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Minnesota News

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

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Meetings to discuss converting Twin Cities highway into freeway

State transportation officials are continuing to look at several options — including converting a stretch of highway into a freeway — to ease traffic congestion and improve safety between downtown Minneapolis and the northwest metro.
by Andrew Krueger

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Man dies in car-bicycle crash in Rogers

A bicyclist died after being struck by a vehicle early Sunday along a road in the northwest Twin Cities metro area.
by MPR News Staff

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Minnesota elected officials respond to mass shootings in Texas, Ohio

Minnesota elected officials respond to mass shootings in Texas, Ohio

Responding to the mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Sunday that “I don't know, as the governor, what the solution is. What I do know [is that] doing nothing is not that solution.”
by Marcheta Fornoff

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MnDOT seeking fix for Minnesota highway sliding down hillside

MnDOT seeking fix for Minnesota highway sliding down hillside

A state highway in western Minnesota will remain closed into 2020 as officials create a plan to stop it from sliding down a slope. Parts of the roadway have shifted as much as three feet and are still moving.
by Andrew Krueger

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Summer school program uses nature as classroom

Summer school program uses nature as classroom

A Minneapolis-based nonprofit formed in the 1970s to make the outdoors more accessible continues to introduce youth to the outdoors and help them earn school credit over the summer.
by Simone Cazares

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'Starting traditions of our own': 6 months in, girls in Scouts BSA are forging their path

'Starting traditions of our own': 6 months in, girls in Scouts BSA are forging their path

It’s now been six months since Boy Scouts of America expanded and rebranded, opening its doors to boys and girls. In Minnesota, hundreds of girls have signed up. "We’re setting the example," said one.
by John Nguyen

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Toddler killed, girl injured in Itasca County crash

The State Patrol says a 2-year-old boy in a stroller was killed and a teenager pushing him was injured when a pickup truck veered onto the shoulder of a highway in northeastern Minnesota and struck them and then fled.
by The Associated Press

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Northern Metal gets extension for departure from Minneapolis location

Northern Metal gets extension for departure from Minneapolis location

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says a controversial metal shredding operation in north Minneapolis won't be closing this week, as expected. Neighbors have organized a rally to demand the company close its operations in their community.
by Kirsti Marohn and MPRNews Staff

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At Burnsville’s Metcalf Middle School, racial slurs poisoned the culture

At Burnsville’s Metcalf Middle School, racial slurs poisoned the culture

John Metcalf Middle School Principal Shannon McParland apologized in December after she was filmed repeating a racial slur at school. But teachers, students and parents say the video seemed to give others license to use the epithet. They say a culture of racism and retaliation, enabled by school leadership, poisoned the school.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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