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November 23, 2021 4:01 PM

COVID-19 spike sending Minnesota students home, closing schools

Minnesota’s rise in COVID-19 cases is prompting some school leaders to cancel classes, move students to distance learning or make changes to their safety policies.

by Elizabeth Shockman

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November 22, 2021 12:49 PM

Influential poet and bracing critic Robert Bly has died

Minnesota poet, teacher and men’s movement founder Robert Bly was a major figure in American literature for decades who criticized the Vietnam War. Bly died Sunday. He was 94.

by Euan Kerr

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November 22, 2021 10:39 AM

Walz pledges National Guard help for nursing homes

Gov. Tim Walz said Monday he will deploy teams from the National Guard and pledged $50 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to help nursing homes in Minnesota deal with short staffing and other needs related to COVID-19.

by MPR News Staff

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November 18, 2021 6:48 PM

Remembering Dave Frishberg, songwriter of 'I'm Just a Bill'

Songwriter Dave Frishberg reluctantly said “I’m Just a Bill,” the song from the TV show “Schoolhouse Rock,” was his most famous. Frishberg died Wednesday in Portland, Ore., where he’d been living since the 1980s. He was 88.

by Tom Crann and Kyle Shiely

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November 18, 2021 4:06 PM

Minnesota to see $68M for EV charging stations from new infrastructure package

The infrastructure bill President Joe Biden signed Monday will fund a national network of 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations.

by Paul Huttner

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November 18, 2021 3:36 PM

Holiday nostalgia: Dayton's project hearkens back to window shopping

The newly renovated Dayton’s building in downtown Minneapolis reopened to the public Thursday. While the department store is long gone, the project’s developers revived an old Dayton’s tradition, the holiday display windows.

by Matt Sepic

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November 18, 2021 12:30 PM

Higher turkey prices not a windfall for farmers

Shoppers rushing to find a turkey for the Thanksgiving holiday might pay more this year. Wholesale turkey prices have hit a record high and while that sounds like good news for farmers in Minnesota, who lead the nation in turkey production, the higher prices at the store don't mean big profits for farmers.

by Dan Gunderson

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November 18, 2021 4:00 AM

Art Hounds: Dance set to poetry and ghosts of the season

Katha Dance Theatre collaborates with J.D. Steele in a cross-cultural performance about equality. Also an appreciation for Minneapolis rock band Annie and the Bang Bang’s new record, and the Commonweal Theatre opens its run of “A Christmas Carol” with women playing the ghosts and Scrooge.

by Emily Bright