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Board again denies parole for man convicted in 1970 murder of officer James Sackett Sr.

Board again denies parole for man convicted in 1970 murder of officer James Sackett Sr.

Minnesota’s Supervised Release Board has again denied parole to a man convicted in the 1970 ambush murder of St. Paul Police Officer James Sackett Sr. The board’s meeting on Friday marked the fourth time that Ronald Reed, 76, appealed for his release.
by Matt Sepic

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150 years since Northfield's defeat of Jesse James

150 years since Northfield's defeat of Jesse James

150 years after the James-Younger Gang’s botched attempt to rob a Northfield bank, the Minnesota town continues to celebrate the citizens who stood up to the notorious outlaws.
by Clay Masters, Ben Revier and Matthew Alvarez

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Artist and tour guide keeps the old ways of bookmaking alive

Artist and tour guide keeps the old ways of bookmaking alive

In these times of publishing on demand, Laura Brown at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts in Minneapolis teaches the old-fashioned ways of bookmaking.
by Lukas Levin

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Meet Trapper, the dog helping Minnesota's DNR sniff out invasive zebra mussels

Meet Trapper, the dog helping Minnesota's DNR sniff out invasive zebra mussels

Invasive zebra mussels have infested five percent of Minnesota’s treasured lakes, rivers and waterways, where they gobble up nutrients that native fish and plants need. So to keep them from spreading, the state’s Department of Natural Resources is using specially trained K-9s to sniff them out.
by Catharine Richert

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At the Great Minnesota Get-Together, sanitation workers spearhead trash awareness, composting

At the Great Minnesota Get-Together, sanitation workers spearhead trash awareness, composting

There has to be somewhere all that waste goes at the fair. Cue: the unsung hero of sanitation workers. Two workers say that working in sustainability, especially composting, has transformed how they look at the fair.
by Regina Medina

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ICE agent indictment includes new details of shooting that wounded Venezuelan man

ICE agent indictment includes new details of shooting that wounded Venezuelan man

A federal indictment unsealed Friday includes new details about a shooting in which an ICE agent wounded a young Venezuelan man after firing a round through the closed door of his home during the Trump administration’s immigration operation in Minnesota.
by Matt Sepic

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