News Headlines for Alberta, Minnesota

Minnesota starts DWI crackdown for holiday season (Pioneer Press)
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety arranged a corny delivery with a serious message this morning, as a UPS driver dropped off a couple dozen law enforcement officers at a MnDOT garage in St. Paul to announce increased DWI patrols during the holiday season.

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Minnesota Health / Study tallies flu shot benefits at colleges (Pioneer Press)
College students who get their flu shots are much less likely to miss school or work each influenza season, according to a study released Monday by Minnesota researchers.

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Minnesota's Matson out for season (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
MINNEAPOLIS - Freshman center Taylor Matson will miss the rest of the Minnesota Gophers hockey season with a knee injury. The team says Tuesday that Matson injured the knee in Friday's loss to Michigan. He'll have surgery in the upcoming weeks.

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Minnesota's U.S. Senate recount continues (UPI)
ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The recount of Minnesota's U.S. Senate race is in its final week and Democratic challenger Al Franken says he hopes rejected ballots will help close the gap.

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Questions with Bob Sansevere: Minnesota-Duluth football coach Bob Nielson (Pioneer Press)
It could be years, many years, before the University of Minnesota football team is ready to compete for a national championship. That's not the case at every Minnesota university. The undefeated Minnesota-Duluth football team has reached the NCAA Division II semifinals after beating top-ranked Grand Valley State 19-13 Saturday in the second overtime of the national quarterfinals. Bob Nielson, ...

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Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf says his 'full support' of coach Brad Childress 'never wavered' (Pioneer Press)
DULUTH, Minn. — Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf said today his confidence in coach Brad Childress has never wavered this season.

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1 in 4 Univ. of Minnesota Students Diagnosed with Mental Health Condition (FOX 9 News Twin Cities)
1 in 4 University of Minnesota students at the Twin Cities campus have been diagnosed with at least one mental health condition, according to results of a Boyton Health Service survey.

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Patrol IDs 2 killed in northern Minnesota accident (Grand Forks Herald)
The State Patrol is identifying the two people killed Monday morning in two-vehicle accident on Interstate 35 near Sandstone in northern Minnesota. Advertisement: Westgate Marine Westgate Marine We specialize in boats and motors - trust the experts!

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Minnesota Senate candidates withdraw some challenges (Miami Herald)
With the recount of Minnesota's U.S. Senate race now 92 percent complete, the campaigns signaled Monday that they may soon withdraw some of the thousands of challenges they've made to disputed ballots.

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Minnesota crop harvests nearly complete (Finance and Commerce)
Minimal amounts of precipitation last week allowed Minnesota farmers to nearly complete this season’s harvest. The weekly crop report from the Minnesota field office the U.S. Department of Agriculture says the corn crop is 97 percent harvested. That’s a bit behind the historical average.

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