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Good morning! Partly sunny with highs in the mid-60s and 70s south, mid-50s north. Is this going to be cool or what? U.S. Bank Stadium and downtown Minneapolis will be the center of the action when Super Bowl 52 hits Minnesota next February. But St. Paul leaders hope to lure some visitors across the Mississippi River with a majestic undertaking of their own: an ice castle on the grounds of the state newly renovated Capitol. | Forecast | Updraft weather blog
 

Yates: I warned White House that Flynn could be blackmailed

A Senate Judiciary subcommittee heard testimony Monday from former acting Attorney General Sally Yates, who was fired in the early days of the Trump administration, and James Clapper, the former director of national intelligence under Obama.

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St. Paul teacher injured in lunchroom brawl mourns career

A St. Paul teacher seriously hurt when a student attacked him is still having difficulties in his daily life. John Ekblad says the district is responsible.

Tax relief questions stand in the way of Minnesota budget deal

With two weeks left in the 2017 legislative session, DFL Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican leaders disagree on a host of issues. But the size of taxes cuts remains the biggest hurdle. | 5 things to know about state politics today

UN: Up to 245 missing after 2 Mediterranean shipwrecks

UNHCR says that more than 1,300 people have disappeared and are believed to have died this year while crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa to Italy, and some 43,000 migrants and asylum-seekers reached Italy.


 
 

Trial of man who shot at Somali Americans expected to wrap up Tuesday

Defense attorney Murad Mohammad said his client, Anthony Sawina, testified last week that he fired his gun twice at a carnbecause he feared for his life. Victims said they ducked and tried to get away.

Hotly anticipated northern Minn. wood siding plant delayed

Louisiana Pacific, which last year announced the purchase of a former mill in Cook, Minn., to expand its thriving engineered wood siding business -- now says it will first convert a mill the company operates in British Columbia to make siding.

GOP health bill leaves many 'pre-existing condition' protections up to states

Before the Affordable Care Act, people with pre-existing conditions often couldn't get health insurance -- or paid sky-high premiums. The bill passed by the House last week would let states decide. | Health

Pepe croaks: Cartoonist kills off frog turned hate symbol

Matt Furie wasn't amused by how his creation became an "icon of hate," calling it a "nightmare" in a Time magazine essay. | I guess we need to talk about Pepe the Frog

Dakota gather at Fort Snelling, recall their exile

After the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, Dakota prisoners were held at Fort Snelling and then shipped out of Minnesota.

Punk rocker of bonsai world at work in northern Minnesota

Brainerd Bonsai artist David Crust shocked the bonsai world and won international acclaim for a tree he grew in a vacuum cleaner.

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