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June 26, 2026 4:00 AM

A 12-year-old Minnesota girl caught a 30-inch trout, breaking her older sister's state record

A teenage girl from Maple Grove caught a 28.5-inch rainbow trout in a North Shore stream last summer, setting a new catch and release state record. Not to be outdone, her younger sister caught an even bigger trout this year, breaking that record.

by Noah Bloch

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June 25, 2026 11:45 AM

At packed Hermantown open house, Google tries to ease community concerns over data center

Google held the event to provide transparency around the contentious project and answer questions about energy and water use, noise and other issues.

by Dan Kraker

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June 23, 2026 5:55 PM

New power line project to bring more North Dakota wind energy to northern Minnesota

Duluth-based Minnesota Power is spending nearly $1 billion to modernize a 50-year old transmission line that carries carbon-free wind energy from North Dakota to northern Minnesota.

by Dan Kraker

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June 23, 2026 11:55 AM

When a Minnesota newspaper editor fell ill, the community kept the paper going

Dozens of people in Two Harbors have pitched into help keep the Lake County Press publishing as editor Kate “Kitty” Mayo battled ocular lymphoma, a rare and aggressive cancer.

by Cathy Wurzer and Lukas Levin

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June 23, 2026 4:00 AM

Major dairy expansion in Morris won’t get additional environmental review

Critics have called for a study on the environmental effects of a controversial dairy expansion in Morris. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says that the study won’t be necessary.

by Tadeo Ruiz Sandoval

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June 22, 2026 4:00 AM

The feds promised Minnesota’s rural hospitals grant money to ease massive Medicaid cuts. Hospitals are still waiting.

Rural health care providers in Minnesota and across the country are bracing for heavy Medicaid funding cuts next year.

by Molly Castle Work

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June 21, 2026 7:00 AM

20 years after reaching the Great Lakes, the invasive bloody red shrimp colonizes Lake Superior

The tiny nonnative crustacean reached the lower Great Lakes in 2006. Now, researchers have found an established population in the Duluth-Superior harbor of Lake Superior.

by Dan Kraker

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June 20, 2026 7:00 AM

Minnesota sugar beet growers brace for the possible return of a devastating disease

Minnesota farmers have battled a devastating sugar beet disease for the past two years. Now, they're bracing for its possible return.

by Tadeo Ruiz Sandoval

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June 18, 2026 5:05 PM

What are the risks of mining in the Boundary Waters watershed?

MPR News host speaks with David Chambers, the president and founder of the Center for Science in Public Participation, about the risks associated with mining in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area watershed.

by Clay Masters and Ben Revier

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June 18, 2026 4:00 AM

Grandma's Marathon at 50: How Duluth's 26.2-mile race became one of nation's most popular

Nearly 24,000 runners are expected in Duluth this weekend for Grandma’s weekend. Sponsored by a then-fledgling restaurant in a rundown part of town, the event has come a long way since its founding, when just 116 runners finished it.

by Dan Kraker

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Greater Minnesota

A 12-year-old Minnesota girl caught a 30-inch trout, breaking her older sister's state record

At packed Hermantown open house, Google tries to ease community concerns over data center

New power line project to bring more North Dakota wind energy to northern Minnesota

When a Minnesota newspaper editor fell ill, the community kept the paper going

Major dairy expansion in Morris won’t get additional environmental review

The feds promised Minnesota’s rural hospitals grant money to ease massive Medicaid cuts. Hospitals are still waiting.

20 years after reaching the Great Lakes, the invasive bloody red shrimp colonizes Lake Superior

Minnesota sugar beet growers brace for the possible return of a devastating disease

What are the risks of mining in the Boundary Waters watershed?

Grandma's Marathon at 50: How Duluth's 26.2-mile race became one of nation's most popular

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