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Crossing into Canada this summer? A possible border agent strike could disrupt your plans

Crossing into Canada this summer? A possible border agent strike could disrupt your plans

Thousands of Canadian border agents are prepared to strike if they can’t reach a deal on a new union contract. It would disrupt a busy summer travel season and billions in goods and services that cross the border between Minnesota and Canada.
by Emily Bright and Lukas Levin

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USFWS and White Earth sign Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge agreement

USFWS and White Earth sign Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge agreement

White Earth tribal members will have easier access to natural resources on the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge under an agreement signed by the tribe and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
by Dan Gunderson

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A new marijuana dispensary opening this week will be the closest to the Twin Cities

A new marijuana dispensary opening this week will be the closest to the Twin Cities

A new adult-use cannabis dispensary opens Thursday. It’s called The Sweetest Grass, and it will now be the closest dispensary to the Twin Cities metro. It’s 182 miles or a little more than 3 hours from downtown Minneapolis to Walker, just west of Leech Lake in Cass County.
by Clay Masters

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Smith Foundry to partially shut down operations in settlement with federal regulators

Smith Foundry to partially shut down operations in settlement with federal regulators

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday it has reached a settlement with Smith Foundry, located in Minneapolis’ East Phillips neighborhood. The foundry, owned by Zynik Capital, has a one-year deadline to shut down its furnace and casting processes, which regulators say will drastically reduce emissions.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Ricky Cobb II family criticizes Moriarty’s decision to drop charges against Londregan

Ricky Cobb II family criticizes Moriarty’s decision to drop charges against Londregan

The mother and brother of Ricky Cobb II say they still want justice and want to see the troopers involved in his death prosecuted by federal authorities after Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty dropped the case.
by Jon Collins

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‘Something we’ve never seen before’: Minnesota emergency experts aid Iowans hit by tornadoes

‘Something we’ve never seen before’: Minnesota emergency experts aid Iowans hit by tornadoes

Minnesota first responders and emergency management experts are returning home in waves after lending their time to the community of Greenfield, Iowa, where an EF4 tornado killed four people, injured dozens more and wrecked more than 200 homes.
by Emily Bright and Gracie Stockton

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Slope failure forces closure of state highway in Twin Cities

Slope failure forces closure of state highway in Twin Cities

A section of state highway in the Twin Cities has been closed unexpectedly due to a slope failure — and it could stay closed for weeks, possibly months.
by Andrew Krueger

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Twin Cities Delta employees continue unionization effort, ongoing since 2010

Twin Cities Delta employees continue unionization effort, ongoing since 2010

The latest campaign seeks unionization for more than 50,000 ramp workers, flight attendants and mechanics. While Delta pilots and dispatchers are unionized, the majority of employees are not.
by Cari Spencer

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In New York Mills, the Great American Think-Off finalists debate to understand, not to win

In New York Mills, the Great American Think-Off finalists debate to understand, not to win

For more than 30 years, the northwest Minnesota town of New York Mills has hosted the Great American Think-Off, a debate of big ideas between ordinary people. Contestants say it’s a model for civic discourse in polarized times.
by Catharine Richert

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