A millennial couple overcame 3 challenges turning a ruined chapel into a $250-a-night Airbnb. Take a look.

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A white chapel with a gold steeple in Minnesota.
The chapel sits on two acres of land near Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, surrounded by farmland and rolling hills.

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A pandemic fraud trial took a 'mob movie' twist when a juror got a bag filled with $120,000 in cash

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The Diana E. Murphy federal courthouse in Minneapolis, MN.

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A 63-year-old working 2 jobs is worried about retirement. She says she's been overeducated and underpaid her entire career.

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Cathy said she's nervous about retirement even though she's worked her whole life and has a master's degree.

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I paid just $135,000 for my house when homes in the area are going for twice that. Here's how.

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Melisa Gomez-Romo's husband and children at their front door.
Melisa Gomez-Romo's husband and children at their front door.

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Minneapolis just voted to give ride-hailing drivers a pay bump. Uber and Lyft said they'd leave the city if this happened.

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Minneapolis voted to guarantee Uber and Lyft drivers higher pay. Uber and Lyft threatened to leave the city if the ordinance passed.

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A boomer couple who moved from Minnesota to Florida said they 'lost pretty much everything' in a hurricane but don't regret the move

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Barbara Pelton moved from Minnesota to California at the start of the pandemic.

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The 'uncommitted' campaign against Biden has gone national, winning hundreds of thousands of votes in swing states

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President Joe Biden at the White House on March 5, 2024.
President Joe Biden at the White House on March 5, 2024.

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Dean Phillips says it's 'absurd' that Amy Klobuchar is running for reelection while comparing himself to Liz Cheney

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Rep. Dean Phillips and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, both Democrats from Minnesota.
Rep. Dean Phillips and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, both Democrats from Minnesota.

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Get used to it: America's winters will be a lot less snowy from now on

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Outside a window, a child tries to muster up enough snow for a snowman but can't quite. Inside, a photo frame with the same child next to a giant snowman in a snowy version of the same landscape.
Last December was the warmest on record for much of the Midwest. It's the beginning of a new normal.

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Minnesota's new $1,750 child tax credit could reduce the state's child poverty rate by a third

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