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Republican Kendall Qualls launches campaign for Minnesota governor

Republican Kendall Qualls launches campaign for Minnesota governor

There’s a new candidate for Minnesota governor on the Republican side, as Kendall Qualls entered the race Sunday. He’s an Army veteran and business executive who ran unsuccessfully as the Republican candidate for Congress in Minnesota’s 3rd district in 2020.
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Olmsted County isolates homeless residents with COVID-19

Olmsted County isolates homeless residents with COVID-19

Rochester’s homeless are now facing below zero temperatures and vulnerability to omicron as it surges. Olmsted County and the Catholic Charities of Southern Minnesota have implemented plans to isolate those who test positive.
by Sarah Gelbard

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The immovable Republican Party and 'ink-blot politics'

The immovable Republican Party and 'ink-blot politics'

Several of the key facts of the Jan. 6 insurrection are indisputable. And yet millions on the right do dispute them. Here's a look at how that happened.
by Domenico Montanaro

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Lake Superior surfers brave frigid weather for giant freshwater waves

Lake Superior surfers brave frigid weather for giant freshwater waves

Subzero wind chills didn't stop dozens of surfers from flocking to Stoney Point this week, a well-known surf spot about 15 miles up the shore of Lake Superior from Duluth, for surf conditions they say were the best in years.
by Dan Kraker

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COVID claims Twin Cities writer, activist Mel Reeves

COVID claims Twin Cities writer, activist Mel Reeves

Reeves, 64, spent decades chronicling and participating in the region’s protest movements. The publisher of the Spokesman-Recorder, where he worked as community editor, said Reeves embodied the newspaper’s tradition as a "voice for the voiceless."
by Jon Collins

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Minnesota's Jan. 6 defendants include those charged with fighting police

Minnesota's Jan. 6 defendants include those charged with fighting police

A southern Minnesota man faces sentencing in April after admitting this week that he was part of a mob that pushed through a line of police at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Daniel Johnson was the second Minnesotan convicted in the attack. Cases against a half dozen others are still pending.
by Matt Sepic

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Boat-cleaning stations aim to contain aquatic invader

Boat-cleaning stations aim to contain aquatic invader

The self-serve stations are being installed at a handful of public accesses on northern Minnesota lakes infested with starry stonewort, a fast-spreading invasive algae.
by Kirsti Marohn

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With flu cases on the rise, hospitals brace for impact

With flu cases on the rise, hospitals brace for impact

The flu is reemerging after being almost dormant during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Minnesota, cases are growing more rapidly than expected, and they stand to collide with a wave of COVID-19 cases driven by the omicron variant.
by Catharine Richert

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Minnesota schools reopen, brace for COVID-19 surge

Minnesota schools reopen, brace for COVID-19 surge

As students return to classrooms on Monday, school leaders across Minnesota are readying themselves for what may be a spike in virus spread.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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