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Summer festival spotlight: Farmington Dew Days

Summer festival spotlight: Farmington Dew Days

According to the soda company, in 1979 Farmington consumed more Mountain Dew per capita than anywhere in the country. Mountain Dew helped them celebrate the news. Fast-forward to the annual summer festival, 45 years strong.
by Cathy Wurzer and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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A sneak peak at Rondo’s Juneteenth

A sneak peak at Rondo’s Juneteenth

St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood will hold its fourth annual Juneteenth celebration at the Rondo Commemorative Plaza on Wednesday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
by Cathy Wurzer and CJ Younger

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Minnesotans on flood watch during an unusually wet week

Minnesotans on flood watch during an unusually wet week

Minnesotans are on flood watch this week. After a two year drought and an abnormally dry winter, we’ve been hit with weeks of rain that’s got soil saturated and rivers rising.
by Cathy Wurzer and CJ Younger

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Minnesota Now and Then: A union-member‘s granddaughter recounts the 1934 trucker‘s strike

Minnesota Now and Then: A union-member‘s granddaughter recounts the 1934 trucker‘s strike

90 years ago, one of Minnesota’s first unions was formed for truckers. Their first strike resulted in injury and death to some union members. But it also was a turning point for the labor movement.
by Cathy Wurzer and Alanna Elder

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North Star Journey Live: What Happened in Alabama?

North Star Journey Live: What Happened in Alabama?

Journalist Lee Hawkins returns to his home state of Minnesota for a special North Star Journey Live discussion about his new podcast, What Happened in Alabama?, which examines how to end cycles of trauma for Black Americans.
by Angela Davis and Kelly Gordon

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Kevin Lindsey on Juneteenth and the importance of remembering our stories 

Kevin Lindsey on Juneteenth and the importance of remembering our stories 

MPR News guest host Nina Moini talks with Kevin Lindsey, CEO of the Minnesota Humanities Center, about his career, what the nonprofit organization is doing to mark Juneteenth and how better understanding the past can help address injustice today.  
by Nina Moini and Maja Beckstrom

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Highways close as rivers rise across southern Minnesota. More storms in forecast

Highways close as rivers rise across southern Minnesota. More storms in forecast

Rivers across southern Minnesota continued rising Tuesday, leading to highway closures — with more rain in the forecast. Meanwhile, a line of strong storms swept across northern Minnesota, with more storms possible later Tuesday.
by Andrew Krueger, Gracie Stockton, Cathy Wurzer and Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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In the Boundary Waters, tragedy highlights work of all-volunteer rescue squad

In the Boundary Waters, tragedy highlights work of all-volunteer rescue squad

One month ago Tuesday, two canoeists survived a harrowing plunge over a Boundary Waters waterfall. Two disappeared. For the next 16 days, members of the St. Louis County Rescue Squad searched for them.
by Dan Kraker

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