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Coon Rapids Sun. Sep 27 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Minnesota Launches Review of Standardized Testing After Years of Troubling Student Results

Minnesota is launching a task force to review the MCA system and consider whether different testing models could better measure student learning and academic growth.

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MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Minnesota Launches Review of Standardized Testing After Years of Troubling Student Results

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Coon Rapids Sun. Sep 27 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Hannah Slavik’s Cozy Book Fair Gives Minnesota Writers a Place to Meet Their Readers

Hannah Slavik’s Cozy Book Fair brought Minnesota authors, a mobile bookseller, makers and The Cave Café together for an evening connecting readers and small businesses.

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MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Hannah Slavik’s Cozy Book Fair Gives Minnesota Writers a Place to Meet Their Readers

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Coon Rapids Sat. Sep 26 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA PRESENTS | This Weekend in the Twin Cities™: The Saturday-Sunday Twin Cities Weekend Directory (September 26 ~ 27, 2026)

MinneapoliMedia’s updated weekend directory covers Saturday and Sunday events across the Twin Cities, with rain guidance, costs, accessibility and planning tips.

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MINNEAPOLIMEDIA PRESENTS | This Weekend in the Twin Cities™: The Saturday-Sunday Twin Cities Weekend Directory (September 26 ~ 27, 2026)

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Coon Rapids Sat. Sep 26 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Coon Rapids Seeks Election Judges, Including Students, for November General Election

Election judges will receive $12 an hour, including payment for completing a required two-hour training class.

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MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Coon Rapids Seeks Election Judges, Including Students, for November General Election

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Coon Rapids Sat. Sep 26 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | New Upper Harbor Park Reconnects North Minneapolis With the Mississippi River

The riverfront park is the first publicly accessible component of a larger redevelopment planned around housing, jobs and an outdoor amphitheater.

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MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | New Upper Harbor Park Reconnects North Minneapolis With the Mississippi River

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Coon Rapids Sat. Sep 26 2026

SATURDAY MORNING WITH CRANKY DON JOE | The Smoke Alarm Only Needs a New Battery at 3:17 in the Morning

Cranky Don Joe’s 3:17 a.m. smoke-alarm chirp becomes a sleepless hunt for batteries, two guilty alarms and, eventually, the perfect opportunity to repay Larry.

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SATURDAY MORNING WITH CRANKY DON JOE | The Smoke Alarm Only Needs a New Battery at 3:17 in the Morning

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Coon Rapids Sat. Sep 26 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Minnesota Families Face Loss of Round-the-Clock Home Nursing Coverage

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pressing state officials to enforce coverage requirements affecting approximately 250 families.

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MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Minnesota Families Face Loss of Round-the-Clock Home Nursing Coverage

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Coon Rapids Sat. Sep 26 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Minnesota Releases Victim-Centered Guide for Sexual-Assault Investigations

The 81-page guide addresses trauma, evidence collection, investigative consistency and communication with victim-survivors.

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MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Minnesota Releases Victim-Centered Guide for Sexual-Assault Investigations

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Coon Rapids Sat. Sep 26 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Heavy Rain Eases Twin Cities’ Extreme Drought, but Serious Deficits Remain

The metropolitan area improved from extreme to severe drought after significant rainfall across central and southern Minnesota.

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MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Heavy Rain Eases Twin Cities’ Extreme Drought, but Serious Deficits Remain

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Coon Rapids Sat. Sep 26 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA SPORTS | Top-Seeded Minnesota Lynx Open WNBA Playoffs Against New York Liberty

Minnesota will have home-court advantage in its best-of-three first-round series against the defending champions.

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Coon Rapids Sat. Sep 26 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Brooklyn Park’s Northwest Growth Plan Enters Environmental Review

Brooklyn Park’s Northwest Growth Area is undergoing environmental review for potential housing, commercial, transit-oriented and biotechnology development.

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Coon Rapids Fri. Sep 25 2026

MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Free Golden Valley Dance Party Invites Twin Cities Families to Celebrate National Dance Day

A free Golden Valley dance party Friday will bring Twin Cities families together for hip-hop, Afro fusion, Latin, ballroom, ballet, jazz and more.

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