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Your live music guide to this year's Art-A-Whirl with The Current's Diane Miller

Your live music guide to this year's Art-A-Whirl with The Current's Diane Miller

Host of the Local Show on The Current, Diane Miller, gives her picks for this year’s Art-A-Whirl to help you navigate the stacked live music lineup taking place across Northeast Minneapolis this weekend.
by Nina Moini and Ellen Finn

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18 years after disappearing, Brandon Swanson's legacy helps others be found faster

18 years after disappearing, Brandon Swanson's legacy helps others be found faster

Brandon Swanson's disappearance in southwestern Minnesota led to changes in how missing person cases are handled. Back then, “if you were an adult, people had to wait for 24 hours” to file a missing persons report, a former journalist who followed the case told MPR News.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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Beagles rescued from Wisconsin breeder set to find new homes in Minnesota

Beagles rescued from Wisconsin breeder set to find new homes in Minnesota

These are dogs that have never been outside, seen grass or had extensive human contact, Liv Hagen, welfare director for Animal Humane Society, told the MPR News Morning Edition show Thursday.
by Cathy Wurzer, Gracie Stockton and Matt Sepic

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Morning Announcements for May 13-14

Morning Announcements for May 13-14

These are the Morning Announcements for Wednesday, May 13, and Thursday, May 14. Tell us what you’re celebrating!
by MPR News Staff

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Immigration and the Challenge to Belong

Immigration and the Challenge to Belong

Understanding the unique mental health challenges for immigrants in the United States. This Call to Mind special program explores the unique mental health challenges for immigrants in America.
by Angela Davis and Jessica Bari

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Will importers share their tariff refunds with customers in Minnesota?

Will importers share their tariff refunds with customers in Minnesota?

Companies are starting to get refunds for tariffs that have been struck down by the Supreme Court. But many businesses that helped bear the costs of those tariffs aren’t eligible.
by Harshawn Ratanpal

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What we know about a Minnesotan's possible hantavirus exposure

What we know about a Minnesotan's possible hantavirus exposure

State epidemiologist Dr. Ruth Lynfield says the health department is keeping close tabs on a Minnesotan who may have been exposed to hantavirus and the current situation is different than what unfolded during the COVID-19 pandemic.
by Nina Moini and Ngoc Bui

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Bison Festival celebrates release of herd that helps prairie habitat thrive

Bison Festival celebrates release of herd that helps prairie habitat thrive

Every spring, a herd of bison stampede onto prairieland in the St. Croix River Valley. This Saturday, the Bison Festival at the Belwin Conservancy in Afton will draw hundreds of people to watch the release of the animals.
by Nina Moini and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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