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Longtime Minnesota blues band faces uncertainty after front man suffers stroke

Longtime Minnesota blues band faces uncertainty after front man suffers stroke

The Lamont Cranston Band has been playing at venues across the state and country since 1969. Front man Pat “Lamont” Hayes had a stroke in December, putting the band’s future in limbo.
by Emily Reese and Ngoc Bui

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Christopher Bollen unleashes ‘Havoc’ with his new thriller

Christopher Bollen unleashes ‘Havoc’ with his new thriller

Is 81-year-old Maggie Burkhardt on a mission or mercy? Or is her meddling a sign of something more sinister? And what happens when she meets her match in the the form of a demented eight-year-old boy? Christopher Bollen’s deliciously tense “Havoc” lets it all unspool.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Newspaper archives reveal 'morbidity and tenderness' of historic Minneapolis morgue auctions

Newspaper archives reveal 'morbidity and tenderness' of historic Minneapolis morgue auctions

“The lesson is that there’s just no telling [where] our human curiosity and a kind of fascination with morbidity is going to lead us. But that goes hand in glove with empathy,” longtime CBC host William Richardson said.
by Cathy Wurzer, Gracie Stockton and Lukas Levin

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Tribal Advocacy Council on Energy aims to ease power woes in Indian Country

Tribal Advocacy Council on Energy aims to ease power woes in Indian Country

Tribal elected officials say the cost of energy on tribal lands is higher than it should be. So they formed a new advocacy body to make policy recommendations to state and federal agencies on energy issues. 
by Melissa Olson

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Job market jitters real for some mid-career Minnesotans and recent grads

Job market jitters real for some mid-career Minnesotans and recent grads

Even with the state’s relatively low 3.5 percent unemployment rate, some younger Minnesotans coming out of college and those in mid-career are seeing a job market now that worries them. Recent announcements of mass layoffs add to the anxiety.
by Anika Besst

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Prayers, songs greet Dakota Riders in Mankato 162 years after hangings

Prayers, songs greet Dakota Riders in Mankato 162 years after hangings

In a revival of a tradition which seemed to have ended two years ago, participants in not one but two Dakota Rides arrived in Mankato Thursday. The event commemorates 38 Dakota men hanged on the day after Christmas in 1862 following the U.S.-Dakota War, and two other Dakota men hanged later.
by Hannah Yang

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Power Pair: Brothers David Treuer and Anton Treuer on writing and Ojibwe culture

Power Pair: Brothers David Treuer and Anton Treuer on writing and Ojibwe culture

MPR News host Angela Davis revisits a conversation with brothers Anton Treuer and David Treuer about their latest books, reclaiming Ojibwe culture and growing up together on the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota.
by Angela Davis, Maja Beckstrom and Nikhil Kumaran

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Morning Announcements for Dec. 26

Morning Announcements for Dec. 26

Here are the morning announcements for Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024.
by MPR News Staff

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