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Concordia College plants its first Indigenous medicinal herb garden

The community garden at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn., is increasingly living up to its name: Cornucopia.

On a sweltering mid-summer afternoon, the overflowing horn of plenty overflowed even more with a newly planted Indigenous medicinal herb garden — the first of its kind for the college. It’s planted amid rows of wildflowers, cased in the sound of windchimes and aroma of ripening tomato plants.

“I really hope this is a space of just healing,” said Brandon Baity, interim executive director of the Indigenous Association in Fargo. “A space of community.”
 
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Frey outlines $1.8 billion budget for Minneapolis, says city is in "state of transition." It’s the second year in the city’s new two-year budgeting cycle. Frey’s proposed budget includes $10 million for the city’s climate initiative, $18 million for the affordable housing trust and $16 million to cover costs associated with court-enforced agreements with the Minneapolis Police Department.

Metro Transit reports sharp crime drop at troubled light rail station. After a news conference Tuesday outside the Lake Street station, Lesley Kandaras, the agency's new general manager, credited proactive patrolling, both by private security staff and transit police.

Two charged in connection with shooting that wounded Minneapolis officer. Police allegedly recovered two firearms, including an unregistered ghost gun and a Glock illegally modified to shoot in full auto mode.

Environmental activists rally against Hennepin Energy Recovery Center trash incinerator. The Minnesota Environmental Justice Table — a coalition of environmental justice groups — and other organizations spoke Tuesday at a Hennepin County Board meeting and afterwards at a rally against the HERC. Many held signs outside the meeting room against the windows that read, “We Can’t Breathe” and “Minnetonka & Edina: Stop Burning Your Trash in Our Lungs.”

— Sam Stroozas, MPR News
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