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583 <a class="post-thumbnail-inner" href="https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2026/09/republican-who-oversees-south-dakotas-elections-endorses-a-democrat-in-the-race-to-succeed-her/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> 584 <img width="800" height="600" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='800'%20height='600'%20viewBox='0%200%20800%20600'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-archive-image size-newspack-archive-image wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="South Dakota Secretary of State backs Democrat, saying the "integrity" of the office is at stake." data-hero-candidate decoding="async" data-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AP26264648367863-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1" data-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AP26264648367863-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AP26264648367863-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AP26264648367863-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AP26264648367863-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AP26264648367863-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AP26264648367863-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AP26264648367863-scaled.jpg?zoom=3&resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AP26264648367863-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1&w=370 370w" data-sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /> </a> 585 </figure> 586 587 588 <div class="entry-container"> 589 <span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/category/elections/" rel="category tag">Elections</a></span> <header class="entry-header"> 590 <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2026/09/republican-who-oversees-south-dakotas-elections-endorses-a-democrat-in-the-race-to-succeed-her/" rel="bookmark">Republican who oversees South Dakota’s elections endorses a Democrat in the race to succeed her</a></h2> </header><!-- .entry-header --> 591 592 <div class="entry-meta"> 593 <span class="byline">By Sarah Raza, AP</span><span class="posted-on"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2026/09/republican-who-oversees-south-dakotas-elections-endorses-a-democrat-in-the-race-to-succeed-her/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-09-22T09:58:01-05:00">1 day ago</time><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-22T09:58:07-05:00">09/22/2026</time></a></span> </div><!-- .meta-info --> 594 </div><!-- .entry-container --> 595</article><!-- #post-${ID} --> 596 597<article id="post-2238418" class="post-2238418 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cityscape category-opinion category-top-story tag-opinion tag-twin-cities entry"> 598 599 <figure class="post-thumbnail"> 600 <a class="post-thumbnail-inner" href="https://www.minnpost.com/cityscape/2026/09/what-should-minneapolis-do-about-waymo/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> 601 <img width="800" height="600" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='800'%20height='600'%20viewBox='0%200%20800%20600'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-archive-image size-newspack-archive-image wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="overhead view of a light blue waymo autonomous vehicle driving on a road alongside a black suv" data-hero-candidate decoding="async" data-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AP26249609978887-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1" data-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AP26249609978887-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AP26249609978887-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AP26249609978887-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AP26249609978887-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AP26249609978887-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AP26249609978887-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AP26249609978887-scaled.jpg?zoom=3&resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AP26249609978887-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1&w=370 370w" data-sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /> </a> 602 </figure> 603 604 605 <div class="entry-container"> 606 <span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/category/cityscape/" rel="category tag">Cityscape</a></span> <header class="entry-header"> 607 <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/cityscape/2026/09/what-should-minneapolis-do-about-waymo/" rel="bookmark">What should Minneapolis do about Waymo?</a></h2> </header><!-- .entry-header --> 608 609 <div class="entry-meta"> 610 <span class="author-avatar"></span> 611 <span class="byline"> 612 <span>by</span> 613 <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.minnpost.com/author/bill-lindeke/">Bill Lindeke</a></span> </span><!-- .byline --> 614 <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/cityscape/2026/09/what-should-minneapolis-do-about-waymo/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-09-22T05:00:00-05:00">2 days ago</time><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-23T11:20:36-05:00">09/23/2026</time></a></span> </div><!-- .meta-info --> 615 </div><!-- .entry-container --> 616</article><!-- #post-${ID} --> 617 618<article id="post-2238499" class="post-2238499 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-environment category-news tag-environment tag-news entry"> 619 620 <figure class="post-thumbnail">
621 <a class="post-thumbnail-inner" href="https://www.minnpost.com/environment/2026/09/syngentas-secrets-what-the-company-didnt-tell-the-epa-about-its-blockbuster-paraquat-pesticide/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> 622 <img width="800" height="585" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='800'%20height='585'%20viewBox='0%200%20800%20585'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-archive-image size-newspack-archive-image wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="syngenta paraquat pesticide" data-hero-candidate decoding="async" data-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Paraquat-2.jpg?resize=800%2C585&ssl=1" data-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Paraquat-2.jpg?resize=800%2C585&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Paraquat-2.jpg?resize=800%2C585&ssl=1&w=370 370w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Paraquat-2.jpg?resize=800%2C585&ssl=1&w=400 400w" data-sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /> </a> 623 </figure> 624 625 626 <div class="entry-container"> 627 <span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/category/environment/" rel="category tag">Environment</a></span> <header class="entry-header"> 628 <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/environment/2026/09/syngentas-secrets-what-the-company-didnt-tell-the-epa-about-its-blockbuster-paraquat-pesticide/" rel="bookmark">Syngentaâs secrets â What the company didnât tell the EPA about its âblockbusterâ paraquat pesticide</a></h2> </header><!-- .entry-header --> 629 630 <div class="entry-meta"> 631 <span class="byline">By Carey Gillam, The New Lede</span><span class="posted-on"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/environment/2026/09/syngentas-secrets-what-the-company-didnt-tell-the-epa-about-its-blockbuster-paraquat-pesticide/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-09-22T05:00:00-05:00">2 days ago</time><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-22T17:53:32-05:00">09/22/2026</time></a></span> </div><!-- .meta-info --> 632 </div><!-- .entry-container --> 633</article><!-- #post-${ID} --> 634 635<article id="post-2238527" class="post-2238527 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-glean tag-greater-minnesota tag-metro-area tag-news tag-twin-cities entry"> 636 637 <figure class="post-thumbnail"> 638 <a class="post-thumbnail-inner" href="https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2026/09/my-mayor-strong-my-stonewort-starry-news-roundup/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> 639 <img width="800" height="600" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='800'%20height='600'%20viewBox='0%200%20800%20600'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-archive-image size-newspack-archive-image wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="logo for a minnesota news roundup featuring a neon sign with a bottle cap that reads the glean, mon-fri" data-hero-candidate decoding="async" data-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1" data-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?zoom=2&resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?zoom=3&resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1&w=370 370w" data-sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /> </a> 640 </figure> 641 642 643 <div class="entry-container"> 644 <span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/category/glean/" rel="category tag">The Glean</a></span> <header class="entry-header"> 645 <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2026/09/my-mayor-strong-my-stonewort-starry-news-roundup/" rel="bookmark">My mayor strong, my stonewort starry</a></h2> </header><!-- .entry-header --> 646 647 <div class="entry-meta"> 648 <span class="author-avatar"></span> 649 <span class="byline"> 650 <span>by</span> 651 <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.minnpost.com/author/steve-mcpherson/">Steve McPherson</a></span> </span><!-- .byline --> 652 <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2026/09/my-mayor-strong-my-stonewort-starry-news-roundup/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-09-22T05:00:00-05:00">2 days ago</time><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-22T09:42:07-05:00">09/22/2026</time></a></span> </div><!-- .meta-info --> 653 </div><!-- .entry-container --> 654</article><!-- #post-${ID} --> 655 656<article id="post-2238463" class="post-2238463 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-elections category-national category-news category-politics-policy tag-elections tag-nation tag-news tag-politics entry"> 657 658 <figure class="post-thumbnail">
659 <a class="post-thumbnail-inner" href="https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2026/09/election-officials-played-key-role-in-supreme-court-mail-ballot-decision/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> 660 <img width="800" height="600" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='800'%20height='600'%20viewBox='0%200%20800%20600'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-archive-image size-newspack-archive-image wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="supreme court election decision allows vote by mail" data-hero-candidate decoding="async" data-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Untitled-design-2026-09-21T101136.170.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1" data-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Untitled-design-2026-09-21T101136.170.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Untitled-design-2026-09-21T101136.170.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Untitled-design-2026-09-21T101136.170.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Untitled-design-2026-09-21T101136.170.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Untitled-design-2026-09-21T101136.170.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Untitled-design-2026-09-21T101136.170.jpg?zoom=2&resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Untitled-design-2026-09-21T101136.170.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1&w=370 370w" data-sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /> </a> 661 </figure> 662 663 664 <div class="entry-container"> 665 <span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/category/elections/" rel="category tag">Elections</a></span> <header class="entry-header"> 666 <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2026/09/election-officials-played-key-role-in-supreme-court-mail-ballot-decision/" rel="bookmark">Election officials played key role in Supreme Court mail ballot decision</a></h2> </header><!-- .entry-header --> 667 668 <div class="entry-meta"> 669 <span class="byline">By Dion Nissenbaum, VoteBeat</span><span class="posted-on"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2026/09/election-officials-played-key-role-in-supreme-court-mail-ballot-decision/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-09-21T10:50:03-05:00">09/21/2026</time><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-21T10:50:08-05:00">09/21/2026</time></a></span> </div><!-- .meta-info --> 670 </div><!-- .entry-container --> 671</article><!-- #post-${ID} --> 672 673<article id="post-2238359" class="post-2238359 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-elections category-news category-state-government category-top-story tag-news entry"> 674 675 <figure class="post-thumbnail"> 676 <a class="post-thumbnail-inner" href="https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2026/09/cows-colleges-and-competitive-districts-dfl-gop-eye-key-house-seats-covering-northfield-and-st-peter/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> 677 <img width="800" height="600" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='800'%20height='600'%20viewBox='0%200%20800%20600'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-archive-image size-newspack-archive-image wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="two students walking past a brick campus building with a large carved relief on the wall" data-hero-candidate decoding="async" data-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Gustavus-Adolphus-College-campus-photo-scaled.jpeg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1" data-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Gustavus-Adolphus-College-campus-photo-scaled.jpeg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Gustavus-Adolphus-College-campus-photo-scaled.jpeg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Gustavus-Adolphus-College-campus-photo-scaled.jpeg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Gustavus-Adolphus-College-campus-photo-scaled.jpeg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Gustavus-Adolphus-College-campus-photo-scaled.jpeg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Gustavus-Adolphus-College-campus-photo-scaled.jpeg?zoom=2&resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Gustavus-Adolphus-College-campus-photo-scaled.jpeg?zoom=3&resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Gustavus-Adolphus-College-campus-photo-scaled.jpeg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1&w=370 370w" data-sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /> </a> 678 </figure> 679 680 681 <div class="entry-container"> 682 <span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/category/elections/" rel="category tag">Elections</a></span> <header class="entry-header"> 683 <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2026/09/cows-colleges-and-competitive-districts-dfl-gop-eye-key-house-seats-covering-northfield-and-st-peter/" rel="bookmark">Cows, colleges and competitive districts: DFL, GOP eye key House seats covering Northfield and St. Peter </a></h2> </header><!-- .entry-header --> 684 685 <div class="entry-meta"> 686 <span class="author-avatar"></span> 687 <span class="byline"> 688 <span>by</span> 689 <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.minnpost.com/author/brian-arola/">Brian Arola</a></span> </span><!-- .byline --> 690 <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2026/09/cows-colleges-and-competitive-districts-dfl-gop-eye-key-house-seats-covering-northfield-and-st-peter/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-09-21T05:00:00-05:00">09/21/2026</time><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-20T23:22:39-05:00">09/20/2026</time></a></span> </div><!-- .meta-info --> 691 </div><!-- .entry-container --> 692</article><!-- #post-${ID} --> 693 694<article id="post-2238391" class="post-2238391 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-mental-health-addiction category-news tag-news entry"> 695 696 <figure class="post-thumbnail">
697 <a class="post-thumbnail-inner" href="https://www.minnpost.com/mental-health-addiction/2026/09/after-tumultuous-years-healing-minnesota-aims-to-jumpstart-residents-recovery-nami/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> 698 <img width="800" height="600" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='800'%20height='600'%20viewBox='0%200%20800%20600'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-archive-image size-newspack-archive-image wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="The sun reflects in a camera lens around a wind chime blowing in the breeze" data-hero-candidate decoding="async" data-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Sound-Garden-050926-es_17-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1" data-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Sound-Garden-050926-es_17-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Sound-Garden-050926-es_17-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Sound-Garden-050926-es_17-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Sound-Garden-050926-es_17-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Sound-Garden-050926-es_17-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Sound-Garden-050926-es_17-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Sound-Garden-050926-es_17-scaled.jpg?zoom=3&resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Sound-Garden-050926-es_17-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1&w=370 370w" data-sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /> </a> 699 </figure> 700 701 702 <div class="entry-container"> 703 <span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/category/mental-health-addiction/" rel="category tag">Mental Health & Addiction</a></span> <header class="entry-header"> 704 <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/mental-health-addiction/2026/09/after-tumultuous-years-healing-minnesota-aims-to-jumpstart-residents-recovery-nami/" rel="bookmark">After tumultuous years, Healing Minnesota aims to jumpstart residentsâ recovery</a></h2> </header><!-- .entry-header --> 705 706 <div class="entry-meta"> 707 <span class="author-avatar"></span> 708 <span class="byline"> 709 <span>by</span> 710 <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.minnpost.com/author/andy-steiner/">Andy Steiner</a></span> </span><!-- .byline --> 711 <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/mental-health-addiction/2026/09/after-tumultuous-years-healing-minnesota-aims-to-jumpstart-residents-recovery-nami/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-09-21T05:00:00-05:00">09/21/2026</time><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-19T12:03:30-05:00">09/19/2026</time></a></span> </div><!-- .meta-info --> 712 </div><!-- .entry-container --> 713</article><!-- #post-${ID} --> 714 715<article id="post-2238425" class="post-2238425 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-glean tag-greater-minnesota tag-metro-area tag-news tag-twin-cities entry"> 716 717 <figure class="post-thumbnail"> 718 <a class="post-thumbnail-inner" href="https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2026/09/south-dakota-may-have-a-three-body-problem-news-roundup/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> 719 <img width="800" height="600" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='800'%20height='600'%20viewBox='0%200%20800%20600'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-archive-image size-newspack-archive-image wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="logo for a minnesota news roundup featuring a neon sign with a bottle cap that reads the glean, mon-fri" data-hero-candidate decoding="async" data-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1" data-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?zoom=2&resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?zoom=3&resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1&w=370 370w" data-sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /> </a> 720 </figure> 721 722 723 <div class="entry-container"> 724 <span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/category/glean/" rel="category tag">The Glean</a></span> <header class="entry-header"> 725 <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2026/09/south-dakota-may-have-a-three-body-problem-news-roundup/" rel="bookmark">South Dakota may have a three-body problem</a></h2> </header><!-- .entry-header --> 726 727 <div class="entry-meta"> 728 <span class="author-avatar"></span> 729 <span class="byline"> 730 <span>by</span> 731 <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.minnpost.com/author/steve-mcpherson/">Steve McPherson</a></span> </span><!-- .byline --> 732 <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2026/09/south-dakota-may-have-a-three-body-problem-news-roundup/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-09-21T05:00:00-05:00">09/21/2026</time><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-20T21:58:47-05:00">09/20/2026</time></a></span> </div><!-- .meta-info --> 733 </div><!-- .entry-container --> 734</article><!-- #post-${ID} --> 735 736<article id="post-2238346" class="post-2238346 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-dc-memo category-national category-news category-washington tag-news entry"> 737 738 <figure class="post-thumbnail">
739 <a class="post-thumbnail-inner" href="https://www.minnpost.com/dc-memo/2026/09/d-c-memo-ai-doomers-minnesota-farmers-lobby-congress/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> 740 <img width="800" height="600" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='800'%20height='600'%20viewBox='0%200%20800%20600'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-archive-image size-newspack-archive-image wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt data-hero-candidate decoding="async" data-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/OpenAI-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1" data-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/OpenAI-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/OpenAI-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/OpenAI-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/OpenAI-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/OpenAI-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/OpenAI-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/OpenAI-scaled.jpg?zoom=3&resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/OpenAI-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1&w=370 370w" data-sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /> </a> 741 </figure> 742 743 744 <div class="entry-container"> 745 <span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/category/dc-memo/" rel="category tag">D.C. 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Memo: AI doomers, Minnesota farmers lobby Congress</a></h2> </header><!-- .entry-header --> 747 748 <div class="entry-meta"> 749 <span class="author-avatar"></span> 750 <span class="byline"> 751 <span>by</span> 752 <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.minnpost.com/author/ana-radelat/">Ana Radelat</a></span> </span><!-- .byline --> 753 <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/dc-memo/2026/09/d-c-memo-ai-doomers-minnesota-farmers-lobby-congress/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-09-18T10:09:47-05:00">09/18/2026</time><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-18T10:09:53-05:00">09/18/2026</time></a></span> </div><!-- .meta-info --> 754 </div><!-- .entry-container --> 755</article><!-- #post-${ID} --> 756 757<article id="post-2238341" class="post-2238341 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-glean tag-greater-minnesota tag-metro-area tag-news tag-twin-cities tag-wisconsin entry"> 758 759 <figure class="post-thumbnail"> 760 <a class="post-thumbnail-inner" href="https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2026/09/kiss-me-underneath-the-baldfaced-wasps-nest/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> 761 <img width="800" height="600" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='800'%20height='600'%20viewBox='0%200%20800%20600'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-archive-image size-newspack-archive-image wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="logo for a minnesota news roundup featuring a neon sign with a bottle cap that reads the glean, mon-fri" data-hero-candidate decoding="async" data-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1" data-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?zoom=2&resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?zoom=3&resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/glean.png?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1&w=370 370w" data-sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /> </a> 762 </figure> 763 764 765 <div class="entry-container"> 766 <span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/category/glean/" rel="category tag">The Glean</a></span> <header class="entry-header"> 767 <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2026/09/kiss-me-underneath-the-baldfaced-wasps-nest/" rel="bookmark">Kiss me underneath the baldfaced wasp’s nest</a></h2> </header><!-- .entry-header --> 768 769 <div class="entry-meta"> 770 <span class="author-avatar"></span> 771 <span class="byline"> 772 <span>by</span> 773 <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.minnpost.com/author/steve-mcpherson/">Steve McPherson</a></span> </span><!-- .byline --> 774 <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2026/09/kiss-me-underneath-the-baldfaced-wasps-nest/" rel="bookmark">
774<time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-09-18T05:00:00-05:00">09/18/2026</time><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-18T07:40:07-05:00">09/18/2026</time></a></span> </div><!-- .meta-info --> 775 </div><!-- .entry-container --> 776</article><!-- #post-${ID} --> 777 778<article id="post-2238338" class="post-2238338 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-elections category-news category-top-story tag-2026-issues tag-news entry"> 779 780 <figure class="post-thumbnail"> 781 <a class="post-thumbnail-inner" href="https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2026/09/on-election-day-polling-sites-should-be-islands-of-calm-says-minnesota-secretary-of-state-steve-simon/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> 782 <img width="800" height="600" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='800'%20height='600'%20viewBox='0%200%20800%20600'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-archive-image size-newspack-archive-image wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="two people walking toward glass entrance of frederick r weisman art museum with a vote here sign and american flag" data-hero-candidate decoding="async" data-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Election-Day-110425-es_21-scaled-1.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1" data-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Election-Day-110425-es_21-scaled-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Election-Day-110425-es_21-scaled-1.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Election-Day-110425-es_21-scaled-1.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Election-Day-110425-es_21-scaled-1.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Election-Day-110425-es_21-scaled-1.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Election-Day-110425-es_21-scaled-1.jpg?zoom=2&resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Election-Day-110425-es_21-scaled-1.jpg?zoom=3&resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Election-Day-110425-es_21-scaled-1.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1&w=370 370w" data-sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /> </a> 783 </figure> 784 785 786 <div class="entry-container"> 787 <span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/category/elections/" rel="category tag">Elections</a></span> <header class="entry-header"> 788 <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2026/09/on-election-day-polling-sites-should-be-islands-of-calm-says-minnesota-secretary-of-state-steve-simon/" rel="bookmark">On Election Day, polling sites should be âislands of calm,â says Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon</a></h2> </header><!-- .entry-header --> 789 790 <div class="entry-meta"> 791 <span class="author-avatar"></span> 792 <span class="byline"> 793 <span>by</span> 794 <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.minnpost.com/author/brian-martucci/">Brian Martucci</a></span> </span><!-- .byline --> 795 <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2026/09/on-election-day-polling-sites-should-be-islands-of-calm-says-minnesota-secretary-of-state-steve-simon/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-09-17T17:31:00-05:00">09/17/2026</time><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-17T17:31:05-05:00">09/17/2026</time></a></span> </div><!-- .meta-info --> 796 </div><!-- .entry-container --> 797</article><!-- #post-${ID} --> 798 799<article id="post-2238301" class="post-2238301 newspack_nl_cpt type-newspack_nl_cpt status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry category-capitol-conversations category-news category-state-government tag-news entry"> 800 801 <figure class="post-thumbnail">
802 <a class="post-thumbnail-inner" href="https://www.minnpost.com/newsletter/crime-in-minnesota-is-dropping-and-we-dont-know-why/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> 803 <img width="800" height="600" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='800'%20height='600'%20viewBox='0%200%20800%20600'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-archive-image size-newspack-archive-image wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt data-hero-candidate decoding="async" data-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Ellison.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1" data-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Ellison.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Ellison.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Ellison.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Ellison.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Ellison.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Ellison.jpg?zoom=2&resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Ellison.jpg?zoom=3&resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Ellison.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1&w=370 370w" data-sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /> </a> 804 </figure> 805 806 807 <div class="entry-container"> 808 <span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/category/state-government/capitol-conversations/" rel="category tag">Capitol Conversations</a></span> <header class="entry-header"> 809 <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/newsletter/crime-in-minnesota-is-dropping-and-we-dont-know-why/" rel="bookmark">Crime in Minnesota is dropping and we donât know why</a></h2> </header><!-- .entry-header --> 810 811 <div class="entry-meta"> 812 <span class="author-avatar"></span> 813 <span class="byline"> 814 <span>by</span> 815 <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.minnpost.com/author/matthew-blake/">Matthew Blake</a></span> </span><!-- .byline --> 816 <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/newsletter/crime-in-minnesota-is-dropping-and-we-dont-know-why/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-09-17T14:46:54-05:00">09/17/2026</time><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-17T16:47:19-05:00">09/17/2026</time></a></span> </div><!-- .meta-info --> 817 </div><!-- .entry-container --> 818</article><!-- #post-${ID} --> 819 820<article id="post-2238217" class="post-2238217 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-opinion category-sacks-view tag-opinion entry"> 821 822 <figure class="post-thumbnail"> 823 <a class="post-thumbnail-inner" href="https://www.minnpost.com/opinion/sacks-view/2026/09/whats-that-smell-steve-sack-cartoon/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> 824 <img width="800" height="600" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='800'%20height='600'%20viewBox='0%200%20800%20600'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-archive-image size-newspack-archive-image wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="A cartoon that recasts Peanuts characters" data-hero-candidate decoding="async" data-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Sacktoon9-17-1-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1" data-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Sacktoon9-17-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Sacktoon9-17-1-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Sacktoon9-17-1-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Sacktoon9-17-1-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Sacktoon9-17-1-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Sacktoon9-17-1-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Sacktoon9-17-1-scaled.jpg?zoom=3&resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 2400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Sacktoon9-17-1-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1&w=370 370w" data-sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /> </a> 825 </figure> 826 827 828 <div class="entry-container"> 829 <span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/category/opinion/sacks-view/" rel="category tag">Sack's View</a></span> <header class="entry-header"> 830 <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/opinion/sacks-view/2026/09/whats-that-smell-steve-sack-cartoon/" rel="bookmark">What’s that smell?</a></h2> </header><!-- .entry-header --> 831 832 <div class="entry-meta"> 833 <span class="author-avatar"></span> 834 <span class="byline"> 835 <span>by</span> 836 <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.minnpost.com/author/steve-sack/">Steve Sack</a></span> </span><!-- .byline --> 837 <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/opinion/sacks-view/2026/09/whats-that-smell-steve-sack-cartoon/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-09-17T05:00:00-05:00">09/17/2026</time><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-16T18:43:44-05:00">09/16/2026</time></a></span> </div><!-- .meta-info --> 838 </div><!-- .entry-container --> 839</article><!-- #post-${ID} --> 840 841<article id="post-2238232" class="post-2238232 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-metro category-news tag-metro-area tag-news tag-twin-cities entry"> 842 843 <figure class="post-thumbnail">
844 <a class="post-thumbnail-inner" href="https://www.minnpost.com/metro/2026/09/shhh-from-motion-sensors-to-car-engines-minneapolis-noise-pollution-can-be-hard-to-ignore-and-harder-to-stop/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> 845 <img width="800" height="600" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='800'%20height='600'%20viewBox='0%200%20800%20600'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-archive-image size-newspack-archive-image wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="a harley davidson motorcycle in a showroom. City officials are weighing how to enforce noise ordinance" data-hero-candidate decoding="async" data-src="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/AP19290717175416-scaled-e1752162081908.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1" data-srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/AP19290717175416-scaled-e1752162081908.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1&w=370 370w, https://i0.wp.com/www.minnpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/AP19290717175416-scaled-e1752162081908.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1&w=400 400w" data-sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" /> </a> 846 </figure> 847 848 849 <div class="entry-container"> 850 <span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/category/metro/" rel="category tag">Metro</a></span> <header class="entry-header"> 851 <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/metro/2026/09/shhh-from-motion-sensors-to-car-engines-minneapolis-noise-pollution-can-be-hard-to-ignore-and-harder-to-stop/" rel="bookmark">SHHH! From motion sensors to car engines, Minneapolis noise pollution can be hard to ignore and harder to stop</a></h2> </header><!-- .entry-header --> 852 853 <div class="entry-meta"> 854 <span class="author-avatar"></span> 855 <span class="byline"> 856 <span>by</span> 857 <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.minnpost.com/author/tmitchell/">Trevor Mitchell</a></span> </span><!-- .byline --> 858 <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/metro/2026/09/shhh-from-motion-sensors-to-car-engines-minneapolis-noise-pollution-can-be-hard-to-ignore-and-harder-to-stop/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-09-17T05:00:00-05:00">09/17/2026</time><time class="updated" datetime="2026-09-17T12:22:43-05:00">09/17/2026</time></a></span> </div><!-- .meta-info --> 859 </div><!-- .entry-container --> 860</article><!-- #post-${ID} --> 861
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1535<script id="newspack-menu-accessibility-js-extra"> 1536var newspackScreenReaderText = {"open_search":"Open Search","close_search":"Close Search","expand_comments":"Expand Comments","collapse_comments":"Collapse Comments","show_order_details":"Show details","hide_order_details":"Hide details","open_dropdown_menu":"Open dropdown menu","close_dropdown_menu":"Close dropdown menu","is_amp":""}; 1537//# sourceURL=newspack-menu-accessibility-js-extra 1538</script>
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1539<script data-wp-strategy="defer" defer id="newspack-menu-accessibility-js" src="https://www.minnpost.com/wp-content/themes/newspack-theme/js/dist/menu-accessibility.js?ver=2.27.0" type="pmdelayedscript" data-cfasync="false" data-no-optimize="1" data-no-defer="1" data-no-minify="1"></script>
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1545<script id="newspack-amp-fallback-sponsors-js-extra"> 1546var newspackScreenReaderTextSponsors = {"open_info":"Learn More","close_info":"Close"}; 1547//# sourceURL=newspack-amp-fallback-sponsors-js-extra 1548</script>
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1549<script data-wp-strategy="defer" defer id="newspack-amp-fallback-sponsors-js" src="https://www.minnpost.com/wp-content/themes/newspack-theme/js/dist/amp-fallback-newspack-sponsors.js?ver=2.27.0" type="pmdelayedscript" data-cfasync="false" data-no-optimize="1" data-no-defer="1" data-no-minify="1"></script>
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