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Funeral held for Guard member killed in helicopter crash

Funeral held for Guard member killed in helicopter crash

Hundreds of mourners filed into St. John's Abbey Church through the bitter cold and snow Thursday afternoon for the funeral Mass of Kort Plantenberg, one of three Minnesota National Guard members killed last week in a helicopter crash.
by Kirsti Marohn

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No delay for Minnesota probation reform hearing

No delay for Minnesota probation reform hearing

The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission will go ahead with a hearing next week on a plan to put a five-year cap on felony probation. Some say the process is moving too quickly.
by Tim Pugmire

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Financial snag hits Fort Snelling Upper Post affordable housing project

Financial snag hits Fort Snelling Upper Post affordable housing project

About a year ago, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources struck a deal with Plymouth-based Dominium. Now Dominium said it's worried it may not get essential financing through bonds authorized by the federal government and distributed by the state.
by Martin Moylan

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Why Kmart still stands at Lake and Nicollet as other Minnesota outlets close down

Why Kmart still stands at Lake and Nicollet as other Minnesota outlets close down

Two of the last three Kmart stores in Minnesota are set to close Sunday. That means the Minneapolis store that blocks Nicollet Avenue at Lake Street, as it has for more than four decades, will be the retailer’s sole remaining outpost in the state.
by Matt Sepic

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Like clockwork, filmmaker Apted returns with '63 Up'

Like clockwork, filmmaker Apted returns with '63 Up'

After profiling a group of Britons every seven years since they were 7, the series has captured changes in British society and the world. Now the participants are 63, and they are dealing with aging.
by Euan Kerr

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Divided St. Paul City Council passes budget with property tax increase

Divided St. Paul City Council passes budget with property tax increase

St. Paul homeowners will soon find out whether they’ll pay more in property taxes and by how much. City Council members passed the city’s 2020 budget that includes a 5.85 percent levy increase by one vote.
by Nina Moini

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Fight over filming kids outside Bloomington mosque heads to court

Fight over filming kids outside Bloomington mosque heads to court

A Bloomington woman argues she has a First Amendment right to film activity at a public playground next to the Dar Al Farooq mosque. Supporters of a city ordinance prohibiting that filming say mosque opponents want to harass and intimidate.
by Riham Feshir

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