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September 21, 2009 3:14 PM

Global seed company opens Minnetonka headquarters

Syngenta Seeds formally opened its new North American headquarters in Minnetonka this morning.

by Tom Scheck

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September 21, 2009 2:05 PM

Met Council gets $1.1 million to buy hybrid buses

The Metropolitan Council secured $1.1 million in federal funding on Monday to purchase 35 small diesel and electric hybrid buses.

by Madeleine Baran

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September 18, 2009 6:17 PM

Dog dies after exposure to toxic algae

Officials are warning people to keep children and pets away from any suspicious-looking algae blooms after they linked the death of a 3-year-old black lab to toxic blue-green algae on a southern Minnesota lake.

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September 18, 2009 5:10 PM

Police say customers could help solve murder of illegal lottery operator

Police officials have taken an unusual approach to solving the January homicide of a St. Paul man who allegedly ran an illegal lottery operation.

by Madeleine Baran

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September 18, 2009 4:33 PM

Financing for affordable housing missing while demand increases

A growing number of state residents are paying up to half their income for a place to live and one of the primary solutions for addressing the problem - building affordable housing - has run aground for lack of financing.

by Dan Olson

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September 18, 2009 10:40 AM

Stroke patient dies after 90-minute wait in ER

A patient died after he waited about 90 minutes to receive treatment for a stroke at St. John's Hospital in Maplewood, according to an investigation by the Minnesota Department of Health.

by Madeleine Baran

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September 17, 2009 7:22 PM

Poverty survey says Minnesotans cutting back

Minnesotans have reduced spending on food, cut back on retirement savings, and taken in friends or relatives in response to the recession, according to a new survey.

by Madeleine Baran