Minnesota’s black bears will be emerging from hibernation soon and the Minnesota DNR is offering some tips to avoid any confrontations with the hungry animals. Because there are no berries or green vegetation early in the spring, bears will be looking for food sources. The DNR says to check your property for any unsecured food sources […]
Walz holds public safety roundtable in Moorhead
Governor Tim Walz is visiting Moorhead to discuss public safety issues with city leaders. Walz is set to meet with Mayor Shelly Carlson, Police Chief Shannon Monroe, and others today. The governor will be holding a roundtable discussion focusing on the effect his 300-million dollar public safety plan would have on the city. Walz is […]
Too wet and cool for fieldwork
Minnesota farmers are continuing to deal with wet and muddy fields as the snow continues to melt in some regions. USDA reporters say only a couple of hours were suitable for fieldwork all week. The snowmelt has helped recharge soils, as both topsoil and subsoil are rated 67% adequate, with 23% of topsoil having surplus […]
BCA searching for armed shooting suspect
Authorities are looking for an alleged suspect in a shooting in northern Minnesota. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office got a call of a shooting in Pelican Rapids at about 2:15 p.m. Sunday. By the time deputies arrived the suspect, Phoutthasa Prathane was gone. He was last seen […]
Kayaker rescued from Mississippi River
A Little Falls woman had to be rescued Sunday in the Mississippi River. The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office got a report of a stranded kayaker about a mile south of Little Falls at around 4:00 p.m. Authorities say 51-year-old Heidi Schmidt had fallen off her kayak and became stranded in the water between sheets of […]
Walz waives trucking regulations to help fight avian influenza
Governor Tim Walz today signed an executive order waiving trucking regulations to help fight the spread of avian influenza and mitigate the risk to Minnesota’s poultry industry. Minnesota is ranked first in the nation in turkey production, with more than 660 turkey farms that raise about 40 million birds annually. And turkey production generates $774 […]
Representative Omar meets with President Biden
Representative Ilhan Omar, Whip of the Congressional Progressive Caucus had her first sit-down meeting with President Joe Biden. In a statement Omar said: “As someone who spent her childhood in a war zone and refugee camp dreaming of coming to the United States of America, I never imagined that I would one day be meeting […]
Minnesota astronaut back on Earth
A Minnesota astronaut is back on Earth after nearly a year aboard the International Space Station. Mark Vande Hei landed in Kazakhstan yesterday which was Thursday morning in Eastern Europe. His 355-day space station mission is a new record. Vande Hei spent his journey with two Russian cosmonauts. Fifty-five-year-old Vande Hei is a 1985 graduate […]
Minnesota trial set for Florida man in human smuggling case
A Florida man is scheduled to stand trial in Minnesota this summer on human smuggling charges following his January arrest after authorities just across the Canadian border found four migrants who froze to death during a blizzard. Court documents filed Wednesday show that U.S. District Judge John Tunheim scheduled Steve Shand’s trial to begin on […]
Republicans set to roll out plan to replenish COVID Unemployment Insurance
Minnesota Senate Republicans roll out their plan today (noon) to replenish Minnesota’s COVID-depleted Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, which they say will avoid harmful tax increases on businesses. Lawmakers have been tossing around the idea of doing something early in the legislative session — and last week House Speaker, Democrat Melissa Hortman suggested as a way […]