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 it can be hard to keep up with current events around the nation, let alone Minnesota.

That's where MPR News comes in. Here are five things that happened in the state this week you should know about.

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Minnesota's teacher shortage: real, complicated

Filling critical jobs in high-need teaching areas has become a serious struggle across the state from small towns to suburbs. The challenges are nuanced, 

Audit: Rochester Art Center in deep financial trouble

Rochester heavily subsidizes the art center, but city officials were surprised to hear that auditors recently cast "substantial doubt" about the center's ability to survive. Contributions, corporate sponsorship and memberships 

Shrimp boil and a triple sausage bloody mary: Here's the new food lineup at Target Field

It's tough to say what the Twins will be like this season. But at least we know 

107-year-old northern Minn. woman leaves behind stories of moonshine, priests

Elsye McGuire's early life reads like "Little House on the Prairie" — if it were written for adults, and Pa ran an illegal moonshine still in the swamp behind his house. Elyse died in January at 107, but her daughter Mollie Crooker recently sorted through her writing and 

Environmental lawsuits pile up as PolyMet mine crawls forward

 challenging recent federal decisions advancing what would be the state's first ever copper-nickel mine.

Health Partners CEO on the future of health care

HealthPartners president and CEO Mary Brainerd will retire from her post in June after 15 years at the head of the health giant.

 she discussed her career, the state of health care in the U.S., and health care policies being discussed both in St. Paul and in Washington.

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Falling behind on local news? We've got you covered. Here are five interesting stories from around the state this week.

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4 Bells shrimp boil is tossed in seasoning. 

The LTV Steel processing plant,which was taken over by PolyMet Mining Corp.

Audits, shrimp boil and moonshine: Minnesota stories this week

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