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Walz holds public safety roundtable in Moorhead

April 12, 2022 By Tasha Redel

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 […]

Filed Under: Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt

Too wet and cool for fieldwork

April 12, 2022 By Tasha Redel

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 […]

Filed Under: News, Outdoors, Weather

BCA searching for armed shooting suspect

April 11, 2022 By Tasha Redel

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 […]

Filed Under: Crime / Courts, News

Kayaker rescued from Mississippi River

April 4, 2022 By Tasha Redel

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 […]

Filed Under: News, Outdoors

Walz waives trucking regulations to help fight avian influenza

March 31, 2022 By Tasha Redel

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 […]

Filed Under: Business, News, Politics / Govt

Representative Omar meets with President Biden

March 31, 2022 By Tasha Redel

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 […]

Filed Under: News, Politics / Govt

Minnesota astronaut back on Earth

March 31, 2022 By Tasha Redel

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 […]

Filed Under: News

Minnesota trial set for Florida man in human smuggling case

March 31, 2022 By Tasha Redel

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 […]

Filed Under: Crime / Courts, News

Republicans set to roll out plan to replenish COVID Unemployment Insurance

February 7, 2022 By Tasha Redel

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 […]

Filed Under: News, Politics / Govt

MPLS City Council addresses “no-knock” warrant policies

February 7, 2022 By Tasha Redel

The Minneapolis City Council is set to discuss its “no-knock” warrant policies today (Monday 1:30 p-m) during an oversight committee meeting.   Councilman Jeremiah Ellison invited St. Thomas law professor Rachel Moran and other so-called experts to talk about research related to police procedures and no-knock warrants. The discussion is in response to the Minneapolis police […]

Filed Under: Crime / Courts, News

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(New Brunswick, NJ)  —  The University of Minnesota men’s basketball team is looking to put a halt to a five-game losing streak when it visits Rutgers tonight in a Big Ten Conference match-up.  The Golden Gophers are 7-13 overall and 1-9 in the Big Ten after Saturday’s 81-61 loss at Northwestern.  The host Scarlett Knights […]

Gopher volleyball makes it official with key transfer addition

The University of Minnesota volleyball program has announced the addition of graduate libero Kylie Murr to the program. Murr, the reigning Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, has one year of eligibility remaining to use in 2023. “We’re thrilled to bring Kylie Murr to Minnesota for the 2023 season,” said head coach Keegan Cook. […]

Hunter Heading To Pro Bowl

(Eagan, MN)  —  Vikings linebacker Danielle Hunter has been named to the 2023 N-F-L Pro Bowl Games. Hunter, who will be appearing in his third Pro Bowl, is replacing Eagles linebacker Haason Reddick, who is unable to participate due to the Super Bowl.  Hunter started in all 17 games this season and registered 65 tackles […]

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