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Greater Minnesota

St. Louis County snowplow drivers set to strike on Wednesday

St. Louis County snowplow drivers set to strike on Wednesday

The county and about 160 members of the local Teamsters union have been at an impasse over wages, health care and sick leave. Union members voted overwhelmingly over the weekend to reject a final contract offer.
by MPR News Staff

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St. Louis County has plan if snowplow drivers strike

St. Louis County has plan if snowplow drivers strike

Union snowplow drivers in St. Louis County could go on strike as early as 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, as some snow is expected in the region. County officials said they have a contingency plan to keep roads plowed, but they are hoping they don’t have to use it.
by The Associated Press

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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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MPR News' most memorable stories from 2019

MPR News' most memorable stories from 2019

Politics and impeachment have filled our airwaves and our headlines on mprnews.org. But it’s the collection of stories about our state, our will and our natural resources that round out our most memorable stories of 2019.
by MPR News Staff

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Poet Louis Jenkins found beauty in the Midwestern mundane

Poet Louis Jenkins found beauty in the Midwestern mundane

Louis Jenkins died Saturday. When his poems provided fodder for the actor and playwright Mark Rylance, fame followed.
by Euan Kerr

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‘How can we prevent the heart from breaking?’ White Earth reviews opioid overdose deaths

‘How can we prevent the heart from breaking?’ White Earth reviews opioid overdose deaths

In a search for solutions to its ongoing opioid crisis, White Earth tribal officials and outside researchers looked deep into the medical history and the personal lives of a handful of people who died as a result of opioid overdose on the White Earth Reservation. What they found are some deep seated risk factors driving opioid addiction, and a framework for efforts to prevent future deaths.
by Dan Gunderson

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