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Mount Zion Temple loses its last Holocaust survivor, Erwin Farkas

Mount Zion Temple loses its last Holocaust survivor, Erwin Farkas

Erwin Farkas, the last Holocaust survivor of Mount Zion Temple in St. Paul, has died. He was 94 years old. Erwin Farkas was only 15 years old when he lied to Nazi guards at the Birkenau concentration camp, which effectively saved his life.
by Cathy Wurzer and Lukas Levin

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Cube Critics discuss ‘Echo’ and ‘Wild At Heart’

Cube Critics discuss ‘Echo’ and ‘Wild At Heart’

Cube Critics Jacob Aloi and Max Sparber discuss “Echo” and “Wild At Heart.” Plus a Cube Critics extra: An interview with the Chief of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Gary Batton.
by Jacob Aloi and Max Sparber

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Interstate 94 closures planned this weekend in eastern Twin Cities metro

Interstate 94 closures planned this weekend in eastern Twin Cities metro

Drivers in the eastern Twin Cities metro this weekend should take note: Interstate 94 will be closed overnight in both directions in parts of St. Paul and Maplewood.
by Peter Cox

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Actor Timothee Chalamet visits Minnesota, surprises Hibbing High School theater students

Actor Timothee Chalamet visits Minnesota, surprises Hibbing High School theater students

Actor Timothee Chalamet was in town for a Bob Dylan tour of Hibbing, where the songwriter grew up. The tour included a stop at the high school’s stage, a 1920s-style, 1800-seat theater where Dylan performed as a student. 
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Hopeful downticks in Minnesota’s COVID-19, RSV and flu data

Hopeful downticks in Minnesota’s COVID-19, RSV and flu data

In the Twin Cities seven-county metro, new hospital admissions for COVID-19, flu and RSV are down by 12 percent, 33 percent and 28 percent, respectively, for the first week in January compared to the last week in December. COVID hospital admissions ticked down during the first week in January after climbing for the nine previous weeks.
by Craig Helmstetter

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Advocates: End-of-life bill gives patients 'personal liberty and autonomy' in the face of terminal illness

Advocates: End-of-life bill gives patients 'personal liberty and autonomy' in the face of terminal illness

Ahead of the 2024 legislative session, the House Health Finance and Policy Committee voted 10-5 Thursday in favor of a bill that would allow mentally competent, terminally ill adults with a prognosis of six months or less to end their own lives with medication prescribed by a doctor.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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School resource officers top Minnesota lawmakers' education to-do list

School resource officers top Minnesota lawmakers' education to-do list

Following a historic legislative session that delivered a big boost in funding, Minnesota lawmakers say the coming session will focus on adjustments to legislation on literacy, school meals, civics education and school resource officers. Here’s a guide.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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