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Two big issues before the Minneapolis City Council are getting votes Thursday. One is funding for a downtown homeless shelter and another is extending a contract for a gunshot detection system system called ShotSpotter. And more than two dozen people were taken to hospitals Wednesday after a hay ride accident at a western Wisconsin apple orchard. 

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Two rounds of severe thunderstorms are possible across Minnesota over the next couple of days.

And in a recent message to families, Minneapolis Public Schools says measles has been identified in at least one of the district's schools.

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Minnesotans who lost a home for failing to pay property taxes in the past few years could be entitled to compensation. A statewide legal settlement provides more than $100 million for former homeowners who lost out on equity after their property was sold for more than they owed in taxes and fees.

And Minneapolis police say they misidentified a man accused of pistol whipping two residents of a north Minneapolis shelter. The Hennepin County Attorney's Office says investigators informed prosecutors of the error immediately.

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Minnesotans who lost their home to tax forfeiture may be entitled to money. Here’s how to claim it

Prosecutors drop shelter attack charges against ‘misidentified’ suspect

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Minnesota State University, Mankato announced a five-year agreement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield to open The Rural Behavioral Health Clinic this year. Rural patients living in greater Minnesota often encounter barriers to receiving services including having to travel great distances to see mental and behavioral health care providers.

And the Hennepin County Attorney's Office today dismissed charges against a man accused of attacking residents of a north Minneapolis homeless shelter after police misidentified the suspect.

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Associate Justice Theodora Gaïtas took the oath of office Monday, joining the Minnesota Supreme Court. Minnesota's highest court is now woman-led. And St. Paul police are investigating a shooting that left a man dead outside an apartment building on the city's west side overnight.  The victim was found by police on the 1200 block of University Avenue West, just north of Interstate 94.

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Associate Justice Theodora Gaïtas sworn in to Minnesota Supreme Court

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Another busy week on the campaign trail awaits Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic nominee for vice president. Walz is headed to Georgia and North Carolina, two swing states on the East Coast.

And Minneapolis-based Target is going on a pre-holiday season hiring spree.

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The FBI says former president Donald Trump was the target of an “attempted assassination” at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Fla. Nine weeks ago, the Republican presidential nominee survived an attempt on his life at a campaign event in Pennsylvania.

Minneapolis police have released the ages of the victims in Saturday's hit-and-run in downtown. A 16-year-old girl was killed and five people were injured by a driver who drove the wrong way on Fifth Street and plowed into bystanders at the corner of Fifth and Hennepin.

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Trump was the subject of an apparent assassination attempt at his Florida golf club, the FBI says

Hit-and-run vehicle plows into crowd, kills 16-year-old girl and injures others

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Responders are fighting two small wildfires in northern Minnesota. The Wood Lake fire is burning in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and another blaze is going near Burntside Lake not far from Ely.

And the Minnesota Board of Animal Health has confirmed the state's first positive case of West Nile virus in a horse this year.

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The U.S. Senate has confirmed a veteran prosecutor as Minnesota’s newest federal judge.  President Joe Biden in June nominated Assistant U.S. Attorney Laura Provinzino to replace retiring Judge Wilhelmina Wright. The Senate approved the president’s choice in a bipartisan vote. Provinzino, from St. Cloud, has served as an assistant U.S. Attorney since 2010 focusing on human trafficking cases.

And dozens of Minneapolis residents Thursday voiced their opinions at a city council committee hearing about the proposed Blue Line extension plan. Kristel Porter, executive director of the West Broadway Business and Area Coalition, says the route — which goes down West Broadway — needs a safety plan before it can go forward. Municipalities where the route will be located are holding public hearings on the preliminary design plans before they vote on it. The vote must take place before Oct. 10.

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In bipartisan vote, Senate confirms Minnesota’s newest federal judge

Minneapolis residents express concerns about proposed Blue Line extension plan

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