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Nice Ride shuts down pioneering Minneapolis bike share program

Nice Ride shuts down pioneering Minneapolis bike share program

When Nice Ride launched in 2010, Minneapolis was one of only two American cities to have public bike sharing. The program helped pioneer the concept of micromobility, which has evolved to include electric scooters and e-bikes. But without a corporate sponsor, Nice Ride is shutting down.
by Amy Felegy and Matt Sepic

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Ready to be loved: Blizzo the Lizzo-inspired snowplow debuts

Ready to be loved: Blizzo the Lizzo-inspired snowplow debuts

The moment many Minnesotans have been waiting for has finally come: “Blizzo” is officially on the streets. The snowplow was revealed Thursday at the Camden truck station.
by Sam Stroozas

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Long-lost ship found in Lake Huron, confirming tragic story

Long-lost ship found in Lake Huron, confirming tragic story

Searchers have found a long-lost Great Lakes ship that came to a tragic end. Officials with the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena, Michigan, say they've located the Ironton, a freight schooner that plunged to the bottom of Lake Huron in 1894.
by The Associated Press

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A fiery Greece train collision kills dozens and injures more than 80

A fiery Greece train collision kills dozens and injures more than 80

The government has declared three days of national mourning after a head-on collision between a passenger train and a freight train flattened killed at least three dozen people and injured some 85.
by The Associated Press

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Cancellations, closings mount as storm's second punch muscles into Minnesota

Cancellations, closings mount as storm's second punch muscles into Minnesota

MnDOT says I-90 and all state highways from Worthington west to the South Dakota border and south to the Iowa border are closed. Hundreds of Twin Cities airport flights have been canceled. Here’s the latest on travel conditions, school and business closings and forecasts.
by MPR News Staff

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Closings begin, officials warn of 'historic' snowstorm's coming dangers

Closings begin, officials warn of 'historic' snowstorm's coming dangers

Regional authorities on Tuesday were preparing for the potential of up to nearly 2 feet of snow in swaths of western and southern Minnesota through Thursday. Here’s what we know about travel conditions, school and business closings and forecasts.
by MPR News Staff

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