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COVID forces hard school choices for students with Down syndrome and their families

COVID forces hard school choices for students with Down syndrome and their families

The pandemic has forced some of Minnesota’s youngest and oldest learners with Down syndrome to miss out on in-person education and programs vital to their progress. School leaders say it’s an immense challenge to catch up on lost learning.
by Sarah Gelbard

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Truckers protesting in Canada end last U.S. border blockade

Truckers protesting in Canada end last U.S. border blockade

The last of the truck blockades at the U.S.-Canadian border is moving out. A federal official says the final blockaders are leaving Emerson, Manitoba now and the Canadian Border Services hope to reopen the crossing into North Dakota Wednesday afternoon.
by The Associated Press

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Basketball coach Tamara Moore blazes new path at Iron Range college

Two years ago, the former Minneapolis North basketball star and WNBA player was hired to coach the men's basketball team at Mesabi Range College — the only woman coaching a men's college program in the entire country at the time. Her first season was canceled because of COVID. Now she’s closing in on the end of her first season on the hardwood.
by Dan Kraker

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Meet Kahin Adam, healer of refugee trauma

Meet Kahin Adam, healer of refugee trauma

Kahin Adam knows what it’s like to flee war and arrive alone in a strange, new country. MPR News host Angela Davis speaks with Kahin about his journey to Minnesota and how his own experience as a Somali refugee shapes his work as a therapist and mental health educator with fellow refugees in St. Cloud.  
by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

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Last Afghans depart Wisconsin Army post for new U.S. homes

Last Afghans depart Wisconsin Army post for new U.S. homes

Officials say the final group of Afghan nationals temporarily housed at a Wisconsin Army post have been resettled to new communities across the country. 
by The Associated Press

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Food demand high at North Dakota's only food bank

As the pandemic gathered steam in 2020, the food bank based in Fargo, N.D., experienced record demand, providing food for 17.7 million meals for nearly 146,000 people. 
by The Associated Press

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New theater production doesn't shy away from taking on serious issues

New theater production doesn't shy away from taking on serious issues

Coco’s Barrio began as a live performance show that’s part old time radio and part “Saturday Night Live.” But then the pandemic turned everything upside down. Now the show is a podcast.
by Vicki Adame

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Latino businesses 'hanging in there' despite pandemic and unrest

Latino businesses 'hanging in there' despite pandemic and unrest

A report released in December 2020 showed that 28 percent of Latino-owned businesses faced a reduction in available supplies.
by Vicki Adame

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