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Greater Minnesota

Tighter budgets make police training an issue

Shrinking budgets and less financial help from the state means police departments are cutting back on training, leading to more cooperation among departments but more worry about how well police departments are keeping up with change.

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A contractor's nightmare: low demand, high costs

A contractor's nightmare: low demand, high costs

The combination of record low new home sales and spiking lumber prices spells trouble for Duane Lewis, above, and others in the home construction business.
by Tom Robertson

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ND man gets no more jail time for firing at brother

A Fargo man whose Minnesota family was featured on a reality show won't face further jail time for trying to shoot one of his brothers.

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Red River's spring flooding outlook

Red River's spring flooding outlook

The National Weather Service issues a new flood outlook today. One forecaster says it offers a ray of sunshine in a gloomy flood forecast for residents of the Red River Valley, but forecasters caution the situation is still precarious with the typically volatile spring weather season ahead.

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Faribault manufacturing company gets gov't help to expand

Faribault manufacturing company gets gov't help to expand

The U.S. Department of Energy announced a $72 million loan guarantee to help Faribault, Minnesota-based SAGE Electrochromics build a new manufacturing facility.
by Mark Zdechlik

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Proposal to lift Minn. nuclear ban faces uncertain future

Proposal to lift Minn. nuclear ban faces uncertain future

The nuclear bill that stalled in a Senate energy committe this week could still make its way to the House and Senate floor for a vote.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Revised MN flood outlook due Friday

Cities along rivers in Minnesota should have a better idea of the spring flood threat when the National Weather Service releases an updated flood outlook Friday.

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Man dies after being trapped in corn bin

Man dies after being trapped in corn bin

Deputies say the man was trying to dislodge frozen corn inside the bin Thursday morning when the grain collapsed onto him and suffocated him.

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Prison guard sentenced for smuggling contraband

A 27-year-old former corrections officer was sentenced Thursday to one year in prison for taking $6,500 from an inmate in exchange for smuggling contraband into the Federal Medical Center in Rochester.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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