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Your guide to the Minnesota primaries

Your guide to the Minnesota primaries

Minnesota is holding legislative and House primaries Tuesday. Here are the races to watch and why they matter.
by Tim Pugmire and Brian Bakst

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Photos: A national park in the heart of the Cities

Photos: A national park in the heart of the Cities

The Mississippi National River and Recreation Area is a 72-mile stretch of the Mississippi from the riverbanks at Dayton through the drop at St. Anthony falls to the flats south of Hastings.
by William Lager and Evan Frost

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Jim Northrup's son recalls his father's gifts of language

Jim Northrup's son recalls his father's gifts of language

Jim Northrup, an Ojibwe writer, poet and performer, will be laid to rest in a traditional Anishinaabe ceremony Friday morning in his hometown of Sawyer, Minn. Northrup died of cancer Monday.
by Tom Crann and Matt Sepic

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Here's the colony-killing mistake backyard beekeepers make

Here's the colony-killing mistake backyard beekeepers make

While experts welcome the rising interest in beekeeping as a hobby, they warn novices may be inadvertently putting their hives, and hives for miles around, in danger.
by Dan Gunderson

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Appetites: The 'Chipotle-fication' of the Twin Cities

For better or for worse, many restaurants are taking world foods and adapting them through a fast-casual, consumer-driven lens.
by MPR News Staff

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At Farmfest, atypical uncertainty on presidential race

At Farmfest, atypical uncertainty on presidential race

Farmers tend to vote Republican, but those at this year's Farmfest in southwest Minnesota were unusually undecided and reticent about the presidential candidates.
by Mark Steil

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Hallberg's Picture of Health: Going beyond 12 steps

Alcoholics Anonymous and other support programs have worked for many people to overcome alcohol and substance abuse. However, 12-step style programs don't work for everyone.
by MPR News Staff

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