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St. Paul Public School Board votes to avoid mid-year layoffs

As the winter chill settled over St. Paul, the atmosphere inside the school board meeting was anything but cold. Parents, teachers, and students filled the room, their faces a mixture of concern and determination. The backdrop of their gathering was a recent proposal by the St. Paul Public School...

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Students served pretzels covered in oven cleaner, lawsuit claims

In a shocking incident that has left a Minneapolis community reeling, students at a local school were allegedly served pretzels contaminated with oven cleaner, prompting a lawsuit from an Oregon family. The incident, which occurred during a school event, has raised serious concerns about food...

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Eleven Minnesota schools land on state’s financial trouble list

“Programs, unfortunately, have to go. You re seeing, in different districts, where we re navigating potential school closures,” said Dr. Renee Sbrocco Corneille, executive director of the Educational Leadership, Practice and Policy department at the University of Minnesota and a former...

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2026 Election Results: Minnesota school funding constitutional amendment

🗳️ 2026 General Election Results: Main / Governor / Attorney General / Secretary of State / Auditor / State Senate / State House / Supreme Court / U.S. Senate / U.S. House / Constitutional Amendment / National Follow live updates on the 2026 Minnesota school funding constitutional amendment...

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Recalling a mysterious figure on a freight train and an unforgettable Halloween

Way back when, on a dreary, drizzly near-bedtime October night before Halloween, my assigned chore was raking and bagging the soggy backyard leaves. Call it what you will —luck, fate, kismet, destiny or magic — in the distance a great horn blast announced the approaching nightly 9:10 freight train...

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St. Paul Board of Education to hold special meeting amid pushback on ELL educator cuts

The St. Paul Board of Education will hold a special meeting Friday afternoon to evaluate a revised plan to get out of a multi-million-dollar hole after significant pushback from parents and teachers.The board's original proposal called for cutting 18 English learner teachers across the district....

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Dockworkers worldwide strike against arms shipments and to demand better working conditions

PARIS (AP) — Dockworkers in Europe and beyond were striking on Friday as part of an international campaign against arms shipments and for better working conditions, unions said. Unions in France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Turkey and Morocco issued a joint call for an end to wars in the Middle East,...

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The Vikings News: 3 Quick Updates for Week 8

The Vikings news never fully stops. Lately, the effort here has been to corral some of what got missed in a Friday morning piece. So far, the coverage on Vikings Territory has considered a Minnesota issue on offense, signing a pair of tight ends, and the positions to monitor at the trade deadline....

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Minnesota Wild LOSE to New York Islanders in overtime

Judd and AJ react to the Wild s OT loss to the Islanders and break down the play of Quinn Hughes as he went head to head with Matthew Schaefer, Joel Eriksson Ek leaving the game for a brief time before returning and what it could mean if he misses games coming up, the battered blue line and current...

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100-year-old St. Paul candy shop says they would rather raise prices than cut chocolate quality

A 100-year-old candy shop in St. Paul says it is sticking with its family recipes this Halloween, even as the cost of chocolate keeps climbing, its new owner says.Tom Saunders took over Regina's Candy in May, carrying on a tradition that has lasted generations."The family motto is there's no...

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FBI operation nets 168 arrests on tribal lands in 3 states

Federal authorities announced Thursday the results of a six-month law enforcement operation targeting crime in tribal communities across Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, resulting in 168 arrests and 65 criminal cases. The Minneapolis FBI Field Offices said Operation Steadfast Promise ran...

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Minneapolis could host the NCAA Women’s Final Four again

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has named Minneapolis as a finalist to host the Women s NCAA Basketball Final Four between 2032 and 2036. Minneapolis is among seven finalists. The other cities are: Detroit, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Phoenix and San Antonio....

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Vikings LB Blake Cashman has found his home in NFL's most dominant defense

Blake Cashman faked a blitz at the line before dropping a couple of yards into coverage for the Minnesota Vikings and darting to his right and lunging to break up a third-and-short throw, forcing the Indianapolis Colts to punt.Cashman nearly picked off the first down pass by Daniel Jones on that...

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