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University of Minnesota Starts Sexual Assault Task Force

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Students at the University of Minnesota have created a task force that will develop new strategies to combat sexual assault on campus. Minnesota Daily reports that the task force created by the Minnesota Student Association will hold…

CHUM Serves Annual Street Outreach Dinner

DULUTH, Minn. - CHUM held their annual Street Outreach Fundraising Dinner on Saturday. CHUM is Duluth's largest homeless shelter and food shelf. It's made of forty-three faith communities joined together to help…

Bowling to Beat Breast Cancer

DULUTH, Minn. - Northlanders went bowling to beat breast cancer in Duluth. In the past ten years, the charity event has raised more than $140,000 for breast cancer survivors. Each…

MNSure Offers Insurance Checkup

DULUTH, Minn. - Is your health insurance healthy? MNsure navigators are helping make sure your coverage is all set before enrollment. Next week the organization is hosting a health insurance checkup. Monday,…

Homemade Salsa with FOX 21's William Seay

DULUTH, Minn. -As football season continues, and hockey and basketball season begin, it's the perfect time of year to make recipes many folks can munch on. So, for this week's Cooking Connection,…

Trump's Health Subsidy Shutdown Could Lead to Free Insurance

WASHINGTON (AP) - If President Donald Trump prevails in shutting down a major "Obamacare" health insurance subsidy, it would have the unintended consequence of making free basic coverage available to more people, and making upper-tier plans more affordable. The unexpected…

Algae Eating Toxin Found In Lakes

DULUTH, Minn. -- When we look at lakes we tend to think that the color and clarity of the water determines if it is clean or not. New research says…

South Korean Delegation Learning "Duluth Model"

DULUTH, Minn. - A delegation from South Korea is in Duluth today to research the famed "Duluth Model" for ending domestic violence. The model connects government agencies with non-government organizations so…

Dayton OKs Reinsurance; MinnesotaCare Funding Still at Stake

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Gov. Mark Dayton has signed a federal waiver approving a new state program to lower health insurance premiums. The Democratic governor officially approved Minnesota's new reinsurance program Monday. State lawmakers devoted $549 million to lower…

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