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Minnesota News

MPR News is your go-to source for Minnesota news and stories.

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Once unwanted, historic bridge now pursued by suitors

Once unwanted, historic bridge now pursued by suitors

For roughly 30 years, the Kern Bridge sat unused, unstable and unwanted. But fans of the bowstring-arch bridge never stopped trying to save it from collapse. Last year, funding was obtained to dismantle it and put it in storage in the hopes that someone somewhere might want to reassemble it as a pedestrian bridge. Turns out there was.

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Aug. 17 update on COVID-19 in MN: Testing tops 1M; 567 new cases

Aug. 17 update on COVID-19 in MN: Testing tops 1M; 567 new cases

“We’re at a place where things are stable, but the concern is we’re stable at a high rate of cases,” Kris Ehresmann, the state’s infectious disease director, told reporters Monday.
by MPR News Staff

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Walz pressured over Line 3 pipeline project, as appeals deadline nears

Walz pressured over Line 3 pipeline project, as appeals deadline nears

The administration of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz faces a deadline this week to decide whether to try to overturn the approval of the Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project, and pressure is coming in on all sides.
by Dan Kraker

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Poll: Only a quarter of Mpls. residents favor city’s Police Department

Poll: Only a quarter of Mpls. residents favor city’s Police Department

The Minneapolis Police Department is unpopular across racial lines, according to a new MPR News/Star Tribune/KARE 11 Minnesota Poll. People who identify as Republicans and older residents were more likely to have favorable views of the department. 
by Jon Collins

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Aug. 16 update on COVID-19 in MN: Concerns about college students as cases increase

Aug. 16 update on COVID-19 in MN: Concerns about college students as cases increase

State public health leaders are increasingly worried about college students joining end-of-summer parties and other gatherings that could feed the spread of COVID-19 and bring it onto campuses this fall. They also fear people are using sanitizers that could kill them.
by MPR News Staff

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Storms leave thousands without power across Minnesota

Storms leave thousands without power across Minnesota

Severe storms spawned tornadoes and knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and business across Minnesota on Friday.
by Andrew Krueger

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Housing advocate Jamal Osman defeats 10 others in Mpls. Ward 6 race

Housing advocate Jamal Osman defeats 10 others in Mpls. Ward 6 race

Minneapolis City Council Ward 6 has lacked a representative throughout the George Floyd protests and the coronavirus pandemic. After three days, election officials finally announced Jamal's win.

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