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Residents optimistic as historic Rainy Lake floodwaters recede
Floodwaters on Rainy Lake along the Canadian border have dropped by about 2 feet since they peaked at historic levels in mid-June. Now home and business owners are shifting to cleanup and recovery.
After a six-year hiatus and the pandemic, Sleepy Eye Community Theater is reviving with a production of “West Side Story.” With the re-opening, reaching into new diverse audiences and actors is a priority for the theater group.
Canadian couple approaches the end of oxcart trek across Minnesota
A Canadian couple retracing the 1800s oxcart trail from Winnipeg to St. Paul plan to end their journey this week despite a variety of challenges that slowed their progress.
Minneapolis imam said to be recovering after being stabbed inside his mosque
Jaylani Hussein with the Council on American-Islamic Relations said Imam Awil Adan suffered head and arm injuries, and could have been killed had another person at the Lake Street mosque not intervened. Hussein said the imam is at home recovering.
Fargo police shoot, kill driver of van
Police say the man, identified on Saturday as Shane Netterville, a Native American resident of Jamestown, North Dakota, was the driver of a van that accelerated away from officers. Police had responded to a call Friday morning about people slumped in a van.
A 'Super Eid' for every Minnesotan at U.S. Bank Stadium
Thousands of people took part in this year’s Eid al-Adha celebration at U.S. Bank Stadium. Abdulahi Farah, one of the organizers for ‘Super Eid,’ talked with All Things Considered host Tom Crann about the holiday.
The dog days of COVID-19
Hospitalizations continue their downward trend, but cases, which had been on a very slow decline, have now plateaued completely. This suggests we may not be out of the woods yet on this wave. On the other hand, CDC’s community level risk rating indicates the best conditions in Minnesota since April, and much of the state is seeing a slow decline in COVID levels in wastewater too.
After more than two years, Canada to resume remote border crossing program
A program that allows travelers to cross into certain remote parts of Canada could resume as soon as Friday. The permits will allow canoeists to cross the border from Minnesota into Ontario’s Quetico Provincial Park for the first time in more than two years.