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Rochester Art Center officials paint optimistic picture at annual meeting

As the RAC gets its fiscal house in order, there's a bright spot looming in 2018 - a national show that director Koch says is already fully funded. But it will take more than that to ensure the center's survival.

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Happy birthday, Star Tribune

On this day 150 years ago, the Minneapolis Daily Tribune published issue No. 1. Newspapers have changed a little bit in the meantime.

GOP candidate charged with misdemeanor assault of reporter

Greg Gianforte, was charged with misdemeanor assault for grabbing a reporter by the neck and throwing him to the ground.

Wisconsin seeks to be first to drug test Medicaid applicants

Gov. Scott Walker wants to make Wisconsin the first state in the country to require childless adults applying for Medicaid to undergo drug screening, a move that could serve as a national model.

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74 Seconds podcast: The traffic stop

What we know -- and what we don't know -- about those 74 seconds, and the Facebook video that made millions of people witnesses to Philando Castile's final moments.

In NE Minnesota, a 'test kitchen' for saving northern forests

Hoping to build a defense against climate change, the Nature Conservancy is planting 50,000 trees this spring in "conifer strongholds," places the trees are expected to thrive, even in a warmer climate.

DNR fees are going up. Here's how some outdoorspeople are responding

Hunting, fishing and riding a four-wheeler will cost a bit more in the environment and natural resources budget bill awaiting a signature from DFL Gov. Mark Dayton.

Honey bee losses slow over last year, but still a concern

A national survey found beekeepers nationwide lost 33 percent of their honey bee colonies from April 2016 through April 2017.

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