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Two Blaine day care employees charged with child abuse
Two employees at Small World Learning Center in Blaine have been charged with child abuse for allegedly harming three infants. Charges allege that day care security footage shows a 23-year-old employee and a 31-year old employee handling infants roughly.
Joyner Emerick focuses on the future for Minnesota’s disabled students
Young people bring Joyner Emerick hope for the future, which is why they serve on the Minneapolis Board of Education. When they were elected in 2023, Emerick became the city’s first openly transgender and openly autistic school board member and has used that platform to advocate for disabled students at both the local and state levels.
Growing people, not crops, is the goal of a Moorhead farm
The Red River Valley is well known for large farms growing an abundance of corn, soybeans and sugar beets. But there’s a unique farm near Moorhead that’s finding success by focusing on a very different kind of growth: human skills and knowledge.
Majority of Minnesota Democratic delegates back VP Harris for president after Biden exits
A day after President Joe Biden said he would not seek reelection, MPR News confirmed most of the state’s 93 delegates to the convention in Chicago support Vice President Kamala Harris. That includes fresh endorsements from Gov. Tim Walz and U.S. Rep. Angie Craig.
Minnesotans react with shock, delight as Biden drops out of presidential race
With President Joe Biden stepping back from running in the 2024 presidential race, Minnesotans from across the political spectrum share their thoughts about how the campaign for the White House will move forward.
Photos: Rondo Days returns to St. Paul neighborhood
Rondo Days returned to St. Paul on Saturday for the first time since before the pandemic. The festival celebrates the historically Black neighborhood.
Project seeks to compensate tribal nations for national park lands
The South Dakota based Lakota People’s Law Project has established a project to solicit donations and educate people about the importance of the lands that are now national parks to Indigenous people.
Ash wastewater spill at northern Minnesota coal plant more than five times larger than first reported
Minnesota Power first said the leak Tuesday at the Boswell Energy Center in Cohasset was about 1 million gallons. On Friday, the utility and state officials say it was actually 5.5 million gallons.
Appellate court rejects officer’s suit against deputy over K9 attack
A federal appeals court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by a Twin Cities police officer who sued a Hennepin County sheriff’s deputy over a K9 attack. Officer Daniel Irish sued Deputy Keith McNamara after the deputy’s K9 attacked Irish instead of a fleeing suspect.