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First responders to donate $10,000 to St. Paul house fire victims
Firefighters and community members joined the family of Pa Cheng Vang to mourn the death of four children and pray for the recovery of three other people injured in the Jan. 3 fire. 
Frigid temps bring added stress for unhoused Minnesota families
The season’s first subzero temperatures descend on the Twin Cities this weekend, adding new pressures to people seeking shelter and already overwhelmed shelters trying to meet the rising need.
Appetites: The best Minneapolis restaurants of 2023 and what's opening in 2024
What were the best Minneapolis restaurants of 2023 and what can we look forward to in 2024? MPR News host Tom Crann asked food critic Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl to look into her crystal ball.
Art Hounds: New theater at Raw Stages
David Cunningham’s “City Life” opens at Gallery 360. Raw Stages’ New Works Festival stages a different reading of a work-in-progress at History Theatre. Minneapolis band Sycamore Gap performs to benefit the Arbitrarium art house. 
The toll that tragedies like the deadly St. Paul house fire have on first responders
Jeff Ernewein is a photographer at KSTP-TV. He was also a firefighter for 12 years. He was one of the first journalists at the scene of last week’s St. Paul house fire.
Historic, all-woman St. Paul City Council sworn in and ready to work
The group of seven elected officials is majority women of color, and all the women on the council are under the age of 40, making them the city’s most racially diverse and youngest council ever.