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Neighbors make surprise discovery in Duluth beach restoration: Shreds of vintage cans

Neighbors make surprise discovery in Duluth beach restoration: Shreds of vintage cans

In the past few months, people who live along Duluth's Park Point spit have been picking up shredded aluminum cans — by the bagful — on the neighborhood's Lake Superior beach. The metal fragments were inadvertently deposited there last fall, when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged sediment from the harbor to help build back the eroding beach.
by Dan Kraker

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Older Minnesotans with new COVID vaccine appointments get shots, but others remain frustrated

Older Minnesotans with new COVID vaccine appointments get shots, but others remain frustrated

Vaccinations for people age 65 and older have started at nine sites across Minnesota and continue through Saturday. The pilot program, new this week, was quickly overwhelmed and officials say they are working out some problems ahead of another signup scheduled for Tuesday.
by Peter Cox

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St. Paul native led this week's inauguration parade

St. Paul native led this week's inauguration parade

After a year of planning, with plenty of curveballs along the way, Lt. Col. Thomas Chapeau calls it an “epic day.”
by Tom Crann

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A tale of two dentists: Why some providers are getting vaccinated and some aren’t

A tale of two dentists: Why some providers are getting vaccinated and some aren’t

As Minnesota expands who is eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, some health care providers say they still don’t know how and when they will get theirs. Demographics, vaccine supply and inconsistent rules are adding to the confusion. 
by Catharine Richert

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For some Minnesota Latinos, the future is filled with cautious hope

For some Minnesota Latinos, the future is filled with cautious hope

Latino voters were wildly misunderstood in the 2020 presidential election. Pollsters and pundits who spoke of a Latino “bloc” that would vote reflexively for Democrats came to discover it did not exist. We asked Minnesota Latinos what motivated their 2020 vote for president, and how hopeful they were feeling about the coming year. 
by Kathryn Styer Martinez

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Jan. 21 update on COVID-19 in MN: Death toll tops 6K; no post-holiday case surge

Jan. 21 update on COVID-19 in MN: Death toll tops 6K; no post-holiday case surge

Minnesota appears to have dodged a major post-holiday spike in COVID-19 cases that officials had feared was coming, the state’s health commissioner said Thursday. The death toll, however, continues to climb.
by MPR News Staff

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Art Hounds: Art North International showcases Minnesotans' work

Art Hounds: Art North International showcases Minnesotans' work

Plus, sculptures and skating at Franconia Sculpture Park, and an appreciation for the efforts to preserve the art on plywood following the killing of George Floyd.
by Emily Bright

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Another return to school, with only 6,000 vaccine doses for MN teachers, child care workers

Another return to school, with only 6,000 vaccine doses for MN teachers, child care workers

Students are back in classrooms, but only a small number of Minnesota educators and child care workers were registered to get vaccinated for COVID-19.
by Elizabeth Shockman, Christine T. Nguyen, Jackson Forderer and Tom Crann

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Doctor uses own doubts about vaccine to assure patients

Doctor uses own doubts about vaccine to assure patients

Dr. Nathan Chomilo is convinced that the COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective, but he also doesn’t hesitate to tell his patients that he had many of the concerns they share with him in clinic.
by Tom Crann

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