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Cathy Wurzer
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Morning Edition, with Cathy Wurzer in St. Paul and NPR hosts in Washington and Los Angeles, brings you all the news from overnight and the information you need to start your day. Listen from 4 to 9 a.m. every weekday.

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From a basement lab to computers worldwide, Concordia College digitizes thousands of species

From a basement lab to computers worldwide, Concordia College digitizes thousands of species

After languishing for decades — in some cases more than a century — in Minnesota museum collections, more than one million bugs, birds and other specimens are now being offered to a new audience.
by Amy Felegy

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Leech Lake band celebrates the transfer of 11,000 acres that represent what was illegally taken

Leech Lake band celebrates the transfer of 11,000 acres that represent what was illegally taken

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe leaders this week celebrated the restoration of more than 11 thousand acres that represent land illegally taken by the federal government decades ago.  
by Melissa Olson

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Sven Sundgaard catches up with the pigeon he rescued at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center

Sven Sundgaard catches up with the pigeon he rescued at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center

If you find an injured animal in the Twin Cities area, there’s one go-to place that can help: the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville. They just had their busiest May-June ever.
by Sven Sundgaard

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Minnesota Republicans wrap convention sensing wind behind Trump as Democrats struggle

Minnesota Republicans wrap convention sensing wind behind Trump as Democrats struggle

The Republican National Convention centered in Milwaukee offered the party an opportunity to coalesce around nominee and former President Donald Trump days after he survived an assassination attempt. Democrats remain torn over their path ahead.
by Mark Zdechlik

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Minneapolis council approves a police contract with significant pay increase, some reforms

Minneapolis council approves a police contract with significant pay increase, some reforms

The raises make Minneapolis police officers some of the highest paid in the state. Critics argued the city should have negotiated for more police reform in exchange for the cost.
by Jon Collins

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In bid for party unity, former Republican state rep swaps support from Haley to Trump

In bid for party unity, former Republican state rep swaps support from Haley to Trump

Republicans, once divided over more than a dozen candidates in their caucus vying for the top of the party’s 2024 ticket, have unified in favor of former President Donald Trump. Among them is former Minnesota state Rep. Kelly Fenton.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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‘Spike Moss Way’: Minneapolis names section of Plymouth Avenue after civil rights champion

‘Spike Moss Way’: Minneapolis names section of Plymouth Avenue after civil rights champion

Hundreds of people gathered in Minneapolis on Tuesday as the city named a section of Plymouth Avenue North after Harry “Spike” Moss, whose activism has deep roots along the historic street.
by Regina Medina

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