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Filmmakers see expanded Minnesota tax credits as opportunity to grow talent pool
A local production company, which aims to create an accessible and diverse local film industry, hosted an event called The Mixer on Labor Day weekend to connect filmmakers of color with people who want to break into the industry.
Research sheds light on how brainworm is killing Minnesota's moose
Brainworm, a parasite carried by white tailed deer, is a major killer of Minnesota’s moose. Now scientists think they better understand how moose become infected.
Meta plans major data center in Twin Cities metro
Filings with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission on Friday confirmed Meta, through a subsidiary based in Roseville, Minn., is the company behind the $700 million data center project in Dakota County.
Gay Softball World Series draws thousands to the Twin Cities
People traveled from across the country this weekend to the Twin Cities for the Gay Softball World Series. The action took place on softball fields in Eagan, South St. Paul, Woodbury and Lac Lavon Park in Burnsville, where the series’ “Championship Saturday” took place.
In her new cookbook, Amy Thielen argues hosting should be more party than performance
Minnesota author and chef Amy Thielen is out with her third book, which she refers to as her “so-called entertaining book.” In it, she encourages hosts to drop the Martha Stewart act and reframe entertaining as the “radically casual art of cooking for others.”