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New Warroad campus teaches robot maintenance as worker shortage continues

New Warroad campus teaches robot maintenance as worker shortage continues

Northwestern Minnesota manufacturing companies are struggling with worker shortages. One solution is to invest in more automation technology. To help train the skilled workers needed to run that technology, Minnesota’s newest college campus is now open in Warroad.
by Dan Gunderson

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Winter Play: Cruising snow-covered trails on a fat tire bike near Brainerd

Winter Play: Cruising snow-covered trails on a fat tire bike near Brainerd

The sport of winter fat tire biking is booming in popularity. It’s an accessible, low-cost and fun way to get outside in nature during the colder months — and we tried it.
by Kirsti Marohn

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U.S. poet laureate Ada Limón stops by the Twin Cities

U.S. poet laureate Ada Limón stops by the Twin Cities

Award-winning poet Ada Limón is in the middle of a reading tour right now, doing her duty as the 24th and first ever Latina U.S. poet laureate. And MPR News producer Ngoc Bui got the chance to catch up with her when she made a stop at the U of M.
by Ngoc Bui and John Wanamaker

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How to navigate estrangement and toxic relationships

How to navigate estrangement and toxic relationships

About 27 percent of American adults say they have cut off contact with a family member, according to one study from Cornell University. Guest host Catharine Richert talks with two psychologists about estrangement and how we can navigate our most complicated relationships with family and friends.
by Catharine Richert, Samantha Matsumoto and Nicole Johnson

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Capping off a warmer-than-normal January

Capping off a warmer-than-normal January

Minnesota has recorded the coldest temperature in the nation just twice this month.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Clint Smith on how to reckon with slavery as America's original sin

Clint Smith on how to reckon with slavery as America's original sin

Clint Smith’s acclaimed book, “How the Word Is Passed,” is now out in paperback. In it, he examines how slavery has been central in shaping our country’s collective history, and ourselves.
by Kelly Gordon

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