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The biggest inconvenience to Minnesota voters on Election Day: constant rain
By Katherine Langford
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Marcus Chen
Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · St. Paul, MN
Marcus manages the day-to-day editorial workflow across all brands, coordinating coverage assignments and ensuring editorial standards are met. He previously served as city editor at the Pioneer Press and holds a degree in Political Science from Carleton College.
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Your daily Minnesota news roundup starts … NOW. Welcome to the Election Haven edition of The Glean. No election news, for the next 475 words or so. 4-H and the University of Minnesota Extension teamed up last winter to help more than 650 students grow Atlantic Giant pumpkins as part of a contest called “Grow a Monster: Supersize My Pumpkin.” The heaviest pumpkins topped 200 lbs, and awards were given out in categories like strangest shape and orangest pumpkin. To all those kids, I say: gourd job, gourd effort. (For the record, I definitely did not think 4-Hers was a website selling prescription drugs for women.) A man in White Bear Lake drew a gun at a gas station and then led police on an 18-mile chase in a stolen car. He was apprehended when pursuers executed a PIT maneuver. What’s a PIT maneuver, you might ask, because I definitely did. The acronym stands for Precision Immobilization Technique (bit of an ATM machine situation calling it a PIT maneuver) and it’s executed by
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