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Oh, deer! Surprise customer breaks into Moorhead, Minn. butcher shop

A year into her new butcher business, Melissa Evans finally felt like things were falling into place after a busy season. She was packaging burger meat on Saturday in her north Moorhead shop, called She Said, when a booming crash came from the sales floor.

Evans couldn’t believe her eyes: A deer had ran straight through the glass door.

You read that right: A white-tailed deer.

“When she came through that door, it was – a bomb exploded,” Evans said. “My feet were glued to the floor and I'm pretty sure my jaw was right there next to them.”
 
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'A huge concern': December storm did long-term damage to state's forests. The winter storm that smacked much of the state just before Christmas cut off power to thousands of homes, but also left long-lasting damage to the state’s forests. It’s damage that won’t be fully documented until the snow melts. 

Publishers concerned as slow U.S. mail delays delivery of local newspapers. A growing number of local newspapers have switched from using carriers to the U.S. Postal Service for delivery, a cost-cutting move as print subscriptions decline. But getting those papers into the hands of readers while the news is still timely has been a challenge.

Six years in the making, Walz signs $100 million mini-tax bill. Gov. Tim Walz signed a $100 million tax plan into law Thursday that will align state tax policy with federal tax law, providing relief to hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans.

A special counsel will probe government documents at Biden's home and private office. Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a special counsel to investigate how classified documents came to be located at President Biden's Delaware residence and a think tank office in Washington he used for about three years.

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