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More American farmers are filing for bankruptcy. Here’s why
3+ hour, 50+ min ago (11+ words) More American farmers are filing for bankruptcy. Here's why'MPR News...
Lou Holtz, former Minnesota and Notre Dame coach, dies at 89
1+ week, 3+ day ago (219+ words) Lou Holtz, the College Football Hall of Fame coach who led Notre Dame to the 1988 national championship and won 249 games over 33 seasons at six schools, has died. He was 89. Notre Dame announced on Wednesday that Holtz died in Orlando, Florida,…...
What impact does the American prairie have on our climate?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (12+ words) What impact does the American prairie have on our climate?mprnews.org...
A Powerball player in Arkansas has won a $1.817 billion lottery jackpot
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (34+ words) Wednesday's Christmas Eve drawing ended the lottery game's three-month stretch without a top-prize winner. Final ticket sales pushed the jackpot higher, making it the second-largest in U.S. history....
Special primary election for State Representative District 64A
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (974+ words) Candidates running in the DFL special primary election for State Representative District 64A include Beth Fraser, Matt Hill, Meg Luger-Nikolai, Dan McGrath, Lois Quam and John Zwier. The republican candidate is Dan Walsh. The special primary is being held on Tuesday,…...
Will Google have a stake in Minnesota's budding data center industry?
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (33+ words) In an aerial view, an Amazon Web Services data center is shown situated near single-family homes on July 17, 2024, in Stone Ridge, Virginia. NINA MOINI: Across the country, tech companies are ......
Gun buyer for man who killed Burnsville first responders faces sentencing
6+ mon, 5+ day ago (49+ words) The woman who bought the guns that her romantic partner used to kill three first responders in Burnsville last year faces sentencing Wednesday. Ashley Dyrdahl pleaded guilty in January to federal charges of purchasing guns for Shannon Gooden, who was…...
Walz and other officials tour storm damage in Beltrami Count
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (15+ words) State and local officials surveyed damage from weekend storms that lashed Bemidji and neighboring communities....
Court blocks Louisiana law requiring schools to post Ten Commandments in classrooms
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (2+ words) A%20copy%20of%20the%20Ten%20Commandments%20is%20posted%20along%20with%20other%20historical%20documents%20in%20a%20hallway%20at%20the%20Georgia%20Capitol%20in%20Atlanta%20on%20June%2020%2C%202024.%20On%20Friday%2C%20a%20panel%20of%20federal%20appellate%20judges%20ruled%20that%20a%20Louisiana%20law%20requiring%20the%20Ten%20Commandments%20to%20be%20posted%20in%20the%20state%E2%80%99s%20public%20school%20classrooms%20is%20unconstitutional....
More than 20 dead after tornadoes sweep through Kentucky and Missouri
9+ mon, 4+ week ago (21+ words) Powerful storms and tornadoes tore through several Midwestern and Southern states overnight Friday, leaving carnage and flattened buildings in their wake....