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Transportation commissioner to head Minneapolis public works
MnDOT Commissioner Margaret Anderson Kelliher plans to leave the state agency to work for the city of Minneapolis. Her nomination by Mayor Jacob Frey requires City Council approval. 
Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Active cases leap; hospitals 'literally full'
As the surge continues to whack Minnesota, state hospital leaders Friday begged people not to come to emergency rooms seeking COVID tests or other nonemergency care.
As gun fire increases in Mpls., women becoming more frequent targets
The city of Minneapolis saw an increase in gun violence victims that were women in 2021, even when accounting for a year of record gunfire.
An 18-year-old is charged in Mall of America shooting
Kahlil M. Wiley is accused of opening fire on the third floor of the mall and shooting at a man on New Year’s Eve.
A potter revered in Japan finally gets a show in U.S.
Galleries and museums often hype its exhibits, pointing to a unique element to double down on a show’s exclusive nature. The Minneapolis Institute of Art didn’t have to try hard for one of its latest exhibits: ceramic work by Kamoda Shoji.
Lake Superior surfers brave frigid weather for giant freshwater waves
Subzero wind chills didn't stop dozens of surfers from flocking to Stoney Point this week, a well-known surf spot about 15 miles up the shore of Lake Superior from Duluth, for surf conditions they say were the best in years.
COVID claims Twin Cities writer, activist Mel Reeves
Reeves, 64, spent decades chronicling and participating in the region’s protest movements. The publisher of the Spokesman-Recorder, where he worked as community editor, said Reeves embodied the newspaper’s tradition as a "voice for the voiceless."