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• In big states, tiny counties, Trump attacking voting rules

  01-10-2020 23:50
  
  When Donald Trump's campaign took issue with a new rule on processing some votes in North Carolina, it didn't just complain to the Board of Elections or even file a lawsuit. It wrote to some of the state's 100 local election offices with extraordinary guidance: Ignore the rule.
  
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• Ramsey County Attorney Choi resigned from commission, now federal judge ends its work

  01-10-2020 23:41
  
  Choi sent notice in May that he was concerned about the lack of diversity on the panel
  
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• Lawyer: Unruly crowd warrants venue change in Floyd case

  01-10-2020 23:30
  
  An attorney for one of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd on Thursday reiterated his request for the trial to be moved, saying the defendants and lawyers were harassed and threatened by protesters after a September hearing in the case.
  
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• Beginners learn to be farmers at Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

  01-10-2020 23:16
  
  In its first year, the Sustainable Horticulture Training Program at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum offered hands-on education to students with a variety of goals.
  
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• Cover your plants and grab a jacket: Forecast calls for frost

  01-10-2020 23:15
  
  A Weather Service advisory spans the entire southern third of Minnesota.
  
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• Man shot by police in Minneapolis charged with illegal gun possession

  01-10-2020 22:36
  
  Police were called to the scene after the suspect crashed a vehicle, authorities said.
  
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• Cover your plants: Early October frost in the Twin Cities forecast

  01-10-2020 22:16
  
  A Weather Service advisory spans the entire southern third of Minnesota.
  
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• Minnesota GOP executive director leaves position

  01-10-2020 22:01
  
  Becky Alery's departure comes five weeks before Election Day.
  
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• Anoka's centennial Halloween celebration is on, with a pandemic twist

  01-10-2020 21:42
  
  The city has only canceled Halloween festivities during World War II.
  
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• Trump cancels Wisconsin rally amid surge in COVID-19 cases

  01-10-2020 21:20
  
  President Donald Trump canceled a planned appearance in western Wisconsin amid calls from the city's mayor and the state's governor, both Democrats, that he not hold a rally amid a surge in coronavirus cases.
  
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• Trump's plans for rally in western Wisconsin up in the air

  01-10-2020 20:45
  
  President Donald Trump appears to have canceled a planned appearance in western Wisconsin amid calls from the city's mayor and the state's governor, both Democrats, that he not hold a rally amid a surge in coronavirus cases.
  
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• Man who was shot to death in north Minneapolis is ID'd; suspect remains at large

  01-10-2020 20:16
  
  A second victim was grazed by a bullet in the same shooting, police said.
  
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• Early October frost in the Twin Cities forecast

  01-10-2020 19:57
  
  A Weather Service advisory spans the entire southern third of Minnesota.
  
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• Dean Phillips and Kendall Qualls vie for moderate voters in Twin Cities swing suburban district

  01-10-2020 19:55
  
  Donald Trump lost the historically Republican Third Congressional District in 2016, and DFLers flipped it in 2018.
  
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• Authorities ID man shot to death in north Minneapolis alley; suspect jailed

  01-10-2020 19:42
  
  The suspect has a long history of committing felonies.
  
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• Anoka has a giant new pumpkin sculpture... and you can give it a name

  01-10-2020 19:38
  
  A local artist helped make a giant metal pumpkin to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Anoka Halloween, Inc.
  
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• Minneapolis woman starts business to help people co-parent

  01-10-2020 19:29
  
  Single parenting, or co-parenting from two households, may be common... but that doesn't mean it's easy. A Minnesota woman aims to help.
  
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• Minnesota tops 100,000 COVID-19 cases as hospitalizations rise

  01-10-2020 19:26
  
  State surpasses 100,000 lab-confirmed infections with the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
  
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• Interstate 35W to close in south Minneapolis this weekend

  01-10-2020 19:15
  
  Buses will fill in for trains on part of the Blue Line Friday night.
  
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• COVID-19 hospital activity rises; 13 deaths reported in Minnesota

  01-10-2020 18:40
  
  State surpasses 100,000 lab-confirmed infections with the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
  
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• Live updates: Minnesota COVID cases surpass 100,000

  01-10-2020 18:36
  
  Here are the latest developments, case numbers and trends with COVID-19 developments in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
  
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• Trump supporter attacks WCCO journalist near Duluth rally

  01-10-2020 17:52
  
  The journalist was not hurt, and the incident was reported to police.
  
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• Motive sought after Milwaukee funeral home shooting wounds 7

  01-10-2020 17:40
  
  Police in Milwaukee were working to determine a motive for a shooting outside a funeral home that left seven people wounded during a violent day in the city.
  
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• MDH announces new locations for COVID 'no-barrier' testing

  01-10-2020 16:50
  
  The free tests will be given in St. Joseph, Willmar, Fairmont, Inver Grove Heights, Ely and Cloquet.
  
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• One driver killed, another critically hurt in head-on crash in northern Minnesota

  01-10-2020 16:14
  
  A motorist crossed the centerline and hit an SUV coming the other way, the patrol said.
  
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• One driver killed, another critically hurt in head-on crash in N. Minnesota

  01-10-2020 16:08
  
  A motorist crossed the centerline and hit an SUV coming the other way, the patrol said.
  
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• St. Paul shooting and carjacking suspect killed in confrontation with officers in St. Cloud

  01-10-2020 16:05
  
  Police said the man shot at St. Paul officers on Monday night, then was shot while police attempted to take him into custody in St. Cloud on Tuesday evening.
  
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• GOP asks full appeals court to hear Wisconsin absentee case

  01-10-2020 16:05
  
  Wisconsin Republicans want the full 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hear their appeal of a ruling by a three-judge panel of the court that allowed absentee ballots to be counted for six days after Election Day.
  
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• 2020 KARE Preseason All-Metro Football Team announced

  01-10-2020 15:48
  
  Even COVID-19 can't stop the KARE 11 Prep Sports Extra. Randy Shaver reveals this year's Preseason All-Metro Team.
  
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• Trailer with horses rolls, shuts down I-35E in St. Paul

  01-10-2020 15:16
  
  State Patrol spokesman Lt. Gordon Shank confirms there were five horses inside, and said three of the animals did not survive.
  
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• Man arrested for indecent exposure in school parking lot

  01-10-2020 15:16
  
  Washington County dispatchers received a 911 call from a woman parked in the lot of Oneka Elementary reporting a man engaging in lewd activity.
  
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• Marcus closes 17 theaters it had reopened amid coronavirus

  01-10-2020 15:15
  
  Marcus Theatres has temporarily closed 17 of the 72 cinemas it reopened this summer, citing a decline in audience demand and the limited number of new movie releases.
  
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• 3 horses dead after trailer rolls on I-35E in downtown St. Paul

  01-10-2020 15:04
  
  The freeway has reopened but crashes in the traffic backup added to the misery for morning commuters.
  
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• Minnesota History Center re-opens with new safety measures

  01-10-2020 14:24
  
  You can now add the Minnesota History Center to your list of fun fall activities.
  
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• Southbound 35E reopens after trailer carrying horses rolls in downtown St. Paul

  01-10-2020 14:07
  
  Crashes in the traffic backup are adding to the misery for morning commuters.
  
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• Minnesota man indicted in connection with Fargo unrest

  01-10-2020 13:45
  
  A Moorhead, Minnesota man has been charged in federal court in North Dakota in connection with a May demonstration that turned violent in downtown Fargo.
  
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• Man fatally shot by police in St. Cloud identified

  01-10-2020 13:20
  
  The Midwest Medical Examiner's Office has identified the man fatally shot by police in St. Cloud as a 27-year-old with no permanent address.
  
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• Trailer carrying horses rolls on I-35E in downtown St. Paul, southbound lanes closed

  01-10-2020 12:31
  
  Traffic is being diverted onto westbound I-94.
  
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• Police departments seeing modest cuts, but not 'defunding'

  01-10-2020 07:05
  
  The racial justice protests following the death of George Floyd earlier this year prompted calls to "defund the police" in cities across the country, a priority for activists that has now become a central point in the presidential contest.
  
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• Biden, Trump snipe from road and rails after debate chaos

  01-10-2020 06:55
  
  President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden kept up their debate-stage sniping from the road and the rails, fighting for working-class voters in the Midwest while both parties — and the debate commission, too — sought to deal with the most chaotic presidential faceoff in memory.
  
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• 'I was sad. It was sad': Voters bemoan nasty debate

  01-10-2020 06:40
  
  Donald Trump and Joe Biden debated. Americans cringed.
  
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• Groups study Totem Town site, hoping to make case for parkland

  01-10-2020 04:07
  
  They will examine the property for Dakota artifacts and history.
  
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• State Board declines reappointment of Hennepin County Public Defender Mary Moriarty

  01-10-2020 02:16
  
  State Public Defender Bill Ward recommended against reappointing Mary Moriarty because of her "inability to work" with others. The full Board of Public Defense is expected to vote at a meeting beginning at noon.
  
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• Top Minnesota election official defends integrity of mail-in ballots

  01-10-2020 01:46
  
  Simon responds to Trump's allegations of 'fraud' in upcoming national elections.
  
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• Nonprofit, neighbors want Totem Town campus turned into park

  01-10-2020 01:30
  
  The groups will examine the property for Dakota artifacts and history.
  
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• Nonprofit, neighbors to study cultural, historical significance of Totem Town campus in St. Paul

  01-10-2020 01:06
  
  The groups will examine the property for Dakota artifacts and history.
  
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• Minnesota reports 16 COVID-19 deaths; highest total in a month

  01-10-2020 00:59
  
  Statistical indicators suggest growing spread of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
  
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• Judge dismisses Jason Lewis's lawsuit over Gov. Tim Walz's COVID-19 orders

  01-10-2020 00:58
  
  U.S. Senate candidate said Walz's executive orders prevented him from campaigning effectively.
  
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