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Hy Berman's last lecture
How the child of Polish immigrants in New York City, who started school speaking only Yiddish, became Minnesota's most famous historian is quite a story. It's told in a new book by Jay Weiner: “Professor Berman: The Last Lecture of Minnesota's Greatest Public Historian.”
After 30 years, women who compile 'femicide' report still working to stop domestic violence
For three decades a group of women have been compiling an annual list of those who die in domestic violence. It has given attention to those who might have been forgotten and taken a toll on those who collect the data.
Haulers' beef complicates deer disposal effort
Wildlife managers are scrambling to find a way to move thousands of deer carcasses after the state trash hauler suddenly refused to handle them just days before the opening of rifle season. Officials are getting little sympathy from local trash haulers, who say it’s the state’s own fault.
GOP lawmakers seek to pressure cities to reduce crime
Republican state lawmakers don’t like the crime they’ve been hearing about recently in Minneapolis and St. Paul, and they’re looking for ways to pressure cities to put more police on the streets.