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Lindell faces deadline to put up money by Monday for a hand recount of Minnesota’s primary ballots

Lindell, has been disputing the primary results — even though House Speaker Lisa Demuth beat him by about forty five thousand votes. Meanwhile, the Bureau of Indian Affairs has awarded $2 million in Indian Child Welfare Act off-reservation grants to seven Native organizations, including a legal nonprofit in Minneapolis.
by Phineas Pope

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Appleton forum on new ICE detention facility

A Republican legislator says people who live in and around Appleton have mixed reactions to the reopening of a detention center there. State Rep. Paul Anderson co-hosted a town hall forum yesterday about the facility that will begin housing people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers later this year. Anderson says he understands some people have moral objections to the detention of immigrants.
by Todd Melby

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A proposed data center in NE Minneapolis faces continued pushback from residents

A developer’s plans to turn the former Minnesota Star Tribune printing plant into a 20-watt data center is getting pushback from many residents. The Minnesota Design Center will share resident feedback in a presentation Saturday. Residents have criticized the scant public information about the proposal.
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Walz authorizes state disaster assistance for 6 southern Minnesota counties after severe storms and floods

Walz says the state will provide funding and public assistance to help rebuild critical public infrastructure damaged in the storm. Meanwhile, documents from a lawsuit against firearms retailer Fleet Farm were made public Wednesday.
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Long-term impact of Walz's executive order blocking mining depends on his successor

An executive order Gov. Tim Walz signed Tuesday blocks copper mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. But whether the ban becomes permanent could depend on Walz's successor. Meanwhile, a new MPR News and APM Reports investigation is having a political impact in Liberia.
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Hopkins, Burnsville communities remember family killed in apparent murder-suicide

The Hopkins and Burnsville communities on Monday night mourned the deaths of two women and a 7-year-old girl who was the daughter of one woman and the granddaughter of the other. Police believe Nathan Brown killed his wife, their daughter and his mother.
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The state of Minnesota has paid $36 million dollars to group home companies linked to a high-ranking government official in Liberia, investigation finds

Sekou Dukuly has served as the managing director of the National Port Authority in Liberia since the beginning of 2024, and he lives there most of the time. Dukuly has had a hand in 24 Minnesota group homes over the past decade.
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Iranian-linked hacker group claims responsibility for Minnesota water system cyberattack

An Iranian-linked hacker group has claimed direct responsibility for the recent cyberattack against Minnesota water systems. And newly filed court documents show that Homeland Security agents conducted widespread surveillance of anti-ICE protesters.
by Emily Reese

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