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Art Hounds: The fall season of arts begins

Art Hounds: The fall season of arts begins

Missing the State Fair? Check out the wonderful art that didn’t get a space at the Fine Arts show at AZ Gallery’s “Rejected” exhibit in St. Paul. Exposed Brick Theatre premieres two new plays at its “Through Our Eyes Festival” in Minneapolis. The Weisman’s fall show honors three decades of Piotr Szyhalski’s work, including the posters he created daily over eight months of the pandemic.
by Emily Bright

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Ads aplenty go up as ‘22 campaign intensifies

Ads aplenty go up as ‘22 campaign intensifies

Political ad season is setting in, with the campaigns looking for captive audiences from the couch to the restroom. The ads offer the best window into the themes driving the election.
by Brian Bakst

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Northern Minnesota researchers close in on sulfate pollution solution 

Northern Minnesota researchers close in on sulfate pollution solution 

Researchers in northern Minnesota believe they're getting closer to solving an environmental problem that has long vexed the state; how to affordably remove sulfate pollution from water. 
by Dan Kraker

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Police: Suspect in custody in fatal shooting of 3 in St. Paul

Police: Suspect in custody in fatal shooting of 3 in St. Paul

The department says officers and FBI agents took a 41-year-old Minneapolis man into custody this morning Wednesday in Chicago. Ramsey County prosecutors have yet to file charges.
by Matt Sepic

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Judge denies county attorney’s intervention in abortion case

Judge denies county attorney’s intervention in abortion case

Ramsey County District Court Judge Thomas Gilligan has rejected an attempt by Traverse County Attorney Matthew Franzese to intervene in the case of Doe v. Minnesota, a high-profile case challenging many of the state’s abortion restrictions.
by Michelle Wiley

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Drought revives ideas to shift water from Mississippi to help West

Drought revives ideas to shift water from Mississippi to help West

Proposals to send water from the Midwest to the southwestern U.S. — where an ongoing drought and population growth have created a looming water crisis — face significant environmental, legal and political obstacles.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Pandemic experience informs new ways to make kids feel welcome at school

Pandemic experience informs new ways to make kids feel welcome at school

Defiance, wandering the halls, refusing to go to class — those are just a few student behaviors Rochester Public Schools staff say they saw more of when their students came back to class after a year of distance learning. As school starts again, district leaders are testing out new ways to stop these behaviors before they start.
by Catharine Richert

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Minnesota State Fair draws the crowds for final weekend

Minnesota State Fair draws the crowds for final weekend

Fairgoers soaked up the Minnesota State Fair’s return, with even a security scare on Saturday not keeping the holiday weekend crowds away.
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