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A pair of St. Cloud hip-hop artists have created a powerful music video to raise awareness about the growing problem of bullying. The hip hop group Cloud City Boyz and singer Janey Neal created the song for bullying awareness month in October. Students from South Junior High in St. Cloud sing the chorus in the song as well as participate in the music video.

Instead of the typical 65 precincts, there will be 13 for the upcoming November 3rd $167 million referendum for the St. Cloud area school district. The change is due to the school district deciding to use larger precincts for the referendum vote, resulting in fewer polling places.

The Albany economy may take a negative hit with the announcement that their area hospital will be closing at the end of the year. City administrator Tom Schneider says the decision to close the hospital will likely cut some jobs in town. The hospital had an average amount of just one patient and four emergency department visits per day.

Conditons are expected to be perfect for Central Minnesota stargazers on Sunday night to watch a supermoon and total lunar eclipse at the same time. A supermoon is when a full moon is closest to Earth. Although still 222,000 miles away, this full moon will look slightly bigger than usual.

Another medical marijuana manufacturer in Minnesota is offering a discount amid criticism by patients about the high cost of the cannabis medicine.

Hemp has been legally harvested in Minnesota for the first time in more than 60 years. A new state law passed this year allows researchers from the University of Minnesota to collect wild hemp.

A former St. Paul Boy Scout has filed a civil lawsuit, claiming he was sexually abused by two scout leaders more than 40 years ago. In his lawsuit filed in Ramsey County District Court, John Doe 152 claims the Boy Scouts of America and the local Northern Star Council failed to protect him from his abusers.

A farmer-owned cooperative is considering an expansion at its ethanol plant in southeastern Minnesota that would cost an estimated $146 million.

An 18-year-old man has been charged in a Fourth of July weekend shooting in downtown Minneapolis that killed a teenager and injured another man. Dejon Frazier of Burnsville was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder in the death of 16-year-old Sabrae Mcalester.

Gov. Mark Dayton says he'll take an active role in advocating for law changes that could lead to a new professional soccer stadium and franchise in Minnesota. Dayton said Tuesday he is neutral on which city - Minneapolis or St. Paul - should host the team.