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‘The Tessa effect’: How NCAA champ Tessa Johnson is inspiring girls in her hometown

‘The Tessa effect’: How NCAA champ Tessa Johnson is inspiring girls in her hometown

Minnesotan Tessa Johnson helped bring the South Carolina Gamecocks the NCAA women’s championship Sunday. But just last year, the college freshman helped bring the St. Michael-Albertville high school girls basketball team a state championship. Her community is overjoyed.
by Cari Spencer

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Minnesota prisons resort to periodic lockdowns due to staff shortage

Minnesota prisons resort to periodic lockdowns due to staff shortage

Faribault is down 42 corrections officers. It’s worse at Stillwater state prison, where the facility’s complement of officers is down by 62. Data from the Department of Corrections shared with MPR News shows as of Monday, the agency is short 211 correctional officers, or 12 percent of what is budgeted.
by Cathy Wurzer and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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Minnesota Music Month: Local stars to see in April

Minnesota Music Month: Local stars to see in April

Governor Walz declared April Minnesota Music Month back in 2019. It’s a time for recognizing the local musicians who contribute to culture and understanding of one another through music.
by Cathy Wurzer and Ellen Finn

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Minnesota author’s book is being shot for star studded film adaptation ‘Nuremberg’

Minnesota author’s book is being shot for star studded film adaptation ‘Nuremberg’

Minnesota historian Jack El-Hai is seeing a book he published more than ten years ago turned into a Hollywood film and a stage play. His book “The Nazi and the Psychiatrist” tells the story of a young army doctor whose job was to evaluate top-ranking Nazi officials — and decide whether they were fit to stand trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
by Cathy Wurzer and Alanna Elder

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