Bedbug closeup

Bedbugs are expensive to exterminate; some can't afford it

"Goodnight. Sleep tight. Don't let the bedbugs bite." The old nursery rhyme is gaining new relevance as the blood-sucking insects are crawling into households and businesses, and straining the finances of many families.
Copper Street Brass

Regional Spotlight: Copper Street Brass

They're five brass players from Albuquerque, New Mexico who now make the Twin Cities their home - it's Copper Street Brass - a group whose smart programming and bright personalities has taken the brass quintet to a new level. Check out a few songs online, and meet them at the State Fair this Sunday.
State Fair debate

State budget the main focus of State Fair gov debate

Democrat Mark Dayton, Republican Tom Emmer and Independence Party candidate Tom Horner participated in the debate, which was sponsored by Minnesota Public Radio.
River's Edge Academy

New oversight law worries charter schools

Some charter school leaders in Minnesota say a new law has them worried about their futures. The law was meant to strengthen charter school oversight. But some advocates say the new rules are stifling, not encouraging, their work.
Oil rig explosion

No sign of oil spill after Gulf platform fire

The Coast Guard is saying there are no immediate signs of a spill from an oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast. All 13 crew members were rescued from the water in the second such disaster in the Gulf in less than five months.
Bedbug closeup

Bedbugs are expensive to exterminate; some can't afford it

"Goodnight. Sleep tight. Don't let the bedbugs bite." The old nursery rhyme is gaining new relevance as the blood-sucking insects are crawling into households and businesses, and straining the finances of many families.

MPR at the Minnesota State Fair

Visit MPR this year at the State Fair near the corner of Judson and Nelson, or online with our live Fair webstream.

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