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Crazy cow? Stuck foxes? Lawn mowers on lakes? At the DNR info center, no question too wild

Crazy cow? Stuck foxes? Lawn mowers on lakes? At the DNR info center, no question too wild

Every year the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources fields more than 90,000 phone calls and 25,000 emails with questions that run from the mundane to the wacky. A team of DNR workers hustles to answer them all, six days a week.
by Dan Kraker

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A Russian woman is jailed for replacing store price tags with anti-war messages

A Russian woman is jailed for replacing store price tags with anti-war messages

Artist Aleksandra Skochilenko reportedly swapped in a tag at a St. Petersburg supermarket with a note about the bombing of a Mariupol art school. Her lawyer said a shopper reported her to the police.
by NPR Staff

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Meet three Republican candidates for Minnesota governor

Meet three Republican candidates for Minnesota governor

A month before the Republican convention, MPR News host Mike Mulcahy talks with three of the Republicans who hope to challenge Gov. Tim Walz: Sen. Paul Gazelka, former business executive Kendall Qualls and Sen. Michelle Benson. Plus a conversation with NPR Senior Political Editor Domenico Montanaro.
by Mike Mulcahy and Maja Beckstrom

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A month out, no GOP candidate has lock on endorsement for governor

A month out, no GOP candidate has lock on endorsement for governor

In a month delegates to the Republican state convention will vote to endorse a candidate to take on DFL Gov. Tim Walz. And right now no candidate has enough support to win the nod on the first ballot.
by Brian Bakst

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Stanek hospitalized after vehicle crash in Wright County

Former Hennepin County Sheriff and current Republican gubernatorial contender Rich Stanek was hospitalized after a crash in Wright County on Tuesday night.
by Tim Nelson

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Kyeland Jackson on the impact of the federal Estate Recovery program in Minnesota

Twin Cities PBS Data reporter Kyeland Jackson recently did some digging into the federal program, Estate Recovery. He joined host Cathy Wurzer to talk about how the program is impacting some Minnesotans.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gretchen Brown

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Kathy Lantry and Sasha Cotton named co-chairs of St. Paul's Police Chief Examining Committee

Kathy Lantry and Sasha Cotton have been named co-chairs of St. Paul's Police Chief Examining Committee. Lantry joined host Cathy Wurzer to talk about her new role.
by Cathy Wurzer and Melissa Townsend

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