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The heat is on: Indigenous-led nonprofit seeks to lower heating expenses with solar thermal

The heat is on: Indigenous-led nonprofit seeks to lower heating expenses with solar thermal

Since 2018, an Indigenous nonprofit near the White Earth Nation in northwestern Minnesota has been installing solar thermal panels to cut home heating costs in impoverished communities.
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Rural Voice: How to build more civic-minded communities

Rural Voice: How to build more civic-minded communities

MPR News host Kerri Miller took her Rural Voice series to Red Wing on Thursday to talk with community members and political scientist Brian Klaas about how to build a new spirit of civic engagement in rural Minnesota.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Harris’ average lead in Minnesota’s presidential race is now 6 points

Harris’ average lead in Minnesota’s presidential race is now 6 points

Two new polls of Minnesota voters, released Sept. 9 and 10, add to two others conducted since Gov. Tim Walz was selected as Harris’ running mate. All show the Democratic ticket currently leading the Trump-Vance Republican ticket in the race for Minnesota’s 10 electoral votes.
by Craig Helmstetter

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‘It’s a different sense of time and space’: New art exhibit aims to help process grief

‘It’s a different sense of time and space’: New art exhibit aims to help process grief

A new interactive art exhibition opening Thursday in Minneapolis dares us to begin to process what’s happening in our world. It’s called “Legacy Dream Space” and it includes video projection, theater, digital art and music.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gretchen Brown

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Months after Twin Cities highway closed, repairs to reopen it are set to begin

Months after Twin Cities highway closed, repairs to reopen it are set to begin

It’s been more than three months since a state highway in the Twin Cities unexpectedly closed after saturated soil on a hillside gave way, undermining the pavement. But the end of the closure may be in sight.
by Andrew Krueger

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HUGE Improv Theater, a Minneapolis comedy hub for nearly 20 years, to close in October

HUGE Improv Theater, a Minneapolis comedy hub for nearly 20 years, to close in October

Due to financial challenges, HUGE Improv Theater in Minneapolis will close permanently at the end of October. The announcement comes less than a month after two leaders resigned amid concerns about diversity and inclusion.
by Alex V. Cipolle

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