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Volunteers help save rare plants across Minnesota

Volunteers help save rare plants across Minnesota

Minnesota has more than 300 rare native plant species. In many locations, plants were last documented decades ago. A new program is using volunteers to help search for the plants and collect seeds to preserve genetic material.
by Dan Gunderson

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Cost is a barrier as cities prepare for wild weather in a changing climate

Cost is a barrier as cities prepare for wild weather in a changing climate

Minnesota cities are making plans to prepare for the impact of climate change. State grants help cities develop plans for updating infrastructure to manage more frequent extreme rain events but finding the money to make those plans a reality is a big challenge.
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Shooting at church in West Fargo kills one, leaves one injured

Shooting at church in West Fargo kills one, leaves one injured

A person was shot and killed at a church in West Fargo Saturday at Prairie Heights Church. A second person was hospitalized with “severe, but non-life-threatening injuries.”
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Wildfire smoke returns to Minnesota this weekend

Wildfire smoke returns to Minnesota this weekend

Canadian wildfire smoke will bring unhealthy air quality to parts of Minnesota this weekend. But the state has so far avoided the repeated air quality alerts of last summer.
by Dan Gunderson

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Moorhead shelter faces financial crisis, possibility of cutting services to unsheltered

Moorhead shelter faces financial crisis, possibility of cutting services to unsheltered

A Moorhead shelter announced this week it needed to raise $200,000 by the end of the month or face closure. The shelter houses hundreds of people each year and provides food assistance to thousands through a food pantry.
by Dan Gunderson

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988 becomes Minnesota’s go-to call for mental health help 

988 becomes Minnesota’s go-to call for mental health help 

Now starting its third year, the 988 call line has turned into a lifeline for tens of thousands of Minnesotans. Advocates say it’s been a success helping people with all kinds of health needs, although challenges remain to make the system better.
by Jessica Bari

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Growing people, not crops, is the goal of a Moorhead farm

Growing people, not crops, is the goal of a Moorhead farm

The Red River Valley is well known for large farms growing an abundance of corn, soybeans and sugar beets. But there’s a unique farm near Moorhead that’s finding success by focusing on a very different kind of growth: human skills and knowledge.
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