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Walmart and Target Announce Great News for Minnesota Shoppers
Target reports that over 30 million people shop at their stores each week, and they have about 2,000 locations in the U.S. In comparison, Walmart has nearly five times as many stores and sees 37 million customers every day, according to Demand Sage.
Veterans Say Attacks on Candidates’ Service Records Are a Turnoff
Republicans backing the Trump campaign have kept up their attacks on the military career of Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota during the Democratic convention, accusing him, among other things, of having abandoned his fellow soldiers by retiring from the National Guard to run for Congress in 2006, months before his unit deployed to Iraq.
Previously dusted Coleraine residents wary of new MagIron air permit
COLERAINE — The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency hosted a public meeting in Coleraine on Monday, Aug. 19, about a planned air permit for a nearby scram mining operation. MagIron plans to restart Plant 4, located northwest of Coleraine and Bovey. The Gilbert-based company also plans to operate another scram mining site east of Coleraine, Prairie River Minerals Demonstration Plant, and Jessie Loadout, a rail facility southwest of the city.
Grand opening ceremony held for North Star Elementary School
VIRGINIA, Minn. (Northern News Now) - A new state-of-the-art facility opened its doors on the Iron Range as a part of the Rock Ridge School District. On Thursday, Eveleth, Gilbert, and Virginia communities were invited to see the elementary school where their kids would learn for years to come. A...
Woman from Gilbert made more than 100 gnomes and distributed them around town
Kim Dertinger loves making gnomes. She takes fabric and wraps it around tomato cages, adding a nose and arms and other accessories. She’s left more than 100 of them around the Gilbert area since this spring. Some are at homes, others are at businesses. “I hope people see them,...
NEXT Weather Alert for excessive heat on Sunday, Monday
MINNEAPOLIS — Saturday kicks off a hot and steamy first weekend for the Minnesota State Fair, with Sunday and Monday both declared NEXT Weather Alert days.Expect plenty of sunshine on Saturday with highs back into the mid-80s in the Twin Cities. A stray shower is possible late in the evening through early Sunday. Temps will reach close to 90 degrees on Sunday and should break into the low-90s on Monday. An excessive heat warning will be in effect in the metro between 1 p.m. Sunday to 8 p.m. Monday. Heat index values will be between 100-107 degrees during both days in the metro, with nighttime lows only down into the mid-70s.A front could also bring rain chances late Monday into Tuesday.Temps will drop a touch into the mid-80s by mid-week with another round of rain is possible on Thursday.
Arts Briefs: Waters of history and race at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum
Arts Briefs is a weekly roundup of Minnesota arts news compiled by the MPR News arts and culture team. The Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona opened a new exhibition this week: “A Nation Takes Places: Navigating Race and Water in Contemporary Art.”. The exhibition is co-curated by local...
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