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What's behind up-and-coming Duluth's sluggish population growth?

What's behind up-and-coming Duluth's sluggish population growth?

There's been a lot of positive buzz around Duluth recently — tourist numbers are soaring, the city's outdoor scene has gotten lots of national press. Yet despite all that enthusiasm, the population has barely budged in 20 years, while many other midsize cities in Minnesota are growing.
by Dan Kraker

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COVID-19 in MN: ICU needs hit 2021 high; hospital staffs 'exhausted'

COVID-19 in MN: ICU needs hit 2021 high; hospital staffs 'exhausted'

Hospital leaders speaking to reporters on Thursday painted a worrisome picture of the strain on care systems across Minnesota — short-staffed and struggling to meet the needs of a rising tide of COVID and other patients.
by MPR News Staff

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Minnesota native Eddie Taylor training to climb Everest with first all-Black team

Minnesota native Eddie Taylor training to climb Everest with first all-Black team

There’s not a lot of mountain climbing happening in Minnesota. But it was his upbringing in Detroit Lakes — visiting national parks and skiing with his family — that set Eddie Taylor up to join the first all-Black team of climbers training to take on Mount Everest next year.
by Lindsay Guentzel and Cathy Wurzer

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In St. Cloud, students seize chance to hone native Somali language skills

In St. Cloud, students seize chance to hone native Somali language skills

School officials say research shows multilingual students are more likely to be academically successful in all areas when they have opportunities to continue developing their first language.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Art Hounds: Relax and enjoy the show

Art Hounds: Relax and enjoy the show

Art Hounds recommend shows to sit back and relax with on a fall weekend: “Beer & Ballet” in Bloomington and Sweet Jazz in Northfield. Or, get in the Halloween spirit with the book launch celebration of “The Haunting of Potter’s Field” in Winona.
by Emily Bright

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'What the Constitution Means to Me' comes to Guthrie

'What the Constitution Means to Me' comes to Guthrie

Actor Cassie Beck is at the Guthrie, portraying the playwright Heidi Shrek in her memoir play “What the Constitution Means To Me.” The Guthrie is staging the play as the first in-person production since Spring 2020.
by Tom Crann

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Poetry for and from the pandemic

The new anthology “A 21st Century Plague: Poetry from a Pandemic” collects the poems of writers from all over the country as they grapple with the ongoing quarantine and the losses from COVID-19. MPR News host Angela Davis speaks with four Minnesota poets included in the anthology about writing through the pain and stress.   
by Angela Davis and Susan Davis

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Appetites: Tradition and community make bouja a Midwest staple

Appetites: Tradition and community make bouja a Midwest staple

The community bouja party at the Avon Hills Folk School outside Avon, Minn., happens every October on the second Saturday of the month. It gives visitors to the folk school the perfect opportunity to soak in the fall foliage while enjoying a perfect fall meal — a hot bowl of bouja soup.
by Tom Crann and Lindsay Guentzel

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