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Wild, Marco Rossi agree to three-year extension

Wild, Marco Rossi agree to three-year extension

The Minnesota Wild have signed center Marco Rossi to a three-year, $15 million extension. Rossi, an Austrian native, posted career-best numbers last season and made his Stanley Cup Playoff debut.
by Mitch Klein

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Authorities suspend rescue efforts for Minnesota hiker missing in Wyoming

Authorities suspend rescue efforts for Minnesota hiker missing in Wyoming

Authorities in Wyoming have suspended search and rescue efforts for a Minnesota hiker who’s been missing for more than three weeks. The sheriff called it a “heartbreaking and difficult decision.”
by MPR News Staff

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Northstar commuter train hits vehicle at crossing in Coon Rapids

Northstar commuter train hits vehicle at crossing in Coon Rapids

Metro Transit said it happened just after 7 a.m. on 119th Avenue Northwest at Northdale Boulevard. Authorities said the vehicle was stopped on the tracks when it was hit.
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International student enrollment soars at small Mankato college, bucking national decline

International student enrollment soars at small Mankato college, bucking national decline

The Trump administration’s travel bans and restrictions on student visas is causing international student enrollment at colleges and universities in the U.S. to plummet. But, a small southern Minnesota school is bucking that trend and is welcoming its largest incoming class of international students ever.
by Hannah Yang

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Minneapolis woman, 79, hurt by gunfire block away from home

Minneapolis woman, 79, hurt by gunfire block away from home

A 79-year-old Minneapolis woman is recovering after she was shot from a block away over the weekend while inside her home. Officers arrested two suspects Wednesday in St. Paul.
by Matt Sepic

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Minnesota DFL rescinds Minneapolis mayoral endorsement

Minnesota DFL rescinds Minneapolis mayoral endorsement

The Minnesota DFL is rescinding its endorsement of State Sen. Omar Fateh in the Minneapolis Mayor’s race after a committee found problems with the endorsement process held earlier this summer. The party will not endorse a candidate in the race.
by Peter Cox and Cait Kelley

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Lights out for fireflies? Climate change, pesticides and light pollution threaten lightning bug population

Lights out for fireflies? Climate change, pesticides and light pollution threaten lightning bug population

MPR News Chief Meteorologist Paul Huttner talked with journalist Eric Berger about the declining population rate for fireflies across the country.
by Paul Huttner and Matthew Alvarez

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Final defendant in Feeding Our Future juror bribe plot pleads guilty

Final defendant in Feeding Our Future juror bribe plot pleads guilty

Said Farah, a defendant in the first Feeding Our Future trial who was found not guilty in the underlying fraud case, pleaded guilty on Thursday to trying to bribe a juror.
by Matt Sepic

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