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Independent TV festival hopes to be an industry catalyst in Duluth
The five-day Catalyst Content Festival kicks off Wednesday in Duluth. It's like a film festival, but for "episodic content." Think: Netflix or Hulu. Festival organizers moved the event to Duluth this year, and say they hope to be here for the long haul.
Trump supporters line up early as Minneapolis police prepare for crowds
Minneapolis officials have been busy preparing for the president’s campaign stop. Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said there will be a visible and robust law enforcement presence around Target Center.
According to Songfacts, Harris was inspired to write the song after receiving a breakup letter from his soon-to-be ex-girlfriend. She reportedly signed it “miss you much.”
Minnesota officials burn, bury, worry as chronic wasting spreads
There is no perfect, affordable way to dispose of deer carcasses potentially infected with chronic wasting disease. Crow Wing County offers a look at the stark challenges some Minnesota communities face as they try to keep the disease in check and control the environmental contamination.
Lead singer Dave Simonett told The Current’s Jay Gabler that the band has been asked to sing the anthem before and turned it down, but they decided to go for it this time, in Monday’s playoff game.
Twins aim to break playoff win drought on Monday
The Twins have lost 15 playoff games in a row, including 12 straight to the Yankees. One more loss and Minnesota will join the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks as the only major North American professional sports team to lose 16 consecutive playoff games.
Innocence Lost: explained
In the series of articles and radio reports beginning today titled “Innocence Lost,” MPR News aims to offer the fullest telling to date of the sexual abuse that plagued Children’s Theatre Company in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s.
Minnesota monk to deliver prestigious lecture in Washington
Father Columba Stewart, executive director of the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library at St. John’s University in Collegeville, will give the Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. Past honorees include Toni Morrison and Arthur Miller.
In Minnesota, 4 out of 5 gun deaths are suicides
A close call in one Minneapolis family illustrates the challenge of keeping guns away from people who shouldn’t have one.