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The Minneapolis school board chair says there are options in the ongoing search for a new superintendent.
Chaga boom: Health, cash drive northern Minnesota fungus hunt
Chaga, a forest fungus, has become an alternative health sensation. Believers claim it helps everything from joint pain to Lyme disease. The $20 a pound it can fetch is leading chaga hunters into Minnesota's woods, and that worries the DNR.
Mid-season slump strikes Minnesota Wild again this year
Last night, the Minnesota Wild beat the L.A. Kings 3-0 in Los Angeles, breaking their five-game losing streak.
Cokato museum's escape room a first in Minnesota
The Cokato City Museum is launching a new interactive experience for visitors that the museum tonight.
Warmth dominated the globe in the past year
Climatologist Mark Seeley talks about a record warm year worldwide in 2015.
Iowa in January? You bet, says 21-year-old political volunteer
Augsburg College student Natalie Shaw was cold but stoked on a recent day door knocking for her presidential candidate. She's among thousands of volunteers pressing Iowans in person as the Feb. 1 caucuses near.
Passages from the Bible that have been set to jazz and music by Mozart, Johnny Cash and others will be performed this Saturday at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis.