceries. In southern Minnesota, food shelves are adapting, making deliveries of food and necessities to those who don't have enough to eat.
by Hannah Yang

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