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Roseau feels the strain as Minnesota-Canada border hassles take a toll
Border crossings are vital to daily life in Minnesota’s far-north towns, so it hurt last year when the U.S. shifted hundreds of customs officers to the Mexican border. They’re returning now, but towns are still struggling.
Minneapolis council members make changes in renter's ordinance, but landlords still not happy
As vote a draws near, some Minneapolis city council members reiterated their commitment to limiting landlords’ screening of rental applicants, based on credit, eviction and criminal histories. That pleased renters and their advocates and angered property owners.
Minnesota hires company to replace troubled MNLARS system
The state contract with Fast Enterprises will provide the new system, which will be known as Vehicle Title and Registration System or VTRS. The company will use off-the-shelf software rather than build the new system from scratch.
Photos: 'Bike prom' takes its last lap at the velodrome
Cyclists from around the country flocked to the NSC Velodrome last week as it hosted it’s final Fixed Gear Classic. At the end of this season, the 30-year-old, one of a kind track will close for good.
Farmers, lawmakers talk rural Minn. struggles at Farmfest
A standing-room-only crowd grilled U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, Rep. Collin Peterson and other members of Congress on everything from trade to dairy subsidies to President Trump’s tweets during a listening session at Farmfest.
Accused Bloomington mosque bomber tries to cast doubt on FBI evidence
An alleged domestic terrorist accused of firebombing a suburban Twin Cities mosque is challenging the evidence that the FBI collected on him. Michael Hari faces federal hate crime and explosives charges in connection with the attack on the Dar al Farooq Islamic Center two years ago.
Trump names new acting director of National Intelligence
In a shake-up of the top ranks of U.S. national intelligence, President Trump announced Thursday that he will name Joseph Maguire, the current Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, as the nation's acting top intelligence official.
Trump team hits brakes on law that would curb unneeded Medicare CT scans, MRIs
Five years after Congress passed a law to reduce unnecessary MRIs, CT scans and other expensive diagnostic imaging tests that could harm patients and waste money, federal officials have yet to implement it.
'What you did changed me': Ferguson protesters found friendship amid unrest
Jamell Spann and Elizabeth Vega protested in Ferguson, Mo., after the shooting death of Michael Brown. A comforting response in a moment of rawness, immortalized in an iconic photo, led to friendship.
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