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30 years after 'Fargo,' Fargo-Moorhead baseball team will play 5 games as the 'Woodchippers'

30 years after 'Fargo,' Fargo-Moorhead baseball team will play 5 games as the 'Woodchippers'

To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the release of the movie Fargo, Fargo-Moorhead's minor league baseball team will change its name from the RedHawks to the Woodchippers for five games this summer. The team is also celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.
by Noah Bloch

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Itasca State Park welcomes the future through potential change

Itasca State Park welcomes the future through potential change

Itasca State Park is looking at two amendments to its current management plan. And the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources wants to hear visitors’ thoughts about the potential changes.
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Tech giant Google is behind controversial data center proposal in Hermantown 

Tech giant Google is behind controversial data center proposal in Hermantown 

The tech giant, who’s plan was previously cloaked in secrecy, says it will help pay for the construction of wind farms and battery storage to help power the proposed $650 million project outside Duluth. Critics call Google “a heartless corporation.”
by Dan Kraker

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Republican dispute over proposed North Dakota power line reveals a divided party

Republican dispute over proposed North Dakota power line reveals a divided party

In North Dakota, a GOP district meeting that was supposed to select delegates to the Republican state convention was disrupted on Feb. 22, by several party members upset about a planned transmission line.
by Noah Bloch

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'Language is a need': Ojibwe, Dakota speakers work to preserve, revive Indigenous languages

'Language is a need': Ojibwe, Dakota speakers work to preserve, revive Indigenous languages

Indigenous language speakers, educators and advocates gathered last week for the fifth annual Dakota and Ojibwe Language Symposium with a shared goal of growing the number of native language speakers in Minnesota.
by Hannah Yang

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Federal agents must unmask, wear bodycams and identify themselves in Mankato

Federal agents must unmask, wear bodycams and identify themselves in Mankato

The Mankato City Council approved an emergency ordinance prohibiting law enforcement officers from wearing masks this week. The new law also requires officers to identify themselves upon request, wear body cameras if available and notify the city in advance of any operations there.
by Hannah Yang

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Minnesota food shelves shift gears and deliver groceries to immigrants in hiding

Minnesota food shelves shift gears and deliver groceries to immigrants in hiding

Many Immigrants and BIPOC in greater Minnesota remain too afraid to go to work, school, or shop for groceries. In southern Minnesota, food shelves are adapting, making deliveries of food and necessities to those who don't have enough to eat.
by Hannah Yang

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