by Bill Werner | Mar 18, 2024 | Afternoon Headlines
>>Walz proposes modest $226M supplemental budget (St. Paul, MN) — Governor Tim Walz is proposing the state spend 226 million dollars of the projected 3.7-billion-dollar budget surplus for 2024-25. The modest, one-page proposal comes in the context of the...
by Bill Werner | Mar 15, 2024 | Afternoon Headlines
>> Seven-Year-Old Child Dies, Death Investigation Underway (Rothsay, MN) — An investigation is underway into the death of a seven-year-old boy from Rothsay in west-central Minnesota When Wilkin County first responders arrived Wednesday afternoon, CPR was...
by Bill Werner | Mar 13, 2024 | Afternoon Headlines
>>Catch-and-release on Mille Lacs this spring and early summer (Onamia, MN) — Mille Lacs Lake walleye fishing will be catch-and-release this spring and early summer. The DNR and the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe have set a catch-and-release fishing season from...
by Bill Werner | Mar 8, 2024 | Afternoon Headlines
>>Incoming U-of-M president will be paid about $1.1M per year (Minneapolis, MN) — Incoming University of Minnesota President Rebecca Cunningham will be paid close to 1.1 million dollars a year and start work this summer, under a five-year contract the...
by Bill Werner | Mar 7, 2024 | Afternoon Headlines
>>School resource officer use-of-force “fix” headed for MN Senate floor (St. Paul, MN) — A compromise bill to “fix” the brand-new law on use-of-force by school-based resource officers awaits a vote in the Minnesota Senate after...