Good afternoon! The fight continues for the family that ran the original cheese curd stand at the Minnesota State Fair, though the State Fair Board has already given their space away to a bacon vendor. Dick and Donna Mueller want to retire and hand the booth over to younger members of the family. But a State Fair policy against transferring businesses is preventing it. | NewsCut | Forecast |
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Leaders of a House committee investigating possible Russian ties with the Trump campaign say Michael Flynn, appeared to break U.S. law when he failed to seek permission or inform the government about accepting tens of thousands of dollars from Russian organizations |
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President Trump has signaled he would put off his demand that the budget deal include money to build his border wall with Mexico. | With shutdown looming, Trump is tweeting out demands |
The Stearns County town overwhelmingly backed Donald Trump for president. MPR News spoke with citizens there in January about their hopes for a Trump presidency, then returned last week to ask how people feel about Trump now. |
William Borgdering was such a popular fixture at Saint John's that the university decided it would name a bar for him. | The long history of Johnnie Bread |
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A 25-year-old resident of Baghdad has opened a mobile bookstore to share his passion for reading and revive a love for books in Iraq. |
In celebration of MPR's 50th anniversary, here's a taste of how the news was presented on Minnesota Public Radio when we were just starting out. | From the archives |
The device kept fetal lambs alive for about a month, allowing them to continue to mature. It has not been tested in humans, and some say the device raises ethical questions. |