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May 16, 2013 4:45 AM

MPD honors officers living, dead and furry

The Minneapolis Police Department has observed National Police Week with ceremonies honoring officers who’ve risked their lives and lost them in the line of duty. Earlier this week, some of the 23 officers who responded to the Accent Signage mass shooting, which left six people dead last year, received Medals of Valor. At the awards…

by Brandt Williams

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May 15, 2013 3:10 AM

Being Latino in Minnesota

Chicano, Latin@, Mestizo, Boriqua, American, Sudaca, Xicana. Mom, entrepreneur, community builder, multilingual, student, adventurer, optimist. We’ve been asking Latinos around the state to tell us how they identify themselves and these are just some of the words they’ve chosen. According to the Census, Hispanics are the fastest growing group in the United States and in Minnesota. MPR News…

by Molly Bloom

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May 14, 2013 6:10 AM

The man who wrote “The Birds of Minnesota”

A new biography of an early Minnesota bird observer, Dr. Thomas Sadler Roberts, shows him to be a workaholic according to author Sue Leaf.

by Dan Olson

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May 13, 2013 3:16 AM

St. Paul dresses in gay pride colors

Tim Nelson reports this morning that St. Paul mayor Chris Coleman is issuing a proclamation temporarily renaming the city’s landmark Wabasha Street Freedom Bridge the “Wabasha Street Freedom to Marry Bridge.” The executive order comes as the state Senate is preparing to vote to make same sex marriage legal in the state, just days after…

by Hart Van Denburg

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May 10, 2013 11:50 AM

New director of Minneapolis VA Health Care System

The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced the appointment of Patrick Kelly as the new director of the Minneapolis VA Health Care System. He assumes the leadership of a massive institution, with an operating budget of $594 million and more than 100,000 veteran patients. Here’s more on Kelly from the VA press release: “Mr. Kelly has served…

by Jessica Mador

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May 8, 2013 2:00 AM

Hennepin County honored for ditching legalese

Hennepin County has won an award for stripping its website of legal jargon and government speak. The Center for Plain Language honored the county with two 2013 ClearMark awards last month in Washington D.C. HennCo has come a long way. Here’s how it used to advise visitors of the rules at the Minnetonka Home School:…

by Curtis Gilbert

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May 7, 2013 11:40 AM

Police: gun burglars looking for signs of firearms

Law enforcement officials say members of a north Minneapolis street gang are looking to burglarize homes that appear to contain guns. According to a search warrant request filed recently in Hennepin County District Court by investigators with the FBI Safe Streets Violent Gang Task Force, members of the Loud Pack gang, “target homes with American…

by Brandt Williams

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May 7, 2013 3:16 AM

James Beard awards overlook Twin Cities restos

The second wave of James Beard Foundation awards were handed out last night in New York City, but unlike Friday, when Twin Cities based Andrew Zimmern was among the winners, the awards went elsewhere on the culinary map. Restaurateurs Michelle Gayer of “Salty Tart,” and Jack Riebel, of “Butcher & the Boar” had been finalists…

by Hart Van Denburg

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May 6, 2013 10:10 AM

MnDOT’s cool St. Croix Bridge webcam

Check out the view of the soon-to-be St. Croix Bridge between Minnesota and Wisconsin. MnDOT has cameras trained on the site, which is already under construction. Crews are building the staging area for the bridge foundations on the Minnesota riverbank. They’re also preparing for road construction on Highways 36 and 95. Workers are also inspecting…

by Jessica Mador

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May 4, 2013 12:23 PM

Men step up at St Paul anti-human trafficking event

Breaking Free (a group that provides housing, education and job training for women and girls who have been sexually exploited) held its second two-day event to raise awareness of human trafficking yesterday and today. The first conference was in 2011. This year the group partnered with the Minnesota Men’s Action Network, and that organization’s co-founder,…

by Rupa Shenoy

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