Burcum: Why is Minnesota hit so hard by Medicare Advantage changes?
University of Minnesota expert Peter Huckfeldt examines the financial pressures driving insurers’ retreat ― and offers advice for seniors scrambling to find another plan.
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Minnesota weather: Much cooler fall style weather returns on Tuesday
Much cooler weather returns to Minnesota on Tuesday as temperatures fall into the 50s and low 60s under fairly cloudy skies.
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Omar’s home search breaks from DOJ norms, former federal prosecutors say
Investigative maneuvers such as the search on the congresswoman’s house are typically avoided leading up to an election.
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All 80 books banned in Minnesota last year came from one school
Parents objected, a new library assistant was fired and books that included ‘Charlotte’s Web’ and a kids’ cookbook were gone from a public school near Lake Vermilion....
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Nonprofit restaurant Square Roots opens across from former Third Precinct
Plus: Revival opening in November; a gothic chic wine bar is coming to Grand Ave., a North Loop poke party and more food news.
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Minnesota Poll: Klobuchar has a commanding lead over Demuth in governor’s race
Slightly more voters trust Amy Klobuchar, the Democrat, to tackle the state’s fraud crisis than Republican Lisa Demuth.
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Customers say Old National Bank failed to protect from fraud
The second small business owner in five weeks is suing Minnesota’s third biggest bank over a con that cost him $550,000.
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Reusse: P.J. Fleck’s latest flop with the Gophers might have been his worst yet
Fleck’s national profile was reaching new heights after back-to-back upset wins over Washington and Michigan, but he showed little killer instinct against Purdue....
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Ken Barlow says this much cooler weather is here for the week
Good Tuesday morning! The warm weather has run its course—for now. We are starting the day nearly 20-degrees cooler than it was on Monday morning. Today and Wednesday will be much cooler than the past several days as afternoon temperatures rise only into the low to middle 60’s—wh...
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Wild’s Nico Sturm hospitalized after taking a puck to head in win over Vegas
With Brock Faber still sidelined by a skull fracture, the Wild endured another frightening injury scare Monday. Sturm’s status remains uncertain as Minnesota prepares to face Winnipeg....
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Jacob Daulton had every reason to be done with college football
Football Across Minnesota: After taking two years off and donating a kidney to his ailing father, Jacob Daulton couldn’t ignore a burning desire. He’s once again a linebacker and leader for Minnesota State Mankato....
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Minneapolis Voting Machine Testing
Minneapolis Voting Machine Testing The post Minneapolis Voting Machine Testing first appeared on KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News .
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Jury selection to begin in federal hate crimes trial over Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket shooting
For Wayne Jones, discussing the horrific supermarket shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., in which a white supremacist killed 10 people, including his mother Celestine Chaney, has taken over much of his life these past four years. He can numbly list talking points for media and gun violenc...