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While loons and ducks share habitat on Minnesota lakes, they aren’t close relatives. Ducks are closer cousins to geese and swans.

Niron Magnetics boasts University of Minnesota-linked, homegrown technology that could reduce reliance on the rare-earth minerals.

While other states scramble to protect families from the cost of the data center boom, Minnesota saw it coming and set the standard first. In 2025, the Legislature passed one of the strongest data ...