Two Native American tribes in South Dakota continue to defy orders from Gov. Kristi Noem to take down road checkpoints.
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2 on motorcycle killed in collision with car at Blaine intersection
The crash occurred about 8:55 p.m. Tuesday at NE. 125th Avenue and NE. Oak Park Boulevard, the Anoka County Sheriff's Office said.
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Watch: House collapses into river near Rapidan Dam in southern Minnesota
Blue Earth County authorities "monitoring for downstream impacts" after house falls into water.
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The Rapidan Dam near Mankato will likely survive this flood. But what about the next?
Destructive flooding in 2019 and 2020 had previously left the 114-year-old hydroelectric plant inoperable and county officials grappling with the choice of spending at least $15 million to repair it — with little hope of making enough money from selling power — or shelling out $82 million to remove it.
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Mississippi River reaches major flood stage in St. Paul
The Mississippi River is forecast to keep rising in St. Paul until it crests over the weekend.
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Flurry of new affordable housing projects are breaking ground across the Twin Cities
Several new affordable apartment buildings are opening this year and next along with more emergency shelters for Minnesotans experiencing homelessness.