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Morning fog clears to make way for early fall warm-up

Morning fog clears to make way for early fall warm-up

Minnesota got a serious taste of fall this week with chilly temperatures and some grey days. But it looks like summer will return, at least for a little while.
by Nina Moini and Ellen Finn

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Food and custodial services affected as hundreds of University of Minnesota workers continue strike

Food and custodial services affected as hundreds of University of Minnesota workers continue strike

Picketing continued at University of Minnesota campuses across the state on Wednesday, as hundreds of custodians, maintenance staff and food service workers remain on strike.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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How turmoil at the CDC could threaten public health

How turmoil at the CDC could threaten public health

Turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created confusion around who can get vaccines in Minnesota. MPR News guest host Chris Farrell talks with a pediatrician and a public health professor about how public health is changing under U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
by Chris Farrell and Maja Beckstrom

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Low Mississippi River water levels could add to soybean exporters’ headaches

Low Mississippi River water levels could add to soybean exporters’ headaches

More than half of American soybeans depend on the Mississippi River as an export channel. But no significant rainfall is forecast for the lower half of the Mississippi, which could hinder the transport of goods, like soybeans.
by Tadeo Ruiz Sandoval

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Gun buyer for man who killed Burnsville first responders sentenced to 45 months in federal prison

Gun buyer for man who killed Burnsville first responders sentenced to 45 months in federal prison

The woman who bought the guns that her romantic partner used to kill three first responders in Burnsville last year was sentenced to 45 months in federal prison. Ashley Dyrdahl pleaded guilty in January to federal charges of purchasing guns for Shannon Gooden, who was ineligible to have firearms because of an assault conviction.
by Matt Sepic

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Minnesota Health Commissioner: Walz executive order aims to improve vaccine access

Minnesota Health Commissioner: Walz executive order aims to improve vaccine access

Gov. Walz's executive order instructs Minnesota health care providers to continue to offer vaccines under their own medical judgement. And it instructs the Minnesota Department of Health to work with other state agencies to remove barriers to access.
by Emily Bright and Gretchen Brown

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Threats to judges, children result in new charges against Hopkins man

A man who went to prison for threatening to kill a federal judge in 2017 and was later charged with threatening a probation officer is now accused of threatening a second judge.
by Matt Sepic

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