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U expert: Stop backyard bird feeding while avian flu spreads

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By Lorna Benson Verified
| MPR News (Saint Paul, MN) Verified
An Indigo bunting grabs a snack in Eagan. The head of the University of Minnesota Raptor Center is urging people to hold off backyard bird feeding this spring to help stem the spread of avian flu. Emily Raleigh Minnesotans should hold off on feeding their backyard birds for awhile and should also take steps to sanitize their feeders to protect songbirds as avian flu circulates across the state, the head of the University of Minnesota Raptor Center tells MPR News.
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Dozens protest fatal police shooting of Austin, Minn., man

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By Catharine Richert Verified, Lorna Benson Verified
| MPR News (Saint Paul, MN) Verified
A makeshift memorial is made on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021, outside the Kwik Trip where 38-year-old Kouko Christopher Fiafonou was killed on Dec. 23 by Austin police officer Zachary Gast in Austin, Minn. Courtesy of Joe Ahlquist | The Rochester Post Bulletin Dozens of people called on the Austin Police Department Thursday to release squad car video of the fatal police shooting of Kouko Christopher Fiafonou. The Austin, Minn., resident was shot by an officer in a gas station parking lot on Dec. 23.
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Trouble in the Water

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By Mark Steil, Lorna Benson Verified, Mark Zdechlik, Elizabeth Dunbar Verified, Dan Kraker Verified, John Enger, Clay Masters Verified
| MPR News (Saint Paul, MN) Verified
Minnesota's identity is closely linked with the state's beautiful and abundant water resources. But some 40 percent of surface waters in the Land of 10,000 Lakes are polluted and more lakes and streams are added to the list with each survey. Some of the pollution is toxic enough to kill dogs, but there's little state or federal regulators can do to curb the major threat to water quality: Food production. Trouble in the water: Can Minnesota stop polluting its lakes, rivers?
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