The effort has been led by Svetlana Vold, a St. Paul firefighter born in Belarus, to gather necessary equipment for emergency workers fighting the war in Ukraine.
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Ban cellphones in school? Maybe not fully, say St. Paul and Mounds View.
High school students would be allowed to use them outside of class, in a departure from the phone-free policies adopted by many districts heading into the current school year.
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News & Politics
What time do Target, the Mall of America and other retailers close on Christmas Eve?
Last-minute shoppers have until 5 p.m. before most malls close their doors.
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News & Politics
With norovirus cases spiking in Minnesota, here’s how to avoid getting sick
The Minnesota Department of Health has logged 40 cases of the virus, known as “stomach flu,” in December so far.
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Environment
Has bird flu spread to bobcats, bears and deer in Minnesota? Research aims to find out.
In a fast-tracked project, U of M researchers will be looking for disease hotspots and whether certain wildlife species are harboring avian flu.
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Minneapolis
As a Minneapolis cop, he closed encampments. Now he serves meals and delivers food to the streets.
Retired MPD Commander Grant Snyder and his family founded the nonprofit Involve to provide food and friendship to hungry and homeless people.
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Minneapolis
It’s another freezing Minneapolis winter. Got your Frisbee?
Single-digit temperatures and freshly fallen snow won’t stop the hardiest ultimate fans in Minneapolis from winter pick-up games.
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Twin Cities Suburbs
Outdoor ice rinks are social hubs in Minnesota’s long, dark winters. Some are disappearing.
Outdoor rinks are a staple of Minnesota communities. They’re under threat from warmer winters, high costs and changing recreation habits.
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High Schools
Former Minnetonka star Crump thriving for nation’s No. 1 high school girls team
Basketball Across Minnesota: Aaliyah Crump, who committed to Texas, is spending her senior year at Montverde Academy in Florida on a team filled with Division I recruits.
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Minneapolis
Murder at Christmas? The crows are circling in Minneapolis again
Winter typically brings huge murders of crows into urban neighborhoods, gathering by the thousands and raising an incredible sound.
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Real Estate
Madison Equities relinquishes three downtown St. Paul buildings to lenders
Financial woes continue to loom over downtown St. Paul’s largest property owner, currently embroiled in litigation for millions of dollars in debt. The company’s founder and longtime principal, Jim Crockarell, died early this year and left more than a dozen properties to his wife, Rosemary Kortgard.
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Minneapolis
Vanessa Dayton wanted to build a house in the Bryn Mawr woods. Then the neighbors found out.
A member of the Dayton family bought land in a wooded area of the Bryn Mawr neighborhood to build a house, sparking a feud with neighbors that has led to police reports and angry confrontations.
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Health Care
Wake-up call: Minnesota man emerges from coma playing air guitar to Coldplay in his hospital bed
The science remains murky on whether music and voices can rouse people from comas, but doctors see no harm in trying.
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