North Star Stories

NSS Daily Headlines: April 9, 2026


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A hunger strike to shut down a Minneapolis trash incinerator, Owatonnan’s petition to stop new police and fire buildings, and there’s no place like … the Iron Range Earth Fest.

Image: A diagram of how the Hennepin Energy Recovery Center — or HERC — works. [credit: Hennepin County]
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Producer: Xan Holston

Reader scripting: Tracie Wells Collier, Xan Holston 

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