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• Minnesota gets its first doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine

  03-03-2021 23:52
  
  Minnesota state and health officials on Wednesday celebrated the arrival of the first shipments of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, saying it will help speed up the pace of vaccinations and a return to normal in the state.
  
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• Bloomington may ban conversion therapy for minors, vulnerable adults

  03-03-2021 23:20
  
  Eight other cities across the state have banned the discredited practice.
  
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• Bloomington considers banning conversion therapy for minors, vulnerable adults

  03-03-2021 23:20
  
  Eight other cities across the state have banned the discredited practice.
  
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• Man accused of firing shots into the outside of strip club

  03-03-2021 23:04
  
  Authorities have arrested a man accused of riddling the outside of a Bristol strip club with bullets early Wednesday morning.
  
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• With sale of the Venetian, Las Vegas Sands exits the Strip

  03-03-2021 22:55
  
  Las Vegas Sands is selling the iconic Venetian casino resort and its Sands Expo and Convention Center for $6.25 billion, withdrawing from gambling operations on the Las Vegas Strip after changing the nature of the casino business there and just about everywhere else.
  
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• Anoka City Council votes to end Human Rights Commission

  03-03-2021 22:05
  
  The fate of the group is 'very unclear,' one member said.
  
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• St. Paul City Council walks back public gathering ordinance

  03-03-2021 21:55
  
  Proposed ordinance called unconstitutional, discriminatory.
  
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• St. Paul City Council to withdraw public gathering ordinance

  03-03-2021 21:55
  
  Proposed ordinance called unconstitutional, discriminatory.
  
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• St. Paul City Council steps back public gathering ordinance

  03-03-2021 21:55
  
  Proposed ordinance called unconstitutional, discriminatory.
  
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• Report details problems at Colorado coal-fired power plant

  03-03-2021 21:49
  
  A coal-fired power plant in Colorado has faced operational, equipment and financial problems that have led to more than 700 days of unplanned shutdowns since 2010, regulators said in a report.
  
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• Police ID worker on Minnesota Vikings apartment job site badly hurt from electrical shock

  03-03-2021 21:43
  
  Police spokesman Aaron Machtemes said "the guy stepped in a puddle with an electrical cord."
  
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• Man on Minnesota Vikings apartment job site suffers electrical shock, in critical condition

  03-03-2021 21:43
  
  Police spokesman Aaron Machtemes said "the guy stepped in a puddle with an electrical cord."
  
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• Electrical shock in Eagan leaves man 'not breathing and unconscious'

  03-03-2021 21:43
  
  Police spokesman Aaron Machtemes said "the guy stepped in a puddle with an electrical cord."
  
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• Electric shock leaves man 'not breathing and unconscious' near Vikings apartment project

  03-03-2021 21:43
  
  Police spokesman Aaron Machtemes said "the guy stepped in a puddle with an electrical cord."
  
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• States rapidly expanding vaccine access as supplies surge

  03-03-2021 21:30
  
  Buoyed by a surge in vaccine shipments, states and cities are rapidly expanding eligibility for COVID-19 shots to teachers, 55-and-over Americans and other groups as the U.S. races to beat back the virus and reopen businesses and schools.
  
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• 4-month sentence for Dakota County driver who hit, killed woman

  03-03-2021 21:22
  
  The driver said she thought she hit a deer and then left the scene, the charges read.
  
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• They're here! First Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccines arrive in Duluth

  03-03-2021 20:51
  
  St. Luke's will be distributing its initial batch of 100 doses on Saturday. The hospital's vaccine clinic has averaged 450 shots per day and can handle 600.
  
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• First Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccines arrive in Duluth

  03-03-2021 20:51
  
  St. Luke's will be distributing its initial batch of 100 doses on Saturday. The hospital's vaccine clinic has averaged 450 shots per day and can handle 600.
  
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• St. Paul schools bid farewell to snow days

  03-03-2021 20:17
  
  Students will be expected to fire up iPads at home.
  
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• Duluth officials aim to vacate Historic Old Central by fall to make way for apartments

  03-03-2021 19:28
  
  Staff from programs currently housed in the building expressed concerns about relocation.
  
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• Blank: Normal fall semester at UW hinges on vaccinations

  03-03-2021 18:55
  
  A normal fall semester at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will depend on the pace of vaccinations for faculty, staff and students, the school's top leader said Wednesday.
  
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• Handgun permits surge in St. Cloud area, state

  03-03-2021 18:53
  
  Anxiety over pandemic, local unrest fuels surge.
  
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• Charge: Driver admits to fatal St. Paul hit-run; said he was out buying marijuana

  03-03-2021 18:47
  
  At first, he told police that his juvenile girlfriend was the driver, according to the criminal complaint.
  
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• Charge: Driver admits to fatal hit-and-run in St. Paul; said he was out buying marijuana

  03-03-2021 18:47
  
  At first, he told police that his juvenile girlfriend was the driver, according to the criminal complaint.
  
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• 788 new COVID-19 cases, 17 more deaths in Minnesota

  03-03-2021 18:26
  
  Nearly 17% of the state's population has been vaccinated
  
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• Meth supplier sentenced to 7 years in federal prison

  03-03-2021 18:14
  
  A Minnesota man has been sentenced to seven years in a federal prison for supplying methamphetamine to a distribution operation in central Wisconsin.
  
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• Hennepin County Courthouse locked down days before Derek Chauvin trial set to begin

  03-03-2021 17:59
  
  When jury selection for the trial of Derek Chauvin begins March 8, the twin-tower government building in Minneapolis will be closed to almost everyone, including the 2,500 people who normally work there.
  
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• Hennepin County Courthouse locked down days before Chauvin trial set to begin

  03-03-2021 17:59
  
  When jury selection for the trial of Derek Chauvin begins March 8, the twin-tower government building in Minneapolis will be closed to almost everyone, including the 2,500 people who normally work there.
  
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• After tough year, Minnesota farmers prepare for new direction from Washington

  03-03-2021 17:26
  
  A new year brings new reasons for optimism for Minnesota's farmers, fueled by a booming export market with China and forecasts for a strong 2021 harvest. But the new administration has farmers wondering what's in store.
  
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• Madison hospitals ease visitor limitations Monday

  03-03-2021 17:13
  
  Madison's three main hospitals are easing limitations on visitors.
  
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• Wisconsin launches vaccine registry with just 1 county

  03-03-2021 16:56
  
  Wisconsin launched an online registryWednesday where people can sign up to receive the coronavirus vaccine if they are eligible and appointments are available near where they live, but so far only one health department is participating.
  
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• U transportation study aims to see how easy it is to get to school or health care

  03-03-2021 16:35
  
  Education and health care destinations will be added to annual measure of access to jobs by auto, transit and biking.
  
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• Budget proposal would help schools drop race-based mascots

  03-03-2021 16:10
  
  Gov. Tony Evers' proposed budget includes $400,000 to help local school districts that still have race-based mascots transition to another nickname.
  
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• Chippewa Falls woman pleads guilty to soliciting murder

  03-03-2021 13:33
  
  A Chippewa Falls woman has pleaded guilty to soliciting a hitman to kill her daughter's father.
  
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• Ex-HS coach in Forest Lake charged with sexually assaulting player says he's being blackmailed for $5K

  03-03-2021 12:00
  
  Mark Kosloski resigned as the boys basketball coach on the same day that the former North Lakes Academy student-athlete went to police.
  
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• Charges say onetime HS coach in Forest Lake sexually assaulted volleyball player

  03-03-2021 12:00
  
  Mark Kosloski resigned as the boys basketball coach on the same day that the former North Lakes Academy student-athlete went to police.
  
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• Flight attendant sues Duluth over pothole she says broke her ankle and foot

  03-03-2021 03:28
  
  City contends injuries caused by her negligence.
  
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• Two brothers ID'd as men fatally shot by police in Wadena County on Saturday

  03-03-2021 01:50
  
  An exchange of gunfire between a police officer and two brothers who were shot and killed on a road near Sebeka began when one of the suspects opened fire on the officer and a sheriff's deputy, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said in a report released Tuesday.
  
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• Parent-led equity groups in Minneapolis aim to address racism in their own schools

  03-03-2021 01:32
  
  But Mpls. parent activists urge groups to partner with the whole community.
  
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• Type 1 diabetes, rare diseases added to Minnesota COVID-19 vaccine priority groups

  03-03-2021 00:51
  
  Minnesota health officials also added workers in the court system and some public health jobs after the 70% of those 65 and older are vaccinated by the end of the month.
  
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• Minnesota issues record number of handgun permits, in year of George Floyd's death, pandemic

  03-03-2021 00:40
  
  Minnesota's soaring number of permitted holders came in a year in which the FBI conducted a record 39 million background checks for firearm sales nationally.
  
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