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The races technically are nonpartisan, but they’ve become increasingly partisan in recent years as disagreements over school curriculum, transgender students and COVID-19 measures have galvanized education politics at the state and local level.

Races will draw thousands in fundraising and determine implementation of new state laws.

Afghan refugees who arrived in Minnesota after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban are building a new community through sewing at Alight.

Plus shelter plans shot down, more jobs than Minnesotans, and squirrels are a-breedin' in today's Flyover news roundup.

TRAVERSE CITY — When a dozen Northwestern Michigan College students traveled to Morocco in June as part of a study abroad program, they had no idea that they would come

AN OPERA concert raised thousands for local churches and the Alzheimers Society this weekend, through its spectacular lights displays and music.

Crow River Singers is organizing for its 2023 winter concerts. Rehearsals are 6:30-8 p.m. Thursdays, beginning Thursday, Sept. 14, in the choir room at Peace Lutheran Church, 400 Franklin St.

Fossil gas appears to have arrived at the end of its natural life, writes Tom McKinlay. As summer nears, thoughts will turn to that most celebrated...

It was on the dancefloor where Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo met in 2009. They then formed Icona Pop, an electropop duo with electro house and indie pop music influences.

This question is probably infrequently asked because the answer is, in part, a bit morbid. But the Minnesota State Fair is, at its heart, an agricultural exhibition and animals are a big part of that.