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Guest Columns

Strategy, patience needed in face of threat posed by North Korea

During his Monday visit to the Demilitarized Zone separating the Korean Peninsula, Vice President Mike Pence declared that the Obama-era policy of “strategic patience” on ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Thursday, April 20, 2017 8:04 am

Law Enforcement

Now police can help and not just write a ticket

So you’re motoring along, minding your own business, obeying the speed limits and up come flashing lights behind you. Unbeknown to you, one of your ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Thursday, April 20, 2017 8:03 am

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Aunt sentenced in gun incident at St. Paul elementary school

By Mary Divine St. Paul Pioneer Press St. Paul — A woman whose gun was fired last fall inside a St. Paul elementary school classroom ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Tuesday, April 18, 2017 8:01 am

News

With GOP in charge of Legislature, its allies reaping the benefits

Sometimes it’s money straight from state coffers. Other times it’s a tweak to a narrowly focused regulation. With Republicans in charge of the Minnesota Legislature, ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Monday, April 17, 2017 8:18 am

Faith

Minn.’s evangelical voters sought a change agent in Trump

More than a year ago, Pastor Jonathan Pixler and about a half dozen parishioners at the Berean Baptist Church began meeting weekly to pray for ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Friday, April 14, 2017 7:56 am

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Woman, children report seeing an alligator roaming Rochester

A woman and several children spotted the tropical reptile slithering around Cascade Lake Tuesday night and alerted police. According to the Post-Bulletin, they saw a ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Thursday, April 13, 2017 7:59 am

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Project opens the FBI files on the notably dead

For the past 16 months, when a notable person dies, Parker Higgins sends a letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Read more

by Tribune News Service, Thursday, April 13, 2017 7:56 am

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$4.5M budget error triggers investigation; Shakopee board hires independent consulting firm

The Shakopee school board is proceeding with an independent investigation into the district after officials discovered a multimillion-dollar budget error. The school board approved an ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Thursday, April 13, 2017 7:56 am

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‘Fear is our worst enemy’  New enforcement push sends immigrants into shadows in Twin Cities

By Mila Koumpilova and Miguel Otárola Minneapolis Star Tribune A Burnsville man balked at reporting a break-in to police for fear of landing on immigration ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, April 12, 2017 7:27 am

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Family wins legal victory in battle over right to sue a senior home

Minnesotans looking to hold senior homes accountable for abuse and neglect won a legal victory after a district judge threw out a forced arbitration clause ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, April 12, 2017 7:25 am

Guest Columns

Legislature, Dayton face some big gaps

The 2017 legislative session is closing in on Easter break, which means lawmakers and Gov. Mark Dayton have about six weeks to finish their primary ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Tuesday, April 11, 2017 7:31 am

Guest Columns

GOP’s second attempt at a health care fix is rushed and flawed

Checking a patient’s vital signs is a key way medical providers assess recovery and whether further treatment is needed. Congressional Republicans also have an ailing ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Friday, April 7, 2017 9:26 am

Guest Columns

Flynn’s immunity request best ignored

Congress, we are pleased to note, appears to be uninterested in the immunity gambit offered last week by Michael Flynn. Read more

by Tribune News Service, Thursday, April 6, 2017 9:44 am

Guest Columns

A warning to kids, parents on the dangers of ‘Nerf Wars’

It’s spring, and a young person’s fancy sometimes turns to ... “Nerf Wars?” Yes, in what has become an odd rite of the season, teenagers ordinarily ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Thursday, April 6, 2017 9:44 am

Agriculture

Pot’s cousin explored as viable crop option for Minnesota

Sharp-eyed students at the University of Minnesota might do double-takes this summer if they spot what looks like marijuana plants growing on the agricultural testing ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, April 5, 2017 6:11 am

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