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Young pastor with deep roots in Black church ‘keeps it very real’

Young pastor with deep roots in Black church ‘keeps it very real’

Thirty-year-old Elijah McDavid III is the senior pastor at Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in north Minneapolis. He’s continuing the long standing role of the Black church playing an active role in helping the community, but doing it with his own style.
by Simone Cazares

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200 rescued off Upper Red Lake after ice breaks free

200 rescued off Upper Red Lake after ice breaks free

The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that more than 200 anglers were on a large ice chunk that broke free on the northern Minnesota lake. The office later confirmed the stranded anglers had been evacuated off the ice.
by MPR News Staff

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Twin Cities at forefront of guaranteed basic income experiment

Twin Cities at forefront of guaranteed basic income experiment

Minneapolis and St. Paul are at the forefront of a national experiment which involves giving people $500 a month with no strings attached.
by Jon Collins

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Work of pioneering Arctic explorer from Minnesota gains new relevance in tracking effects of climate change

Work of pioneering Arctic explorer from Minnesota gains new relevance in tracking effects of climate change

Canadian researchers have been traveling to Minnesota to view plant specimens gathered in the Arctic decades ago by a boot-clomping, chain-smoking librarian who grew up near Duluth. The work of Margaret Oldenburg is finding new relevance as a way to better understand the effects of climate change.
by Tim Nelson

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Minnesota rallies late to beat Wisconsin 23-16, keep Axe

Minnesota rallies late to beat Wisconsin 23-16, keep Axe

Athan Kaliakmanis connected with Le’Meke Brockington on a tiebreaking 45-yard touchdown with 3:40 remaining and Minnesota barely hung on in the final minute to beat Wisconsin 23-16 on Saturday.
by The Associated Press

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Argentina-Mexico World Cup match brings people together in Minnetonka restaurant

Argentina-Mexico World Cup match brings people together in Minnetonka restaurant

More than 100 people filled the space at DelSur Empanadas Argentinas to watch the World Cup victory for Argentina 2-0 against Mexico. Fan support at DelSur favored the victors, but for many, the gathering at the Minnetonka restaurant was about more than a soccer game.
by Simone Cazares

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New map restores Native names to northern Minnesota

New map restores Native names to northern Minnesota

The Bois Forte Band of Chippewa and the Ely Folk School have teamed up on a new map that restores more than 100 Ojibwe names to lakes, rivers and other significant places in northern Minnesota.
by Dan Kraker

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