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Ojibwe jingle dress brings education, healing to the State Fair

Ojibwe jingle dress brings education, healing to the State Fair

Regalia made in remembrance of Indigenous people impacted by violence is on display in the State Fair’s Fine Arts Center. The jingle dress features names of missing and murdered relatives inside red handprints.
by Melissa Olson

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Review: Soft-serve beer makes its debut and s'mores abound

Review: Soft-serve beer makes its debut and s'mores abound

This year’s roster of new Minnesota State Fair foods includes a wide variety of new foods and drinks to sample. And as she’s done every year, food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl was out there bright and early on the first day to try every single new offering.
by Emily Bright and Ngoc Bui

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Lights out for fireflies? Climate change, pesticides and light pollution threaten lightning bug population

Lights out for fireflies? Climate change, pesticides and light pollution threaten lightning bug population

MPR News Chief Meteorologist Paul Huttner talked with journalist Eric Berger about the declining population rate for fireflies across the country.
by Paul Huttner and Matthew Alvarez

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Art Hounds: Creative pies, wood carvings and clay critters

Art Hounds: Creative pies, wood carvings and clay critters

Art Hounds recommend the Creative Activities building at the Minnesota State Fair, “… good dog …” and Sporalia World Clay Critter Workshop.
by Max Sparber

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