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Sarah Mearhoff

Mearhoff is a Minnesota Capitol Correspondent for Forum News Service. You can reach her at smearhoff@forumcomm.com or 651-290-0707.

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The Vault
Wizard of Oz slippers: How a small Minnesota town grappled with their theft
For more than a decade, the mystery of who stole the treasured Wizard of Oz ruby red slippers from Judy Garland's childhood home in 2005 consumed the town of Grand Rapids and spawned speculation.
May 18, 2023 07:51 AM
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By  Sarah Mearhoff
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The Vault
Sex trafficking victims helped US attorney for Minnesota convict hundreds of predators in the '50s
In the federal government's crackdown on sex trafficking in the '50s, law enforcement allied with trafficking victims, whose testimonies helped fuel the arrests of more than 100 in the Midwest.
January 20, 2023 10:33 AM
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By  Sarah Mearhoff
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Minnesota
Biden's COVID vaccine plan draws strong reaction from Minnesota representatives
President Joe Biden on Thursday, Sept. 9, announced that the federal government will now require employees at all large businesses in the country to be inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine, or subject to weekly testing.
September 10, 2021 03:15 PM
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By  Sarah Mearhoff
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The Vault
In August 2001, the Minneapolis FBI was on a race to stop a 9/11 conspirator
Pan Am International Flight Academy called the FBI's Minneapolis field office in Aug. 2001 to report a flight student they believed was suspect. Investigators wouldn't know the full scope of his plans until Sept. 11, 2001.
September 09, 2021 06:00 PM
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By  Sarah Mearhoff
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Minnesota
Minnesota names its first Native American poet laureate
Gwen Nell Westerman has taught English at Minnesota State University, Mankato since 1992. A citizen of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate tribe, she is an award-winning and nationally published writer who focuses her work on Dakota history and language.
September 09, 2021 05:30 PM
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By  Sarah Mearhoff
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Minnesota
Sen. Amy Klobuchar says she has been successfully treated for breast cancer
The Minnesota Democrat in a Thursday, Sept. 9 statement said that she had put off her routine mammogram during the coronavirus pandemic, and she's fortunate her cancer had not developed further.
September 09, 2021 08:27 AM
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By  Sarah Mearhoff
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Minnesota
Republican Paul Gazelka announces bid for Minnesota governor
The former Senate majority leader has garnered a reputation in St. Paul as a dealmaker and negotiator, clinching budget deals with the Democratic governor's office and state House year after year.
September 08, 2021 01:31 PM
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By  Sarah Mearhoff
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Minnesota
Rep. Ilhan Omar brings 'The Squad' to protest Line 3; Rep. Pete Stauber fights back
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is making her final pitch to President Joe Biden to revoke the permits for Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline replacement project, set to begin moving oil as soon as this year.
September 03, 2021 05:43 PM
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By  Sarah Mearhoff
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Minnesota
Officer Kimberly Potter's charges increased to 1st-degree manslaughter
Kimberly Potter, who was a police officer for 26 years, says she mistook her gun for her taser when she fatally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright, a Black man, outside of Minneapolis in April.
September 02, 2021 03:39 PM
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By  Sarah Mearhoff
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Minnesota
State Sen. Michelle Benson enters crowded GOP primary for governor
At her gubernatorial campaign launch, Republican state Sen. Michelle Benson offered a concise campaign message: Get Gov. Tim Walz out of office.
September 01, 2021 04:46 PM
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By  Sarah Mearhoff
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