>>Vikings trade for Arizona QB Dobbs to fill gap from Cousins’ season-ending injury (Eagan, MN) — The Vikings traded for Arizona quarterback Joshua Dobbs today (Tues) to add depth to a position of need after Kirk Cousins’ season-ending injury. Minnesota head coach Kevin O’Connell says Dobbs will serve in a support role this weekend, with […]
Minnesota Afternoon Report 9-26-23
>>Minnesota Attorney General Ellison joins lawsuit against Amazon, alleging monopoly (St. Paul, MN) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is joining the Federal Trade Commission and A-Gs from a number of other states (including neighboring Wisconsin) to sue Amazon, alleging the online retailer uses “interlocking anti-competitive and unfair strategies” to illegally maintain a monopoly. Ellison […]
Minnesota Afternoon Report 9-25-23
>>Duluth recovering quickly from largest flooding event since 2012 disaster (Duluth, MN) This past weekend Duluth saw its the wettest three days since the destructive flood of 2012, thanks to over five inches of rain. Several roads were closed in Duluth and St. Louis County due to flooding. But St. Louis County Public Works Director […]
Minnesota Afternoon Report 9-15-23
>>Ex police chief of Mille Lacs Band sentenced to over 28 years for child sexual abuse **MEDIA REFERENCE – 2ND LINE** (Little Falls, MN) — A former police chief of the Mille Lacs Band has been sentenced to more than 28 years in prison for sexually assaulting a child beginning about 2009 when she was […]
Minnesota Afternoon Report 9-13-23
>>State Health Dept. urging Minnesotans to get updated COVID vaccine (St. Paul, MN) — The FDA announced approval of the updated COVID-19 vaccines Monday, the CDC issued formal vaccine recommendations Tuesday, and today (WED), Minnesota Commissioner of Health Dr. Brooke Cunningham is voicing her support. Cunningham says, “Getting vaccinated against COVID-19 remains one of the […]
Minnesota Afternoon Report 9-12-23
>>Fischbach supports House Speaker McCarthy launching impeachment inquiry of President Biden (Washington, DC) — “We have heard enough to be gravely concerned about the President’s conduct,” says 7th District Minnesota Congressman Michelle Fischbach, as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy directs a House committee open an impeachment inquiry. At the center of the investigation are business dealings […]
Minnesota Afternoon Report 9-8-23
>>D-F-L Party leader injured in carjacking in driveway of her Minneapolis home (Minneapolis, MN) — No arrests at this point, after four masked carjackers beat a Minnesota Democratic Party leader in the driveway of her Minneapolis home as her children watched and assailants held back neighbors who tried to intervene at gunpoint. D-F-L Party second […]
Minnesota Afternoon Report 9-6-23
>>Few details after three found dead at Brainerd Lakes area resort (Breezy Point, MN) — Authorities in the Brainerd Lakes area are releasing few details and continue their investigation after three people were found dead at a resort Tuesday night. Breezy Point police went to Whitebirch Resort on a call for assistance. They haven’t said […]
Minnesota Afternoon Report 9-5-23
>>2023 Minnesota State Fair attendance is sixth-highest ever (Falcon Heights, MN) — 1,835,826 people went through the turnstiles at the 2023 Minnesota State Fair, making it the sixth-best-attended fair ever. Attendance on Labor Day, the final day of the fair, was nearly 120-thousand as the mercury officially hit 96 degrees at the State Fairgrounds — […]
Minnesota Afternoon Report 8-30-23
>>Republicans demanding special session to clarify new law on school resource officer use-of-force (St. Paul, MN) — Republicans are asking Governor Tim Walz to call a special session, as some law enforcement agencies pull their on-site “resource officers” out of Minnesota schools — warning a new state law that’s unclear could expose school officers to […]