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BCA program to identify danger signs before shootings faces federal cuts
As Minnesota legislators and others debate policies in response to the mass shooting last month at Annunciation Church and School in Minneapolis that killed two children and wounded 21 other people, an approach to try to prevent violent shootings is under threat from Trump administration funding cuts.  
‘Embrace the slowness’: He left the Twin Cities for a life in the Minnesota woods
Fresh out of college, Nate Johnson built a reputation as an arts promoter. Then he gave it all away. Wanting to live simply, he changed his life and never looked back.
Wisconsin Planned Parenthood is pausing abortions. What does that mean for Minnesota?
After Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump’s spending bill, Wisconsin’s Planned Parenthood clinics announced they will no longer schedule abortions.
The Lindstrom farm growing recreational cannabis to make potent extract
Preston Torres and Max Young, cofounders of Concentrate Labs in Lindstrom, were the second cannabis cultivator to be licensed by the state and have had seeds in the ground since July.