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'40 Below' documentary follows the frozen competitors in 'the world's toughest race'

'40 Below' documentary follows the frozen competitors in 'the world's toughest race'

A new documentary titled "40 Below: The World's Toughest Race," features competitors from around the world in Minnesota's own infamously chilly ultramarathon, the Arrowhead 135. 
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Bon appétit: Opera based on Julia Child comes to Fargo-Moorhead

Bon appétit: Opera based on Julia Child comes to Fargo-Moorhead

This weekend, the Fargo Moorhead Opera company debuts a Julia Child-esque opera star: Mezzo soprano Holly Janz will be in the kitchen and onstage in the one act opera, “Bon Appétit!”
by Tom Crann and Amy Felegy

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Walz pitches $3.3 billion public works plan

Walz pitches $3.3 billion public works plan

The $3.3 billion bonding bill would shatter prior records but would require GOP support for Gov. Tim Walz to pull off.
by Brian Bakst

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Fohrenkam guilty of murder in killing of Minneapolis student Deshaun Hill

Fohrenkam guilty of murder in killing of Minneapolis student Deshaun Hill

Charging documents alleged Hill and Cody Fohrenkam passed close to one another on a sidewalk in February 2022, possibly close enough to brush shoulders, before Fohrenkam shot.
by Matt Sepic

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Minnesota Now for Jan. 26, 2023

Minnesota Now for Jan. 26, 2023

Hear details on Gov. Tim Walz’s proposal for new taxes and tax cuts, a conversation about Holocaust Remembrance Day, the latest on a new state proposal to recycle old electronics, an “optimist” works to fill a local news void, and all the sports news you need to know.

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Feds slap 20-year mining ban on land near Boundary Waters

Feds slap 20-year mining ban on land near Boundary Waters

The U.S. Department of the Interior issued a 20-year ban Thursday on new mining projects on 225,000 acres of federal land near the Boundary Waters, dealing a huge blow to the proposed Twin Metals mine near Ely, Minn.
by Dan Kraker

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Walz unveils plan for Minnesota taxes — here's who will get a break

Walz unveils plan for Minnesota taxes — here's who will get a break

Gov. Tim Walz has been unveiling his wish-list for state spending in pieces. And on Tuesday, he released the final part of his budget — and it includes taxes and tax breaks. Rochelle Olson is a politics and government reporter with the Star Tribune, and she talked to MPR News host Cathy Wurzer about who may pay more and who could get a break.
by Cathy Wurzer and Alanna Elder

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