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Coal no more? Becker bets on natural gas, recycling and, maybe, Google

Coal no more? Becker bets on natural gas, recycling and, maybe, Google

City leaders are trying to imagine a future for Becker without the fossil fuel that put it on the map. They want to diversify the local economy and bring in new businesses so the community won't flounder when the existing Sherco coal units are retired.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Sixty years later, remembering 'The Day the Music Died'

Sixty years later, remembering 'The Day the Music Died'

Sixty years ago this week, the Winter Dance Party concert tour was crisscrossing Minnesota and neighboring states, featuring Ritchie Valens, J.P. "the Big Bopper" Richardson and Buddy Holly. Then came "The Day the Music Died."
by Andrew Krueger

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Minnesota was the coldest in the nation this week

Following an unusually warm first half of January, the weather pattern in Minnesota has been dominated by a northwesterly flow of air, and temperatures have generally averaged colder than normal on most days.
by Cathy Wurzer

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'Proud Mary' released 50 years ago

John Fogerty wrote the song shortly after being discharged from the National Guard.
by MPR News Staff

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Lawmakers look to boost funding to address farmer stress, suicide

Lawmakers look to boost funding to address farmer stress, suicide

The Minnesota House agriculture committee heard Thursday from a Kittson County farmer who lost her husband and from a counselor who gets calls seven days a week from those in need.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Erik Johansson's impossible images delight and provoke thought

Erik Johansson's impossible images delight and provoke thought

A new show of surreal photography at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis features the work of a self-taught artist with a wild imagination.
by Euan Kerr

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A return to Superior's ice, this time without her husband but with women angler community

A return to Superior's ice, this time without her husband but with women angler community

Members of the Women Ice Angler Project are on the frozen surface of Lake Superior this weekend to celebrate a demographic the sport has historically ignored. And for one of the group's founders, going out on the Lake Superior ice has been an especially emotional journey.
by Dan Kraker

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Will Sen. Klobuchar run for president in 2020? Here's the outlook from Iowa.

Minnesota's senior senator says she has not yet made a final decision about whether to run, but she has been visible in Iowa recently. MPR News host Cathy Wurzer talked with Des Moines Register political editor Rachel Stassen-Berger about Sen. Klobuchar's profile in the state.
by Cathy Wurzer

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2 plead guilty in Minnesota mosque bombing

2 plead guilty in Minnesota mosque bombing

Michael McWhorter and Joe Morris pleaded guilty Thursday to bombing the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington in 2017. McWhorter allegedly told police he wanted to scare Muslims from the country.
by Matt Sepic

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British prog-rock band Yes topped the Billboard chart 35 years ago with 'Owner of a Lonely Heart'

The song actually came about after the band broke up, when several former Yes members got together to form another band, called Cinema. Their new guitarist had written "Owner of a Lonely Heart" as a demo.
by Cathy Wurzer

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