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Demand for CSA memberships still high after pandemic surge

Demand for CSA memberships still high after pandemic surge

Community Supported Agriculture deliveries, or CSAs, long a presence in Minnesota, took off during the pandemic. Unlike other pandemic-related trends, there is still strong interest in the food partnerships.
by Hannah Yang

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Annie's Project marks two decades of empowering women in agriculture

Annie's Project marks two decades of empowering women in agriculture

More women are taking leadership roles in agriculture across Minnesota and the country. Annie’s Project, a program that provides education and support for women in farming, is marking 20 years of helping women take that step.
by Dan Gunderson

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New law allows Minnesota students to opt out of shooter drills

New law allows Minnesota students to opt out of shooter drills

The law’s author said the plan is designed to give school districts more guidance and minimize trauma for students during active shooter simulations and drills.
by Dana Ferguson

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Minnesota sentencing commission hikes penalty for carjacking

Minnesota sentencing commission hikes penalty for carjacking

The state panel that sets prison sentencing guidelines on Thursday raised the penalty from the level lawmakers approved earlier this year. The state is set to define the crime of carjacking beginning next week.
by Dana Ferguson

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Fairview, Sanford call off health systems merger

Fairview, Sanford call off health systems merger

“Without support for this transaction from certain Minnesota stakeholders, we have determined it is in the best interest of Sanford Health to discontinue the merger process,” Sanford’s CEO said Thursday. He did not say which stakeholders.
by Michelle Wiley, Tim Nelson and Matt Sepic

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BCA completes testing on all sexual assault kits from 2015 inventory

BCA completes testing on all sexual assault kits from 2015 inventory

Nearly eight years after the state asked local law enforcement agencies to send over all untested sexual assault kits, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said Thursday those tests have been completed. 
by Nina Moini

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Atop former monorail track, Minnesota Zoo's new Treetop Trail set to open

On the structure that once supported enclosed monorail trains, the new open-air, at-your-own-pace Treetop Trail loops for more than a mile through the forest canopy at the 485-acre zoo in Apple Valley, Minn.
by Tim Nelson

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Fond du Lac Band sues 3M and other companies over PFAS pollution

Fond du Lac Band sues 3M and other companies over PFAS pollution

The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa alleges manufacturers and distributors of the chemicals, which were used to make firefighting foam that was used for decades near the Fond du Lac reservation, have threatened “the health, welfare and rights of the Band.”
by Dan Kraker

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Beltrami County Historical Society pushes to return sacred Indigenous artifacts to communities

Beltrami County Historical Society pushes to return sacred Indigenous artifacts to communities

Recently a court granted the Beltrami Historical Society’s museum permission to break up arguably its most important collection — the John Morrison collection. This will allow culturally sensitive artifacts to be repatriated to the Indigenous communities where they originated.  
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Slain Fargo officer Jake Wallin remembered as a hero

Slain Fargo officer Jake Wallin remembered as a hero

A Fargo police officer killed by a gunman earlier this month was remembered at a memorial service for his character and competence. Law enforcement, the public and the Wallin family attended the service held at a Fargo arena.
by Dan Gunderson

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