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Apr 15 2024
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Timberwolves vs Suns: Minnesota fans not wrong to be pessimistic
Timberwolves players have said and will continue to say all the right things about their upcoming playoff matchup, in part because they have to and in part because the world's elite athletes do not thing like you and I do. The best of the best always believe they can win, and they pay far less attention to data and external noise that might suggest otherwise. Like: The Wolves went 0-3 against
Star TribuneApr 17 2024
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University of Minnesota’s Rachel Hardeman named to Time100 list
Professor Rachel Hardeman, a University of Minnesota health researcher specializing in medical racial inequality, was named Wednesday to the Time100 list of influential people for 2024. In an interview after the list was revealed, Hardeman said her goal is to help make the world a better place by identifying and fighting structural racism in the medical field for people like her 10-year-old
Star TribuneApr 16 2024
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Minnesota farmers thankful for the spring rains after years of drought.
The farmers at SEEDS vegetable farm near Northfield sipped coffee Tuesday morning as they watched dark clouds sail over the fields. Planting the onions can wait. Another cup of coffee will do. "As an organic farmer, I'm excited about the rain for our environment and for our watershed," said Becca Rudebusch, who owns SEEDS Farm, on Tuesday. "But rain means rest, too." There hasn't been much
Star TribuneApr 09 2024
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Finalists named for 2024 Minnesota Teacher of the Year
Eleven finalists have been named for the 2024 Minnesota Teacher of the Year award, an annual honor bestowed by Education Minnesota, the statewide teachers union. The teachers were selected from a group of 27 semifinalists and will be interviewed by a selection panel a day before a May 5 award ceremony in St. Paul. Rachel Betterley, a secondary visual arts teacher at North Woods School in the
Star TribuneMar 24 2024
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The demographics of abortion in Minnesota
(Center of the American Experiment) — Kamala Harris made big news this month for visiting a St. Paul abortion clinic. The Associated Press (AP) reports: Not to be outdone, the state’s lieutenant governor, Peggy Flanagan, chose her NCAA Div. 1 basketball brackets based on which teams’ home states have the more permissive abortion laws. (Hint: she bets big on the three “Cs”: California, Colorado
Alpha NewsApr 18 2024
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Minnesota plan to close state addiction treatment facilities faces pushback
Minnesota plans to shutter several state treatment facilities for people struggling with addiction and shift dollars, staff and space to increasingly in-demand mental health programs. But lawmakers and facility employees are pushing back against the closures, saying the state is trading one problem for another. They are particularly concerned with the looming shutdown of the only state-run
Star TribuneApr 18 2024
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5 vinyl shops in greater Minnesota worth a spin for Record Store Day
When they opened their store in the same building that housed Bemidji's last real record shop — with a three-decade gap in between — brothers Peter and Bill McKenzie had to convince some of the locals that the resurgence of vinyl is real. "Especially the old-timers around here still think it's some kind of fad," Sundown Records co-proprietor Peter McKenzie said. However, the new shop owners
Star TribuneApr 11 2024
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Headlines 4/11/24 - Minnesota Native News
This week: The University of Minnesota is considering a new policy for how it conducts research with indigenous communities, The Minnesota Indian Area Agency on Aging plans to establish new services, the building of an outdoor smudging space at Shakopee High School, and Bemidji State University establishes an online book club for indigenous high school students. The University of Minnesota
Minnesota Native NewsApr 14 2024
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Minnesota Lynx swap draft picks, players with Chicago Sky
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Lynx have swapped first-round picks and players with the Chicago Sky, just one day before the WNBA draft. The Lynx are sending the No. 7 pick and forward Nikolina Milić to the Sky in exchange for the No. 8 pick, the right to swap first-round picks next year, a 2025 second-round pick and forward Sika Koné. READ MORE: Minnesota Lynx legend Seimone Augustus headed to
CBS News (Online)Apr 17 2024
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Minnesota State names new leader for St. Cloud State University
Two veteran educators are coming out of retirement to serve as interim presidents for St. Cloud State University and Northland Community & Technical College. Larry Dietz, who retired in 2021 as president of Illinois State University, will take over as interim leader for St. Cloud State University on July 1. While he was at Illinois State University, he oversaw the implementation of a
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