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Round Lake-Brewster schools return to voters with a $30.48 million for buildings
This week the Round Lake-Brewster School District is asking voters to approve a $30.48 million bond referendum to address building needs — for the second time. School officials say with inflation raising the cost of living, it’s harder to get such bonds passed.
Fatal stabbing at Harding High leaves students, staff ‘heartbroken,’ ‘helpless’
Teachers and students are planning a candlelight vigil Monday evening at Harding High School in memory of the student killed last week. District leaders have also asked police to increase their presence around five city high schools.
Racial equity funds spurred by murder of George Floyd bear fruit
After the police murder of George Floyd, foundations and corporations pledged millions to spur economic development in Black communities and rebuild Lake Street. This year, about $100 million-worth of projects funded by those initiatives will open or break ground, according to Star Tribune reporter Dee DePass.
How to spot and combat climate misinformation and disinformation
There’s a lot of climate information out there – as well as climate mis- and disinformation. So how can we tell what’s credible science and what isn’t?
Art Hounds: Works about love, the magic of the woods and life journeys
Anita White’s retrospective show at Vine Arts Center in Minneapolis documents global, spiritual, and medical journeys. Diamond Knispel’s paintings at Watermark Art Center in Bemidji take visitors through a whimsical day in the Northwoods. The play “These Old Shoes” from Transatlantic Love Affair is a love letter to older people.
Winter Play: How polar explorer Ann Bancroft finds magic in the winter
Polar explorer Ann Bancroft might be winter’s biggest champion. But Bancroft, who’s set records traveling to the North and South Poles, and crossing Antarctica, says the key to surviving our coldest months is to tap into your inner child. 
Winter Play: Melting the stress of frigid cold at a Minnesota bath house
As winter cold bites deep, MPR News is celebrating the best of the season through a new series called Winter Play. Our staff across the state set out to try a new-to-them winter pastime. MPR News producer Samantha Matsumoto and reporter Simone Cazares visited Watershed Spa in northeast Minneapolis to take a much-needed break from winter. 
Most police body camera footage goes unseen; AI is changing that
Truleo, a Chicago-based company, makes use of artificial intelligence to sift through hundreds of hours of police body camera footage. Founded after the murder of George Floyd, the technology is being used in more than a dozen police departments across the country.
Winter Play: Let's go ride a kite!
For our Winter Play series, where MPR News staff try winter activities new to them, Bemidji bureau reporter Mathew Holding Eagle III drove further — and maybe flew further — than anyone else as he tried winter kiteboarding.
Future of Us: What's next for education in Minnesota?
Minnesota’s 2020 Teacher of the Year, Qorsho Hassan, on how the pandemic and the murder of George Floyd reshaped shaped her vision for education to center student voice and leadership.