>>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 […]
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>>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 8-18-23
>>Rochester woman pleads guilty to federal felony charge arising from Jan. 6th insurrection (Washington, DC) — A woman from Rochester has pleaded guilty to a federal felony charge for her role in the January 6th, 2021 insurrection at the U-S Capitol. Prosecutors allege 41-year-old Victoria White “shoved through the crowd…assisted other rioters into the tunnel […]
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, […]
Friday Morning Headlines
>>Governor Walz Talks Legal Cannabis at Iowa State Fair (Des Moines, IA) — Governor Tim Walz talked about the legalization of recreational cannabis in Minnesota during a visit to the Iowa State Fair on Thursday. On the “Iowa Press” program, Walz said, “Quite honestly it goes about this freedom issue. I trust adults to make […]
Mid-Day Headlines
>>Austin Man Pleads Guilty to Felony Assault in Connection to Hospital Lockdown (Austin, MN) — An Austin man pleaded guilty today (TUES) to a felony assault charge in connection to a shooting in early June that put the Mayo Clinic Health System Hospital in Austin under temporary lockdown. 34-year-old Denroy Jeffers was accused of shooting […]
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>>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 […]