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In wildly different projects, Duluth musician Alan Sparhawk works through grief
Alan Sparhawk reemerged last year with a new sound featuring a drum machine and his voice through a processor. He has another new album with a band also born out of Duluth, Trampled by Turtles. Sparhawk spoke with MPR News host Clay Masters about both albums.
A hotline is collecting stories of LGBTQ+ mutual aid in Minnesota for podcast, archive
The We Help Us hotline is looking to share stories of how the LGBTQ+ community has stepped up to support one another throughout history.
Immigration advocates concerned by federal checks of unaccompanied minors
Reporting from the Sahan Journal found federal agents have held at least 30 interviews in the past month with unaccompanied minors in the Worthington and Windom area.
Where is Minnesota at for rainfall totals? The answer may surprise you
We have had frequent rain across the state in the month of June. But when MPR Meteorologist Sven Sundgaard went to look at the numbers, even he was surprised by our rainfall totals.
Osterholm: Recommendations from federal vaccine advisory panel are untrustworthy
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices meets Wednesday and Thursday. It’s the first meeting since RFK Jr. fired all 17 of its members and named eight replacements, some who have previously spread vaccine misinformation.
Remembering longtime Minnesota Capitol reporter Bill Salisbury who died at age 80
Longtime, legendary Minnesota political reporter Bill Salisbury has died at the age of 80 after a career that spanned more than a half-century. Colleagues and friends remember him as a determined reporter who was fair, accurate and unfailingly respectful.