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40 percent of Minnesota’s water bodies don’t meet pollution standards
Gov. Mark Dayton set an ambitious goal of improving Minnesota’s water quality 25 percent by 2025. But consensus on how to achieve that goal has been elusive, and there’s much work left to do. This MPR News Earth Week fact of the day is sponsored by All Energy Solar.
Carver County authorities release data from two years of Prince death investigation
With the investigation into the death of Prince now closed, the vast amount of information that police collected is now public. Authorities in Carver County released more than 15 gigabytes of data, including witness interviews, videos, and photos from the suburban Minneapolis home where the music superstar died of an opioid overdose almost two years ago. | No criminal charges from Prince death investigation
Students plan to walk out, rally for gun control
Minnesota students plan to walk out of class and gather at the State Capitol Friday to call for stricter gun control measures.
'We cannot arrest our way out of this addiction crisis' -- The fight against opioid abuse
Though no criminal charges have been filed in the overdose death of Prince, the number of overdose-related murder prosecutions in Minnesota continues to rise.
Comey memo: Trump complained about Flynn's 'judgment issues'
President Donald Trump told former FBI Director James Comey that he had serious concerns about the judgment of his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, and his chief of staff asked days later if Flynn's communications were being monitored under a secret surveillance warrant, according to memos maintained by Comey and obtained by The Associated Press.
DFL candidates seek traction in race to replace Walz in Congress
The stakes in this race are high for the DFL. Walz barely won in 2016, and most counties in the district voted solidly in favor of President Donald Trump. It's a district that the Republican Party nationally believes it can flip.
MN Senate backs penalties for passing off untrained pets as service animals
Under the measure, people who falsely claim an animal is a trained service animal would face a petty misdemeanor for a first offense and a misdemeanor on a second offense. All 67 senators voted for the bill.
Minn. woman suspected in 2 murders arrested in Texas
U.S. marshals have arrested a Minnesota fugitive after she spent weeks on the run while being sought in connection with two killings, KARE 11 reports.
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Charges: Woman set up GoFundMe for grieving family, kept the donations
A Richfield woman is accused of stealing from a grieving family's GoFundMe account.
DNR: Smallmouth bass population of Mille Lacs 'healthy'
As the debate over how to manage the walleye of Mille Lacs has dragged on, the lake's reputation as a destination for smallmouth bass fishing has continued to rise.
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