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Security firm at last year's Super Bowl to pay $10,000 fine

Security firm at last year's Super Bowl to pay $10,000 fine

A private security firm that was banned from working Super Bowl related events in Minneapolis last year over qualifications of its workers has agreed to pay a $10,000 penalty to the state.

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Among those forced from homes by Drake fire: Schoolchildren

Among those forced from homes by Drake fire: Schoolchildren

The Minneapolis schools estimate 50 students are among the people displaced by the hotel fire. To educators, their plight is only too familiar.
by Marianne Combs

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Baby Jesus figure returned to St. Cloud Nativity scene

The executive director of the Stearns History Museum says a staffer at U.S. Bank noticed someone out by the manager around noon Thursday. When the staffer got to the Nativity scene, that person was gone, and the baby Jesus figure was put back where he belongs.
by The Associated Press

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Redwood tree falls, kills Minnesota man in California park

Redwood tree falls, kills Minnesota man in California park

An Edina man died on Christmas Eve while walking on a marked dirt trail with two other people in the park north of San Francisco famous for its towering trees, authorities say.
by The Associated Press

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Ask a ‘sotan: Why should we get out of the left lane?

Ask a ‘sotan: Why should we get out of the left lane?

What’s the point behind a law urging drivers to merge to the right lane? We talk to the Minnesota State Patrol to find out.
by Matt Mikus

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A look back on Francis Drake Hotel's history

A look back on Francis Drake Hotel's history

Minneapolis city leaders announced Thursday that the Francis Drake Hotel, which saw heavy damage in a Christmas Day fire, will be partially torn down. The hotel, which was being used as a temporary shelter for the homeless, has a history that dates back almost a century.
by Mike Moen

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As Minnesota ages, need for morticians becomes a life and death issue

As Minnesota ages, need for morticians becomes a life and death issue

Conversations with a young mortician in rural Minnesota reveal the challenges of recruiting new blood to a vital but difficult vocation, one that society seems to value only at its darkest hour.
by John Enger

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Hennepin County's chief public defender on leave, pending a review

Hennepin County's chief public defender on leave, pending a review

State Public Defender William Ward said Mary Moriarty was on “paid leave pending a review of issues that have been brought to the attention of members of the Board of Public Defense.”
by Brandt Williams

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