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September 23, 2015 6:38 AM

School board member won't resign after offensive Facebook comments

At a Columbia Heights school board meeting Tuesday night, dozens of students, teachers and residents called for Grant Nichols to step down.

by Matt Sepic

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September 16, 2015 8:29 AM

Suspects in weekend Minneapolis shooting in court today

Twenty-five-year-old Maurice Carter and 26-year-old Detroit Davis-Riley are expected to make their first court appearance Wednesday. Each man faces nine counts of first-degree assault against police officers in a weekend shooting in downtown Minneapolis.

by The Associated Press

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September 16, 2015 8:21 AM

Bicyclist struck and killed in Forest Lake

It happened Wednesday shortly before 4 a.m. at Highway 97 and Forest Road North.

by The Associated Press

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September 16, 2015 7:56 AM

Water dispute puts Minneapolis golf course in jeopardy

Minneapolis Park Board officials revealed Tuesday night that pumps underneath the city's Hiawatha Golf Club have dumped hundreds of millions of gallons of groundwater a year into nearby Lake Hiawatha. But it's possible they have also been breaking the law.

by Curtis Gilbert

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September 10, 2015 7:28 AM

Terror recruitment puts parents on alert

Somali community leaders are hoping that Hanad Musse's guilty plea Wednesday will help convince some mothers and fathers that terror recruitment is indeed a threat in Minnesota -- and that their children may be targeted.

by Laura Yuen

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September 9, 2015 7:20 PM

Activists rally to demand Planned Parenthood investigation

Around 500 people, including activists, state legislators and religious leaders rallied at Gov. Mark Dayton's residence Wednesday to demand an investigation into Planned Parenthood.

by Riham Feshir

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September 9, 2015 8:40 AM

Light rail trains suspended over the weekend

Trains on parts of both the Blue and Green lines will stop running at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 11, and are expected to resume at 3 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 14.

by Jon Collins