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Appetites | Climate Cast

November 2, 2015 5:39 PM

Minn. school districts hope voters in giving mood on Election Day

Tuesday is a critical day for many Minnesota school districts. Voters will decide on more than 100 property tax levies that could mean hundreds of millions of dollars for schools.

by Dan Kraker

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November 2, 2015 4:51 PM

Would Minneapolis voters OK new taxes to fix streets?

Minneapolis officials are mulling a referendum that would ask voters for a property tax hike dedicated to roads and other transit. It remains only an idea, but here's how it might work.

by Curtis Gilbert

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October 30, 2015 2:49 PM

Halloween activity: Build a bat house

Still looking for a good way to celebrate Halloween? Saturday at the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Bloomington, check out a celebration of bats.

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October 29, 2015 4:00 PM

Childhood friend of Jacob Wetterling: I'm thankful for law enforcement focus on case

Alison Feigh, a childhood friend of Jacob Wetterling, manager of the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center She told MPR News' Steven John that she's thankful to law enforcement for the continued focus on the Wetterling case.

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October 29, 2015 3:01 PM

Art Hounds: Duluth artists and Hmong-Lao friendship

Meet the friends behind the "Hmong-Lao Friendship Play / Lao-Hmong Friendship Play," a musical take on "The Spitfire Grill" and Duluth artists in portrait.

by Marcheta Fornoff

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October 29, 2015 11:56 AM

Judge orders risk review of sex offenders in civil program

Judge Donovan Frank ruled the civil confinement program unconstitutional this spring but stopped short of requiring the state to step in or shutting it down altogether.

by Brian Bakst, Associated Press

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October 28, 2015 5:40 PM

60,000 Minnesotans know Kill's situation only too well

The drugs that can help control seizures can also affect one's mind.

by Lorna Benson

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October 28, 2015 2:42 PM

Appetites: Mastering the martini

For Easy and Oskey co-founder Erik Eastman, the martini is more than a drink. "It's a life skill," he says. "It's like changing a tire.

by Krystyna Pease

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October 28, 2015 12:30 PM

Bee expert: USDA punished me for research on pesticides

A USDA scientist from South Dakota says officials retaliated after he publicized work showing bees and monarch butterflies can be harmed by a widely used class of insecticides.

by Dan Gunderson