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Voters poised to remake St. Paul school board as worries mount
With concerns rising over discipline and achievement in St. Paul schools, voters appear ready to overhaul the school board Tuesday at the polls. Skeptics wonder if that will bring real change to classrooms.
Lizzo lays bare her 'blackness, womanhood' in new album
"Big GRRRL, Small World" will be released in December.
Snow arrives, then leaves for Halloween
University of Minnesota climatologist Mark Seeley has a Halloween forecast that should allow most kids to skip the coat and show off their costumes while trick or treating.
Does state dentistry board protect dentists over the public?
The five dentists on the board voted against random inspections. The four non-dentists voted in favor.
In St. Joseph, new hope for resolution in Wetterling abduction
News of a new "person of interest" in the 1989 abduction of Jacob Wetterling has brought a sense of relief to some who live in the town.
Art Hounds: Duluth artists and Hmong-Lao friendship
Meet the friends behind the "Hmong-Lao Friendship Play / Lao-Hmong Friendship Play," a musical take on "The Spitfire Grill" and Duluth artists in portrait.