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• You can now get your COVID-19 booster at Mall of America

  30-09-2021 23:16
  
  The site is accepting both appointments and walk-ins for boosters, as well as for first or second doses.
  
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• MDH reports over 200 schools with five or more COVID cases

  30-09-2021 23:15
  
  In all, more than 1,000 schools are now reporting at least one case of COVID-19 in the latest period.
  
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• No more Twitter injustice for the Justice: Alan Page gets his blue checkmark

  30-09-2021 23:08
  
  Twitter users rallied in support of Page after Twitter initially told the former Vikings star and Minnesota Supreme Court justice that he wasn't "notable" enough.
  
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• St. Cloud State wrestler charged with felony assault after altercation with fellow student

  30-09-2021 22:56
  
  Ezaya Oropeza, 20, is charged with one count of third-degree felony assault after allegedly knocking fellow student, Chad Waldrop, unconscious.
  
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• Wisconsin health officials push Pfizer COVID-19 boosters

  30-09-2021 22:44
  
  Every Wisconsin county had a high rate of COVID-19 infections on Thursday and intensive care units were at or near capacity in almost every hospital in the state, even though cases had been steadily dropping over the previous nine days.
  
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• Senators push Facebook exec on Instagram policies for youth

  30-09-2021 22:35
  
  Senators fired a barrage of criticism Thursday at a Facebook executive over the social-networking giant's handling of internal research on how its Instagram photo-sharing platform can harm teens.
  
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• JBS Foods cited after worker dies in Colorado chemical vat

  30-09-2021 22:17
  
  Meatpacker JBS Foods Inc. faces about $59,000 in fines after a worker fell into vat of chemicals used to process animal hides and died at one of the company's meat processing facilities in northern Colorado, officials said.
  
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• Nonfatal drug overdoses up 18% in Minnesota

  30-09-2021 22:16
  
  The increases come as drug overdose deaths in Minnesota reached record levels.
  
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• Weston couple charged in death of 5-year-old daughter

  30-09-2021 22:06
  
  A Weston couple is accused in the death of their 5-year-old daughter.
  
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• After 15 years in prison, man cleared in deaths of 5 kids

  30-09-2021 21:50
  
  Murder charges were dismissed Thursday against a man who spent 15 years in prison for the fire-related deaths of five children in suburban Detroit, the climax of an investigation that found misconduct by police and prosecutors.
  
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• US stem cell clinics boomed while FDA paused crackdown

  30-09-2021 21:35
  
  Hundreds of clinics pushing unproven stem cell procedures caught a big break from the U.S. government in 2017: They would have three years to show that their questionable treatments were safe and worked before regulators started cracking down.
  
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• St. Paul schools enact new COVID-19 protocols

  30-09-2021 21:32
  
  Not good enough, however, parent says.
  
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• KARE in the Air: Lax Lake leafscape

  30-09-2021 20:50
  
  The DNR says the colors on Lax Lake are between 75 and 100 percent of peak right now... so the looking should be ideal for leaf lovers over the next several days.
  
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• Union jobs? Ford's plan for new EV factories raises question

  30-09-2021 20:35
  
  Ford's blockbuster announcement this week that it would build four sprawling new factories in Kentucky and Tennessee by 2025 and hire nearly 11,000 workers raised a big unanswered question: Just how good will those jobs be?
  
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• St. Cloud State wrestler Ezayah M. Gomez Oropeza charged with felony assault

  30-09-2021 20:17
  
  Ezayah Gomez Oropeza of Burnsville is facing a felony charge after allegedly repeatedly hitting another student and causing multiple fractures to the student's nasal bone and sinus walls.
  
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• School board group asks US for help policing threats

  30-09-2021 20:10
  
  A group representing school board members around the country asked President Joe Biden on Thursday for federal assistance to investigate and stop threats made over policies including mask mandates, likening the vitriol to a form of domestic terrorism.
  
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• Racial protests reckoning: Maryland police reform laws begin

  30-09-2021 19:30
  
  Several new far-reaching laws aimed at increasing accountability in the investigations of police shootings and complaints against officers are taking effect this week in Maryland — a response to mass protests against racial injustice in policing that swept the country last year.
  
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• Police budget battle looms as Minneapolis tax board approves 5.45% maximum levy increase

  30-09-2021 19:16
  
  The City Council will next debate the mayor's proposed $1.6 billion budget for 2022 over the next few months.
  
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• Police budget battle looms as Minneapolis tax board approves 5.45% maximum levy

  30-09-2021 19:16
  
  The City Council will next debate the mayor's proposed $1.6 billion budget for 2022 over the next few months.
  
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• Minneapolis Traffic Control to respond to overnight parking violations, not police

  30-09-2021 19:09
  
  The city is testing out extended Traffic Control hours as an alternative to police response.
  
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• St. Cloud-area restaurant group to bring Slim Chickens to Minnesota

  30-09-2021 18:27
  
  Letnes Restaurant Group aims to open 13 franchises in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa beginning in the spring.
  
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• New Glarus Brewing CEO files defamation lawsuit

  30-09-2021 16:34
  
  The CEO of New Glarus Brewing has filed a defamation lawsuit against the law firm representing three shareholders who accuse her of cutting them out of profits from the popular craft beer maker.
  
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• Hundreds gather to mourn officer who died of COVID-19

  30-09-2021 15:16
  
  Hundreds of people packed a Fond du Lac church to pay respects to a police officer who died of coronavirus complications.
  
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• Minneapolis man pleads guilty to fatally shooting St. Cloud man at convenience store

  30-09-2021 15:03
  
  The shooting occurred after one man brushed up against the other, according to the criminal complaint.
  
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• Foes united vs Facebook over Instagram's effect on teens

  30-09-2021 09:25
  
  Political adversaries in Congress are united in outrage against Facebook for privately compiling information that its Instagram photo-sharing service appears to grievously harm some teens, especially girls, while publicly downplaying the popular platform's negative impact.
  
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• Hostile school board meetings lead to unprecedented number of members to call it quits

  30-09-2021 05:21
  
  The Minnesota School Board Association says from August 2020 to August 2021, 64 school board members quit, up from 15 the year before that.
  
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• Brooklyn Center rolls out first of several police reform initiatives

  30-09-2021 05:17
  
  In the days that followed the death of Daunte Wright, leaders promised police reform. As of this week, the first of several promised changes is officially in place.
  
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• Polanco, Pineda help Twins beat Tigers 5-2

  30-09-2021 05:10
  
  Polanco’s 32nd homer of the season gave him 94 RBIs, both team highs.
  
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• Official 2020 FBI data shows highest single-year murder increase in recorded history

  30-09-2021 05:10
  
  The numbers reflect rising violent crime since the start of the pandemic, which has been felt in the Twin Cities. At the same time, property crimes fell.
  
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• Several Minneapolis lakes see blue-green algae blooms due in part to recent warm weather

  30-09-2021 04:11
  
  The MPRB says fall blooms are unusual, but are becoming more common as temperatures in the region become warmer on average.
  
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• One killed outside gas station in Brooklyn Center

  30-09-2021 03:59
  
  According to Brooklyn Center Police, the shooting occurred outside a gas station near 69th Avenue and Brooklyn Boulevard.
  
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• Officer assaulted while attempting to make arrest in St. Paul

  30-09-2021 03:58
  
  St. Paul police posted on Facebook that officer Michael Ganzel was struck multiple times in the face and head while on a call in the Summit Hill neighborhood.
  
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• Moreno, Kamara, Gressel score in D.C.'s win over Minnesota

  30-09-2021 03:58
  
  Bakaye Dibassy scored for Minnesota in the 40th minute.
  
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• New University of Minnesota partnership will study climate change and how to better manage Midwest wildlife, natural resources

  30-09-2021 03:34
  
  Designation comes with $4.5 million in operational funding.
  
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• 'Inevitable': Star Tribune sports columnist La Velle E. Neal says A-Rod, Lore could have plans in the works for a 'new' Target Center

  30-09-2021 03:05
  
  New owners are to new places to play like boxelder bugs are to the sunny side of your house right now. They go together.
  
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• Andover residents with contaminated water frustrated with lack of answers

  30-09-2021 03:03
  
  Residents frustrated in search for answers over well contamination.
  
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• George Frayne, aka rock star Commander Cody, dead at 77

  30-09-2021 02:55
  
  George Frayne, who as leader of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen enjoyed a cult following in the 1970s with such party and concert favorites as "Hot Rod Lincoln" and "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)," has died.
  
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• Lawsuit targets University of Minnesota vaccine mandate

  30-09-2021 02:49
  
  UMD student's suit claims Gabel acted unlawfully.
  
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• Lawsuit targets University of Minnesota COVID vaccine mandate

  30-09-2021 02:49
  
  UMD student's suit claims Gabel acted unlawfully.
  
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• Jury hears from airman's brother in Arizona murder trial

  30-09-2021 02:41
  
  The brother of a U.S. Air Force airman on trial in the death of a Mennonite woman testified Wednesday that the defendant asked him to remotely scrub information from his cellphone shortly before he was arrested and later charged with kidnapping and murder.
  
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• Edina residents clucking over wild stories of invasive turkeys

  30-09-2021 01:58
  
  Eighteen calls have been received about turkeys but they don't pose a threat, city officials say. Just don't feed them.
  
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• Amid staffing shortage, Dee Dee the robot joins front-of-house at Sawatdee

  30-09-2021 01:56
  
  Restaurant employees say Dee Dee buys them valuable time.
  
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• 'Man Up Club' works to prevent violence through mentoring

  30-09-2021 01:53
  
  The club's founder and executive director says one of its participants went from being a gang member to now being promoted within the mentoring organization.
  
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• Duluth-area COVID-19 surge tops last September

  30-09-2021 01:50
  
  Hospitals divert patients as capacity runs out.
  
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• Local teen joins urgent plea for more blood and bone marrow donors of color

  30-09-2021 01:48
  
  Mikayla Draughon is still waiting on a bone marrow transplant to treat her sickle cell disease, but she's not just sitting back and waiting on that to change.
  
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• Arrest made in alleged assault involving SCSU student athlete

  30-09-2021 01:25
  
  Police say the victim, a 20-year-old student, suffered serious injuries to his head and face.
  
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• The global supply chain chaos: Trucking industry may be hit the hardest

  30-09-2021 01:09
  
  Minnesota's Allstate Peterbilt Group says it has an unprecedented number of trucks stuck at its repair shop waiting for parts.
  
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• Judge suspends Britney Spears' father from conservatorship

  30-09-2021 00:35
  
  A judge on Wednesday suspended Britney Spears' father from the conservatorship that has controlled the singer's life and money for 13 years, saying the arrangement "reflects a toxic environment."
  
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• School officials cancel Proctor High School football season as investigation continues

  30-09-2021 00:32
  
  Police are investigating a complaint of alleged student misconduct involving the football program.
  
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• Detroit Lakes native hopes to make history climbing Mount Everest with all-Black team

  30-09-2021 00:27
  
  Eddie Taylor is one of nine climbers with the Full Circle Everest Expedition that will summit the tallest mountain next year.
  
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