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Appetites: ‘Everything tastes better outside’
Naturalist Kelsey Olson loves cooking food outdoors. She also knows it can be a little intimidating if you haven’t tried it before. Here are a few tips and a couple recipes to try.
Newest State Fair treat: An air-conditioned building
The $16 million project features a huge exhibit hall, a gallery and a 24-foot “Corn Fairstalk” highlighting the state’s corn farming industry. It will be the largest climate-controlled space on the fairgrounds.
In Minneapolis' tight housing market, does tenant screening go too far?
Proposed restrictions on criminal background checks and security deposits are pitting Minneapolis landlords against tenants and their supporters on the City Council.
MPR News will track down the answer for you.
More than 400 sexual assaults reported on MN campuses; fewer than half investigated
Of 416 total cases reported to Minnesota colleges and universities, 40 percent were investigated by the institutions, according to recently released state data. Experts say it may signal positive changes in the reporting process.
Taking a roommate can make economic sense for homeowners, tenants
Renting out a room can provide homeowners with extra income, and renters with better accommodations for their money -- but the details can bedevil.
Upstream landowners see hope in Red River diversion delay
For people living upstream of Fargo-Moorhead, flood control for those cities has a personal cost, and they are holding onto hope that the latest legal twist will save their land.
WWII veteran helped airplanes reach the sky, now one B-17 returns the favor
Andy Anderson served in Okinawa, Japan, building runways to help get aircraft in the sky for World War II. This Fourth of July, Anderson had his first chance to fly in a 1940s era B-17 Flying Fortress.
How Minnesotans are getting outside
How do you get outdoors? Here’s what a few folks around the state have been up to this season, maybe it will inspire you to go on your own adventure!