>>Minnesota Ag Delegation Leaves for Trade Mission to Japan (St. Paul, MN) — A delegation from Minnesota is leaving today (Friday) for a business development trade mission to Japan. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is leading the one-week trip which includes state officials, lawmakers, and representatives from local ag organizations. The group will meet with […]
Friday Morning Headlines
>>Flags Lowered to Half-Staff in Honor of Late Governor Al Quie (St. Paul, MN) — Flags are flying at half-staff on state buildings through sunset Saturday in honor of former Governor Al Quie. Minnesota’s 35th governor will lie in state from noon to 3 p.m. today (Friday) at the State Capitol. Quie represented southern Minnesota’s […]
Midday Headlines
>>Minnesota Employers Encouraged to Cash Worker’s Comp Surplus Checks (St. Paul, MN) — Employers who have workers comp insurance through the Workers’ Compensation Reinsurance Association are being urged to check whether they have unclaimed money. The WCRA issued 90,000 surplus distribution checks totaling $ 35 million to policyholders in December of 2022. Approximately 15,000 checks […]
Morning Headlines
>>Record Temps (Chanhassen, MN) — Temperatures in Duluth and the Twin Cities Monday tied records set nearly a century ago. Meteorologists with the National Weather Service recorded 98-degree temperatures in Minneapolis and St. Paul, tying a record set in 1925. The temperature hit 89 degrees in Duluth, tying a record set in 1897. Temperatures are […]
Morning Headlines
>>Labor Day Weekend Heat Wave for Minnesota (Chanhassen, MN) — Temperatures are expected to really heat up in Minnesota over the Labor Day weekend. National Weather Service meteorologist Tyler Hasenstein says it will likely be the warmest on Sunday and Monday. He says temps in the mid to upper 90s are forecast statewide Sunday with […]
Morning Headlines 8-15-23
>>Senate Bonding Tour (St. Paul, MN) — Minnesota Senate lawmakers begin hearing pitches for bonding dollars as they kick off the first leg of their statewide tour in northwest Minnesota, visiting more than 30 sites in 23 cities over the next three days (Tues-Thurs). (Among highlights: the Bemidji Veterans Home, Central Lakes College in Brainerd, […]
Morning Headlines
>>Drought Conditions Continue Getting Worse in Minnesota (Lincoln, NE) — Drought conditions continue to worsen and expand across Minnesota. This week’s U-S Drought Monitor map finds one-third of the state in a moderate drought and nearly three percent in extreme drought. The extreme conditions are in southeastern Minnesota, the St. Cloud area, and now Crow […]
Midday Briefs
>>>BCA Issues Alert for Missing Boy (Cass Lake, MN) — A statewide alert has been issued for a missing 8-year-old boy. The Leech Lake Tribal Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating Alfred Desjarlait III. According to the BCA, the boy left home on foot near NW. 140th Street and Wakonabo Drive in […]
Friday Morning Briefs
>>Governor Walz Set to Sign Free School Meals for all Bill (St. Paul, MN) — Governor Tim Walz this afternoon (115pm) signs into law one of Democrats’ top priorities for the 2023 session: free school breakfast and lunch for all Minnesota students, regardless of income. House Republicans made a last-ditch attempt Thursday afternoon to block […]
Morning News Briefs
>>MN GOP Lawmakers Roll Out Anti-Crime Legislative Package (St. Paul, MN) — The anti-crime package from Minnesota House and Senate Republicans includes increased penalties for carjacking, fleeing police in a motor vehicle, and possessing or distributing fentanyl. Sentences would also increase for offenders with two or more convictions for violent crimes. G-O-P Representative Walter Hudson […]