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Art Hounds: Stories from the Great Lakes

Art Hounds: Stories from the Great Lakes

This week, Art Hounds recommend art at the Great Lakes Aquarium, Midsummer at Franconia Sculpture Park and a classic play in Rochester
by Jacob Aloi and Max Sparber

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Kids of parents in prison have a higher risk of mental health problems

Kids of parents in prison have a higher risk of mental health problems

Having a parent incarcerated is the second most common adversity for Minnesota youth, behind living with someone who has a mental illness. MPR News guest host Catharine Richert speaks with her guests about the mental health of kids in Minnesota who have parents in prison.
by Catharine Richert and Danelle Cloutier

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It Happens Here: how the U.S.-Canada border disrupted existing boundaries

It Happens Here: how the U.S.-Canada border disrupted existing boundaries

MPR News Host Cathy Wurzer turned to WTIP producer Staci Drouillard and Native Lights Podcast host Leah Lemm for a story about the creation of the U.S.-Canada border. Drouillard and Lemm co-host the podcast It Happens Here: The Roots of Racial Inequity on the North Shore, produced by Drouillard. In a recent episode, they discuss how the border upended spatial relationships in Ojibwe communities.
by Cathy Wurzer and Alanna Elder

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Hospitals try new ways to recruit, train and retain staff to cope with pandemic worker shortages

Hospitals try new ways to recruit, train and retain staff to cope with pandemic worker shortages

The Minnesota Hospital Association says a pandemic-induced worker shortage may be easing a bit. Because of thousands of unfilled positions, hospitals have been forced to get creative about their efforts to recruit medical staff.
by Cathy Wurzer and Ellen Finn

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Forest Service plans to fight fire in popular area of Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

Forest Service plans to fight fire in popular area of Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

Crews were preparing Wednesday morning to begin suppressing an approximately 30-acre wildfire in the Boundary Waters. The U.S. Forest Service noticed smoke from a survey plane in the evening Tuesday, the same day the agency announced a campfire ban in the wilderness area because of dry conditions.
by Cathy Wurzer, Ellen Finn and Alanna Elder

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