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Protesters question Sherburne Co.'s role in holding immigration detainees
Residents of Sherburne County have long accepted the county's contracts to house federal inmates in their local jail. But a couple Elk River churches have started questioning the county's role in housing ICE detainees and holding vigils to oppose a jail expansion. | How one Minnesota town is weighing the morals and economics of immigrant detention
House passes bill with money for Trump wall, increasing likelihood of shutdown

The House bill includes $5.7 billion for border wall funding but is not likely to survive in the Senate. Trump has said he won't sign any spending measure without funding for border security.

Defense Secretary Mattis to retire in February, Trump says, amid Syria tension

The retired Marine general had been granted a rare waiver to run the Pentagon as he had been out of uniform for only three years, but his relationship with President Trump eventually turned cold.

Caribou Coffee reports customer data breach at 265 stores

The Minnesota-based company says the data breach occurred between Aug. 28 and Dec. 3. Caribou says it's possible that customer name and credit card information may have been taken.

Trump administration gives Twin Metals new lease on copper-nickel mining

The federal government says it plans to formally renew the mineral leases for the controversial proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine on the doorstep of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

Appeals court says drivers can't be stopped for cracked windshield if vision not impaired

Judge Kevin Ross wrote in a Dec. 10 opinion that a person driving with a windshield crack violates the law only when "its size, severity, or shape, limits or obstructs the driver's vision."

Prodigy and persistence: Meet Twin Cities painter Fina Mooney
An up-and-coming painter from northeast Minneapolis who's won awards and international scholarships, Fina Mooney may be prepared to settle an age-old artistic debate: Are artists born or made? 
St. Paul police take recruitment effort to the movies

St. Paul police Chief Todd Axtell called the movie trailer among the first intended specifically to tell women that they have a place in a field that has been traditionally considered male-dominated and unwelcoming.

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