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4 days ago | 
twincities.com | Kristi Miller
The entire state of Minnesota continues to be affected by the wildfire smoke from Canada, triggering an air quality alert through noon on Wednesday, according to officials. Parts of the state are in the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s most severe “hazardous” category because of the levels of fine particles in the air.
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4 days ago | 
inforum.com | Kristi Miller
ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Health has confirmed two more measles cases in the state, saying one case is concerning because officials can’t trace a known exposure to the infectious disease, which could mean that the virus is spreading in the state. The two new cases bring the state’s total this year to four. The new cases, which officials say are unrelated, were reported in the east Twin Cities metro area.
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4 days ago | 
twincities.com | Kristi Miller
A Coon Rapids man has been charged in a shooting that injured two people Friday on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis after a high school graduation ceremony. Hamza Abdirashid Said, 20, was charged with first-degree assault causing great bodily harm, second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and possession of a machine gun.
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4 days ago | 
firerescue1.com | Kristi Miller
By Kristi MillerPioneer PressST. PAUL, Minn. — St. Paul police and fire personnel rescued people trapped in a burning building on Rice Street on Saturday morning after a two-alarm blaze broke out, officials said. Police and fire officials responded at about 9:30 a.m. to an apartment fire in a three-story building on the 500 block of Rice Street, said Deputy Chief Jamie Smith, spokesman for the St. Paul Fire Department. When police arrived, they saw flames on the second floor.
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6 days ago | 
twincities.com | Kristi Miller
St. Paul police and fire personnel rescued people trapped in a burning building on Rice Street Saturday morning after a two-alarm blaze broke out, officials said. Police and fire officials responded at about 9:30 a.m. to an apartment fire in a three-story building on the 500 block of Rice Street, said Deputy Chief Jamie Smith, spokesman for the St. Paul Fire Department. When police arrived, they saw flames on the second floor.
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6 days ago | 
twincities.com | Kristi Miller
Two people were shot Friday night and one person was arrested following a Wayzata High School graduation ceremony held on the University of Minnesota campus, police said. University authorities notified students that the 8:20 p.m. shooting occurred outside 3M Arena at Mariucci following the ceremony. University of Minnesota police responded and two people were taken by ambulance to Hennepin County Medical Center. Their condition was unknown Saturday morning. Gov. Tim Walz expressed his thoughts on X.
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1 week ago | 
twincities.com | Kristi Miller
The intersection of Snelling and St. Clair avenues will be closed intermittently beginning Friday as construction in the area wraps up. The intersection will shut down at 6 a.m. Friday, May 30, and open again at 6 a.m. Sunday, June 1, to accommodate Grand Old Day traffic. The intersection will be shut down again at 9 p.m. Monday until 6 a.m. Tuesday, then again from 9 p.m. Tuesday until 6 a.m. Wednesday, June 4, when work is expected to be complete.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Kristi Miller
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1 week ago | 
twincities.com | Kristi Miller
A new wooded outdoor habitat modeled after the Himalayan foothills is slated to open at the Minnesota Zoo this weekend and will feature red pandas, cranes and a deer, zoo official said. The Red Panda Forest Habitat, on the Northern Trail at the zoo, will open Saturday, May 31. It will contain two red panda brothers named Cedar and Spruce. In addition, there will be a western tufted deer and two red-crowned crane sisters.
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1 week ago | 
twincities.com | Kristi Miller
Both directions of Interstate 494 between Minnesota highways 100 and 77 will be closed Friday, May 30, through Monday morning, June 2, for bridge work, state transportation officials said. Before the freeway is shut down at 10 p.m. Friday, all ramps along the route will close at 8 p.m. The freeway will open again at 5 a.m. Monday.
