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Bob Johnson to step down as director of St. Cloud's Paramount Center for the Arts
Johnson came to the Paramount Center in 2015 after four decades in the health care field.
Xcel plans to install battery in Becker to store electricity
Batteries of all kinds — but particularly those with long duration storage — are critical to building a carbon-free electrical grid.
Minnesota State chooses presidents for two technical colleges
The Board of Trustees on Tuesday approved new leaders for Hennepin Technical College and St. Cloud Technical & Community College.
Police ID St. Cloud man fatally shot last week
The 53-year-old died at the scene.
Bob Leaders, who helped the 'average man' learn to fly, dies at 89
The Clear Lake resident opened Leaders Flying Service in 1969 and was inducted to the Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame in 2018.
Police identify Sartell man, 4-month-old found dead after fire
The man died of a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound and the child's death is being investigated as a homicide, police say.
One dead, four hurt in Stearns County crash
Alcohol did not appear to have been a factor in the crash, which happened Saturday on Hwy. 23 near Richmond, Minn.
U, CentraCare plan St. Cloud med school with rural health focus
If approved by the University of Minnesota Board of Regents, the campus would be the state's first new medical school in 50 years.
St. Cloud woman charged with manslaughter in toddler's fentanyl overdose death
She initially told hospital staff that the child had eaten a Benadryl tablet, the criminal complaint said.
Minnesota briefs: U.S. Rep. Brad Finstad proposes renaming Blue Earth post office after Jim Hagedorn
Plus: St. Cloud open houses planned for proposed Mississippi bridge; Duluth's WDSE-WRPT rebranded as PBS North.
State contract delays thrust mobile mental health crisis services into uncertainty
Crisis responders say the contract delays have already disrupted the life-saving service.
Review frees Minnesota man imprisoned nearly 25 years
Thomas Rhodes was convicted of murdering his wife, but conviction review investigators say inaccurate testimony and withheld evidence wrongfully put him behind bars.
Sartell Police Chief Jim Hughes will retire in March
During his tenure, the city built a $13.1 million public safety facility.
Local
Normal refugee channels slowed dramatically, frustrating local immigrants with family in peril
Unlikely pair forged bond beyond race in 19th-century Red Wing
Ellison enters second term, seeking more funding, focus on civil tools to address crime
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Sports
Reusse: Johnson playing it slow and steady amid dismal Gophers season
Souhan: How Falvey, Twins kept the door open for Carlos Correa
From the very start, White Bear flavor drives Hockey Day Minnesota
Anderson: Time is long past to stop jumping carp from invading more Minnesota rivers
Business
Ramstad: You had a lot to say about my first columns, especially on immigration. Here's my response
Minnesota's Emmer, still a crypto booster, says Congress needs to step up oversight of regulators
New Cargill CEO on role in global food chain: 'Food can't be weaponized'
Cargill's ex-CEO 'DMac' reflects: 'The next 10 years will be far more volatile'
Opinion
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Review: SPCO performs invigorating Spanish and Latin American classical music concert
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Reusse: Football, dangerous as it is, compels us to watch, play
Some families in Minnesota know very well how dangerous football can be. Many of those Minnesotans were watching on Monday night, when Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest on the field, because we all keep watching, and some keep playing.
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Reusse: Think you're Minnesota's best fan? You don't have a prayer against Sister Lois
A simple invitation to watch a volleyball match in 1986 turned 91-year-old Sister Lois Wedl into an advocate for generations of athletes at the College of Saint Benedict.
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Reusse: Vikings games are in our DNA, but it didn't start out that way
The Vikings will have a majority of Minnesota's attention on Saturday when they play their 1,000th game of significance. We couldn't have seen this coming in the early days of the franchise.
Politics
Biden, McCarthy to discuss debt limit in talks on Wednesday
State Senate narrowly backs right to abortion in state law
Concerns over prayer breakfast lead Congress to take it over
Minnesota's Emmer, still a crypto booster, says Congress needs to step up oversight of regulators
Nation
Memphis police disband unit that fatally beat Tyre Nichols
Experts urge better opioid rescue drug access to save lives
'Don't be numb to this': Battling despair over gun deaths
Protesters: 'Cop City' activist's killing doesn't make sense
World
Russians gone from Ukraine village, fear and hardship remain
Israel to 'strengthen' settlements after shooting attacks
Pope clarifies homosexuality and sin comments in note
Retired Czech army general Pavel wins presidential election
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Celebs
Gregory Allen Howard, who wrote 'Remember the Titans,' dies
T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach depart ABC News following relationship scandal
Guitarist Tom Verlaine, co-founder of Television, dies at 73
'A Thousand and One' wins Sundance grand jury prize
Inspired
Minnesota prosthetics project for Ukrainian soldiers seeks to be 'lights in this world'
St. Paul teacher honored for work with Hmong language
Minneapolis entrepreneur commemorates slain son in expanding salon
Wisconsin town rallies to help art center, music shop damaged in fire
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Minnesota briefs: New tool provides water health information for thousands of Minnesota lakes
Plus: St. Louis County Sheriff's Office launches crime-mapping site; USDA pursuing applications to improve rural transportation.
Winsted man died by suicide after shooting two deputies, BCA says
The man was under investigation for child pornography, and allegedly had multiple guns next to his body.
Man, 61, pleads guilty to beating his girlfriend to death in their central Minnesota home
He told law enforcement after his arrest that he beat her "after she accused him of talking to other women," the charges read.
Minnesota native feels called to help Ukraine: 'Logistics wins wars'
Mark Lindquist's hope-filled childhood on a Minnesota farm led him to help in a war zone.
Man, infant dead in Sartell apartment fire
The BCA is assisting in the death investigation.