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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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Cut off by Canada, Northwest Angle's pandemic-era lifeline rests on one man's boat

Cut off by Canada, Northwest Angle's pandemic-era lifeline rests on one man's boat

Border closures with Canada nearly shut down the economy of the Northwest Angle, that isolated triangle of land at the very top of Minnesota. But thanks to Gregg Hennum, who runs a water taxi that brings visitors by boat, it’s still chugging along.
by John Enger

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View from the classroom: First grade in Eden Prairie

Morning Edition has been checking in with educators throughout the pandemic, and will continue doing so this fall. On Monday, host Cathy Wurzer spoke with Eden Prairie first grade teacher Maria Villavicencio. School starts in Eden Prairie on Wednesday.
by Cathy Wurzer and Britta Greene

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Fertilizer rules to start this week, but will they curb Minn. groundwater’s nitrate problem?

Fertilizer rules to start this week, but will they curb Minn. groundwater’s nitrate problem?

Starting this week, farmers in parts of Minnesota will face new restrictions on how they apply nitrogen fertilizer. The regulations are aimed at reducing nitrate contamination in the state's groundwater. But whether they'll have a real impact on a growing health and environmental problem is still up for debate.
by Kirsti Marohn

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'So grateful to be able to be here': COVID-19 survivor thanks hospital staff who saved him

'So grateful to be able to be here': COVID-19 survivor thanks hospital staff who saved him

Rick Huggins spent weeks on a ventilator and near death from COVID-19. But he persevered with the help of the doctors and nurses at Bethesda Hospital in St. Paul — and over the weekend, he returned there to thank them and celebrate his recovery.
by Peter Cox

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Wrapping up a warm, rainy August

Most of the state saw average temperatures in August that were 1 to 3 degrees hotter than normal. That’s according to retired University of Minnesota climatologist and meteorologist Mark Seeley, who ran down the month in weather with MPR News host Cathy Wurzer in their weekly chat.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Latest ‘Lost Twin Cities’ documentary looks back at the Metrodome, wrestling and more

When you create a successful franchise, you want to make sure it keeps going — and at Twin Cities PBS, history is popular. Some of the station’s most-watched documentaries over the years have been the locally produced “Lost Twin Cities” series, which looks at Minneapolis and St. Paul history that has been lost to time.
by Cathy Wurzer

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No curfew for Friday night in the Twin Cities

No curfew for Friday night in the Twin Cities

Minneapolis and St. Paul do not plan to issue curfews for Friday night. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said, however, the city is prepared to change that if looting or vandalism flares up. Also on Friday, prosecutors filed felony charges against 16 people in connection with widespread looting in the Twin Cities this week.
by Matt Sepic and Jon Collins

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When a graphic video can quell unrest but still do harm

When a graphic video can quell unrest but still do harm

As tensions boiled over in Minneapolis, city leaders and journalists wrestled with whether to post graphic footage of a man killing himself. Newsrooms are trained to use extreme caution when reporting on suicide and to refrain from reporting on the details. But this case tested those principles.
by Riham Feshir

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As Trump targets Minnesota, DFLers want to see Biden

As Trump targets Minnesota, DFLers want to see Biden

With Minnesota in the Trump campaign’s focus, Vice President Mike Pence makes another stop in the state. Joe Biden hasn’t come by yet during his presidential run.
by Brian Bakst

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As one family navigates COVID-19, they ask whether it’s safe to disagree during a pandemic

As one family navigates COVID-19, they ask whether it’s safe to disagree during a pandemic

For months, members of the sprawling Hochstetler family disagreed on how seriously to take the coronavirus pandemic. But when four family members — and two close friends — got sick, they had to grapple with a challenging question: Whether it’s safe to agree to disagree in a pandemic.
by Catharine Richert

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