Within two years, the flat, dusty fields near Becker will be lined with solar arrays turning the sun's energy into enough electricity to power 100,000 homes.

In a few months, the former Jackson Elementary School in Frogtown will reopen as the district’s first East African Elementary Magnet School. It will focus on East African cultures and languages, with instruction in Somali, Amharic, Oromo, Tigrinya, Arabic and Swahili.

What do you do when work starts to feel like a grind? One Twin Cities doctor wrote a musical about it. If you missed it this morning, MPR News guest host Chris Farrell talked about finding meaning at work and ways to handle burnout. Listen to the conversation here.

For the most part, Mary Tyler Moore kept her private life private; she had a complicated childhood, three marriages and her own sometimes troubling family issues, including her mother's alcoholism and, eventually, her own. Being Mary Tyler Moore manages to touch all these bases — some more deeply than others.

Yes, it's still me asking! We seriously want to hear how 'Minnesota Nice' has showed up in your life. C'mon, brag about how sweet your neighbors are and tell us about it here?