Minnesota Today

News, arts, events and photos from around the state. Tweets from MPR News staff.

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Share your winter snapshots and videos with us! Let us know in the tweet where you were when you snapped the photo! Or send the photo to [email protected] 📧

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[Tim Nelson @timnelson_mpr]

Jazz giant Oscar Pettiford grew up in Minneapolis. There is a street named after him in Copenhagen. There is no such tribute in his adopted home town. So I produced a remembrance for his centenary. Today. Happy 100th, Oscar. You fell silent too soon. https://t.co/1IdnGsCKFf

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Some of us lifelong Minnesotans are @mnstatefair pros — and this year we're looking for a challenge. What should we eat, drink, see or experience at this year's State Fair? Reporter @grace__ and photojournalist @benjovland are standing by. Let us try it so you don't have to!

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🎡🌽 It’s the first day of the Great Minnesota-Get Together! Sound off in the replies – what are you most looking forward to at this year’s Minnesota State Fair? @mnstatefair

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Coming up: A recent article published in the journal Science questions discoveries made at the U of Minn. that have been fundamental to Alzheimer's research. Cathy Wurzer speaks with the article's author, Charles Piller.

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[Minnesota Today @mntoday]

How are your gardens looking?

[Jon Collins @JonSCollins]

A lot of flowers have started to emerge these last couple of days. Bees are looking happy about it too.

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In Duluth, a day at the region’s only abortion provider offers a look at the current and coming challenges if Roe v. Wade is overturned. https://t.co/c8qajwNK7U

[Catharine Richert @CatRichert]

COVID metrics are changing, and it represents a new phase in the pandemic.

“We’re in a phase now where there's a much more individualized picture of risk,” ⁦⁦@mnhealth⁩ Commissioner Jan Malcolm. https://t.co/wyjg8EWbrr

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Dumpsters have become sentient in downtown Minneapolis

[Voyageurs Conservancy @VNPconservancy]

A day in the life of a wild Minnesota wolf https://t.co/SCRMxRjbXk via @mprnews

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The Minnesota Board of Animal Health on Monday reported the latest outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the state is now affecting a total of 13 poultry flocks — up from seven last Friday. https://t.co/p0K8JC0Vm7

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Coco’s Barrio began as a live performance show that’s part old time radio and part “Saturday Night Live.” But then the pandemic turned everything upside down. Now the show is a podcast.

https://t.co/HoNtTA2s7v

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It's caucus night! While most voters won’t show up to a party caucus, those who do will have an outsized voice in setting up the fall ballot. Here's a guide: https://t.co/nHM6aFvx85 via @Stowydad

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Gov. Tim Walz says coronavirus cases due to the fast-spreading omicron variant likely will race through Minnesota schools in the next few weeks. https://t.co/xyfVEpCP7A

[Sahan Journal @SahanJournal]

Native American students unearth troubled history at the University of Minnesota Morris.

Archival research suggests as many as seven students from the Morris Industrial School for Indians could be buried on campus.

https://t.co/vs2ZVVLc9U by @tiffanybu1

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Oodles of money are piled up in Minnesota’s state government accounts, giving the Legislature plenty to spread around in the 2022 session and adding another layer to next year’s campaign themes. https://t.co/DXLf9I0SgQ Story @Stowydad Graphic via @dhmontgomery

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There's been a lot of positive buzz around Duluth recently. Yet despite all that enthusiasm, the population has barely budged in 20 years, while many other midsize cities in Minnesota are growing. https://t.co/4MqJAgUOUq

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Good morning. Cloudy with a high of around 74 today. Rain possible this afternoon and evening into Saturday. https://t.co/inIghiJduf #mnwx

[Minnesota Today @mntoday]

Peak color alert: Head north https://t.co/vQnMNBA1pH #MNwx #outsideinMN

[kellygordonmn @kellygordonmn]

I just heard @CathyWurzer say it ON THE RADIO, which makes it real. Her new show, Minnesota Now, debuts at noon on October 18. It will feature an hour of Minnesota news with a focus on people - and it will be great. (I know, because I'm working on it.)