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Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Low new cases, six new deaths reported

Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Low new cases, six new deaths reported

Heading into the July 4 holiday weekend, Minnesota’s COVID-19 numbers continue to show a pandemic firmly on the downslope. The Minnesota Department of Health reported 112 new cases of the coronavirus in the state, along with six new deaths.
by MPR News Staff

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Jobs, forest and climate: Wood products plant welcomed in northern Minnesota

Jobs, forest and climate: Wood products plant welcomed in northern Minnesota

The state is poised to provide $30 million to lure a North Carolina company to Minnesota's north woods. Supporters of the wood manufacturing plant project say it will create hundreds of badly needed jobs, while at the same time also benefiting the state's forests.
by Dan Kraker

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Confederate soldier shirt that saved a Minnesotan is at Historical Society

Confederate soldier shirt that saved a Minnesotan is at Historical Society

The Minnesota Historical Society has acquired a rare Civil War battlefield relic. The descendants of a Minnesota soldier wounded near Nashville, Tenn., in 1864 have donated a Confederate uniform shirt Henry Mills used to bind his wound, survive the war and return to St. Paul.
by Tim Nelson

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Leaders: Minneapolis police field training needs better oversight

Leaders: Minneapolis police field training needs better oversight

A report from the city’s Audit Committee released Monday comes several days after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years for the murder of George Floyd. Chauvin had served as a field training officer for Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng — both of whom face aiding and abetting charges in Floyd’s killing.
by Tim Nelson

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The history of American Indian boarding schools in Minnesota

The recent discovery of 215 unmarked graves at an Indian residential school in Canada prompted the United States to announce its own investigation into the dark past of federal boarding school policies. Over the next 10 months, the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative will look into the history of the schools in hopes of shedding light on any past traumas. That includes identifying burial sites.
by Cathy Wurzer and Lindsay Guentzel

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June 29 update on COVID-19 in MN: No new deaths, cases remain low

June 29 update on COVID-19 in MN: No new deaths, cases remain low

The state reported no deaths and 79 new cases, the third day with average daily cases remaining under 100. Minnesota is winding down its operations at six state-run COVID-19 testing sites as case counts decline.
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History Theatre Radio Hour: Hubert Humphrey's contentious relationship with LBJ

History Theatre Radio Hour: Hubert Humphrey's contentious relationship with LBJ

A short radio play by Jeffrey Hatcher called “All the Way with LBJ,” followed by discussion with former Vice President Walter Mondale, former Minnesota Attorney General Hubert “Skip” Humphrey and historian Hy Berman.

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