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Minnesota News

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Ojibwe artist to raise community-created sculpture outside Minnesota Capitol

Ojibwe artist to raise community-created sculpture outside Minnesota Capitol

Ojibwe artist Sharon Day will unveil a new artwork outside the Minnesota Capitol on Sunday. She was inspired to create the piece in part to give elders and people with health conditions a way to make their voices heard amid the pandemic.
by Faye Williams

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New memorial in Minneapolis dedicated to survivors of sexual violence

New memorial in Minneapolis dedicated to survivors of sexual violence

“This memorial represents our willingness to share the burden of pain, to act, engage and remember the reality of sexual violence,” Sarah Super said in dedicating the site at Boom Island in Minneapolis. “This memorial is a permanent public symbol that says to victim survivors we believe you, we stand with you, you are not alone.”
by Riham Feshir

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Minneapolis chief will try to make do with fewer officers in 2021

Minneapolis chief will try to make do with fewer officers in 2021

Medaria Arradondo told members of the city’s budget committee that shrinking ranks will force the department to more narrowly focus its crime fighting strategy next year.
by Brandt Williams

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51 arrested in Minneapolis after protesting Chauvin release

51 arrested in Minneapolis after protesting Chauvin release

Demonstrators marched through south Minneapolis, including through the neighborhood where George Floyd was killed.
by Tim Nelson

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Oct. 8 update on COVID-19 in MN: Hospitalizations jump; 8 more deaths

Oct. 8 update on COVID-19 in MN: Hospitalizations jump; 8 more deaths

The newest numbers follow a stretch of more than a week when average new daily case counts topped 1,000. Separately Thursday, the state loosened some virus-related restrictions on restaurants and other public gathering places.
by MPR News Staff

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Minnesota firefighters find new challenges in confronting Oregon wildfire

Minnesota firefighters find new challenges in confronting Oregon wildfire

Twenty-nine firefighters from all over Minnesota are back home after battling wildfires for two weeks in southern Oregon. The crews worked 12-hour days and spent their nights in camps with hundreds of colleagues. Wilderness firefighting was quite a change of pace for most of the Minnesotans.
by Matt Sepic

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