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• St. Paul approves $53 million in tax incentives for Ford site

  05-12-2019 23:57
  
  Tax increment financing will pay for parks and infrastructure on the site.
  
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• Missing National Guard helicopter found in Stearns County

  05-12-2019 23:56
  
  The aircraft, which took off from St. Cloud, was reported missing while it was conducting a maintenance test flight. Officials were converging on a field near Kimball, Minn., in Stearns County. Three crew members were aboard.
  
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• Looking to expand, Minnesota's Great Northern winter fest hires a music innovator

  05-12-2019 23:52
  
  Liquid Music founder Kate Nordstrum will lead an expansion of the Twin Cities midwinter festival.
  
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• St. Paul teacher contract talks headed to mediation

  05-12-2019 23:49
  
  Union leads push for another round of private negotiations.
  
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• Missing National Guard helicopter found

  05-12-2019 23:39
  
  St. Paul firefighters tweeted that they have been deployed to help search for the aircraft, reported missing near St. Cloud while it was conducting a maintenance test flight. Officials were converging on a field near Kimball. Three crew members were aboard.
  
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• Projected $1.3B surplus sets up Minnesota budget debate

  05-12-2019 23:30
  
  Minnesota budget officials projected a $1.332 billion surplus in the current two-year budget period on Thursday, setting up contentious debates for the 2020 legislative session on whether to save the extra money or spend it, possibly to cover tax cuts.
  
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• Bethel responds after ex-athlete charged with raping 3 students last year

  05-12-2019 23:26
  
  Two of his victims were assaulted after passing out at house parties, according to the charges.
  
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• Plea deal calls for 10 months in jail for Hastings man whose boulder fell from truck, killed 2 in car

  05-12-2019 23:23
  
  The driver fled the scene and was arrested two days later.
  
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• National Guard helicopter missing near St. Cloud

  05-12-2019 23:16
  
  St. Paul firefighters tweeted that they have been deployed to help search for the aircraft, reported missing near St. Cloud. There was no word yet on how many people were aboard the helicopter.
  
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• Black Hawk helicopter missing after takeoff in Minnesota

  05-12-2019 22:55
  
  The Minnesota National Guard says a Black Hawk helicopter is missing after taking off in central Minnesota.
  
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• Jobseeker-'Ghetto' Name

  05-12-2019 22:50
  
  A 47-year-old Wisconsin man who admitted sending emails to job applicants to a St. Louis health clinic telling them that their names were too "ghetto" to be hired has been sentenced to four years of probation.
  
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• National Guard helicopter reportedly missing near St. Cloud

  05-12-2019 22:45
  
  St. Paul firefighters tweeted that they have been deployed to help search for the aircraft, reported missing near St. Cloud.
  
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• Truck driver dies in collision with train in NE Minnesota

  05-12-2019 21:55
  
  A commercial truck driver has died in a collision with a freight train in northeastern Minnesota.
  
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• Central Minnesota man dies when grain wagon overturns

  05-12-2019 21:10
  
  A central Minnesota man has died in a farm accident.
  
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• Boy, 2, dies from injuries suffered in Coon Rapids pileup caused by suspected drunken driver

  05-12-2019 21:04
  
  2 others in the child's family were seriously hurt, according to authorities.
  
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• Man dies after being pinned under farm equipment in central Minnesota

  05-12-2019 20:19
  
  The incident occurred sometime Wednesday north of Albany, the Sheriff's Office said.
  
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• Man fatally pinned under farm equipment in central Minnesota

  05-12-2019 20:11
  
  The incident occurred sometime Wednesday north of Albany, the Sheriff's Office said.
  
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• 2 Fond du Lac men killed when vehicle crashes into pole

  05-12-2019 18:25
  
  Two men have died after their vehicle struck a pole in Fond du Lac County and split in half.
  
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• ID'd: Truck driver who died after being hit by train in St. Louis County

  05-12-2019 17:21
  
  The collision occurred about 40 miles northwest of Duluth.
  
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• Wisconsin Guard's sexual assault response 'train wreck'

  05-12-2019 16:55
  
  A federal investigator called the Wisconsin National Guard's response to sexual assault case an "a train wreck," according to a review of the Guard's handling of sexual assault allegations that Gov. Tony Evers is preparing to release.
  
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• Minnesota projects $1.3 billion state budget surplus

  05-12-2019 16:45
  
  Minnesota budget officials are projecting a $1.3 billion surplus in the current two-year budget period thanks to an improving economic outlook.
  
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• Woman sent to prison for selling drugs at Wis. 'meth farm'

  05-12-2019 15:47
  
  A woman will spend more than five years in federal prison for selling methamphetamine from a rural property in northern Wisconsin known as the 'meth farm.'
  
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• Judge rules former 'Miracle on Ice' star Mark Pavelich mentally ill, dangerous

  05-12-2019 15:43
  
  Former U.S. Olympic hockey player Mark Pavelich was ordered committed to a secure treatment facility.
  
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• Driver jailed after striking, killing pedestrian in Bloomington

  05-12-2019 13:59
  
  The crash happened Tuesday night near 98th Street and Newton Avenue S.
  
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• Truck driver is hit by a train in rural St. Louis County and dies

  05-12-2019 13:51
  
  The collision occurred about 40 miles northwest of Duluth.
  
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• Woman sent to prison for selling drugs at 'meth farm'

  05-12-2019 13:40
  
  A woman will spend more than five years in federal prison for selling methamphetamine from a rural property in northern Wisconsin known as the 'meth farm.'
  
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• Stuck lift bridge in Duluth impedes shipping

  05-12-2019 13:15
  
  Shipping traffic in Duluth's harbor has been impeded by an aerial lift bridge that has been stuck in the down position because of heavy ice.
  
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• Unnamed donor gives $1 million to Science Museum of Minnesota

  05-12-2019 03:46
  
  The donation is the largest of its kind and can be used for the museum's operations, not a specific program.
  
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• New St. Paul housing facility is for homeless Native American youths

  05-12-2019 03:46
  
  Native American youth are disproportionately affected by homelessness.
  
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• Thousands of Minnesotans caught up in federal push to tighten work requirements for food aid

  05-12-2019 03:24
  
  Advocates for those who rely on the SNAP program say the change will push more people to food shelves.
  
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• New St. Paul housing facility is for homeless Native American youth

  05-12-2019 03:24
  
  Native American youth are disproportionately affected by homelessness.
  
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• Minnesota Twins will add to protective fan netting again for 2020 season

  05-12-2019 03:15
  
  The aim of the netting is to protect fans from balls batted or thrown into the seating area.
  
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• Minneapolis attorney launches primary bid against Rep. Ilhan Omar

  05-12-2019 02:50
  
  Antone Melton-Meaux wants to challenge the freshman congresswoman in the DFL primary next year
  
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• More than two days after it stopped working, Duluth's Aerial Lift Bridge still stuck

  05-12-2019 02:36
  
  The bridge remains too heavy with ice.
  
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• Minnesota judge rules former 'Miracle on Ice' star mentally ill and dangerous

  05-12-2019 02:16
  
  Former U.S. Olympic hockey player Mark Pavelich was ordered committed to a secure treatment facility.
  
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• Judge rules former 'Miracle on Ice' star mentally ill and dangerous

  05-12-2019 02:11
  
  Former U.S. Olympic hockey player Mark Pavelich was ordered committed to a secure treatment facility.
  
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• Ex-Bethel football player charged with raping 3 students

  05-12-2019 01:40
  
  A former football player at Bethel University in Minnesota is accused of raping three students last year.
  
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• New St. Paul housing facility is first of its kind for homeless Native American youths in Minnesota

  05-12-2019 01:12
  
  Native American youth are disproportionately affected by homelessness.
  
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• Childbirth deaths and complications are more likely in rural America

  05-12-2019 01:09
  
  As rural hospitals close, University of Minnesota study is the first to document the link.
  
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• Robert Rose, educator and president of the Minneapolis teachers' union, dies at 93

  05-12-2019 00:59
  
  Rose remained active politically and in the lives of his former students even after he entered his 90s, his daughter said.
  
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• Remembering the victims of gun violence we've already forgotten

  05-12-2019 00:59
  
  Guns killed so many of us this year, Jennifer Brooks writes. Our neighbors keep dying, and we find ways to forget.
  
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• Campus speech codes flagged at three private Minnesota colleges

  05-12-2019 00:47
  
  A report by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education criticized the colleges' policies, saying they could restrict student expression.
  
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• Lawsuit alleges Lyft does little to ensure safety of female passengers

  05-12-2019 00:44
  
  Two plaintiffs in the lawsuit are from Minnesota.
  
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• Wisconsin logger who survived in woods still cutting

  05-12-2019 00:35
  
  Gary Edinger is not the type of guy you would expect to see featured in a video posted on Outside magazine's website.
  
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• Campus speech codes flagged at three Minnesota colleges

  05-12-2019 00:26
  
  A report by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education criticized the colleges' policies, saying they could restrict student expression.
  
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• Minnesota Twins will extend protective fan netting again for 2020 season

  05-12-2019 00:22
  
  The aim of the netting is to protect fans from balls batted or thrown into the seating area.
  
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• ACLU lawsuit: City of St. Paul improperly withholding police data

  05-12-2019 00:00
  
  The lawsuit said police 'unlawfully refused' to provide public information
  
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