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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will work to get back online this week in the wake of its first shutdown in history.

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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will work to get back online this week in the wake of its first shutdown in history.

As of Thursday, 11 state parks are fully open, and 15 parks are partially open.
Facilities across the state begin reopening. Is your favorite ready for use?
As of Thursday, 11 state parks are fully open and 15 are partially open.
As of Thursday, 11 state parks are fully open, and 15 parks are partially open.
Several state parks are either fully or partially open, but the real work now lies in assessing their condition.
As of Thursday, 11 state parks are fully open, and 15 parks are partially open.
Dayton signed the bills, ending the 20-day shutdown.
Gov. Dayton signs 12 bills so the government can get back to business.
Gov. Mark Dayton has signed all bills into law to end the shutdown.
Gov. Mark Dayton signed a two-year state budget into law that will end the nation's longest state government shutdown in a decade.
Lawmakers worked late into the night Wednesday.
Dayton signs budget bills, effectively ending the state government shutdown.
At 20 days, it was the longest continuous shutdown of any state government in United States history.
Gov. Mark Dayton signed a two-year state budget into law that will end the nation's longest state government shutdown in a decade.
Dayton signed the bills Wednesday morning, ending the 20-day shutdwon
Southwest legislators critical of the final product.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed 12 bill Wednesday morning ending the government shutdown that tied up Minnesota for nearly three weeks.