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Morning Edition

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Morning Edition, with Cathy Wurzer in St. Paul and NPR hosts in Washington and Los Angeles, brings you all the news from overnight and the information you need to start your day. Listen from 4 to 9 a.m. every weekday.

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Birders welcome great blue herons back to banks of Mississippi at Saturday event

Birders welcome great blue herons back to banks of Mississippi at Saturday event

The Mississippi Park Connection hosts a “Welcome Back the Herons” event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Marshall Terrace Park in Minneapolis. Sharon Stiteler, known to friends and fans as the Birdchick, will be among the volunteers answering questions.
by Cathy Wurzer, Gracie Stockton and Heidi Raschke

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Morning Announcements for March 27

Morning Announcements for March 27

These are the Morning Announcements for Friday, March 27. Tell us what you’re celebrating!
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Rep. Morrison compares El Paso ICE detention facility to livestock building

Rep. Morrison compares El Paso ICE detention facility to livestock building

Minnesota’s Democratic U.S. Rep. Kelly Morrison joined Cathy Wurzer on Morning Edition to describe the conditions she saw during an unannounced oversight visit to the Camp East Montana immigration detention facility in El Paso, Texas.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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Morning Announcements for March 26

Morning Announcements for March 26

These are the Morning Announcements for Thursday, March 26. Tell us what you’re celebrating!
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Elvera 'Peps' Neuman is a Minnesota basketball icon. You may know her as the ‘blanket lady’

Elvera 'Peps' Neuman is a Minnesota basketball icon. You may know her as the ‘blanket lady’

The Minnesota Gophers face off against UCLA Friday in the Sweet 16 matchup. You can bet one of the Gophers biggest fans will be there in the Sacramento stands: the Blanket Lady.
by Anika Besst

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Morning Announcements for March 25

Morning Announcements for March 25

These are the Morning Announcements for Wednesday, March 25. Tell us what you’re celebrating!
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Deaths, neglect, calls for help: Group home boom overwhelms Brooklyn Park

Deaths, neglect, calls for help: Group home boom overwhelms Brooklyn Park

Taxpayer-funded group homes help thousands of Minnesotans with physical or mental disabilities live as independently as possible. But the industry’s rapid growth in the Twin Cities northwest suburbs has led to problems that leave vulnerable people in danger and local governments struggling with the consequences. Nowhere is that clearer than in Brooklyn Park, the state’s group home capital.
by Ellie Roth, Jennifer Lu and Christopher Peak

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