Kim Hyatt at the Star Tribune is reporting a U.S. Postal Service audit this week revealed the understaffed and overworked Bemidji post office — grappling with mountains of Amazon packages — delayed the delivery of 79,000 pieces of mail during a three-day inspection in December.
Josh Skluzacek at KSTP reports Michelle Phillips, the inspector general for the city of Oakland, California, was announced Wednesday as Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s choice to be the city’s new director of the Department of Civil Rights.
Nick Ferraro at the Pioneer Press reports Claudia Iveth Gutierrez Mendez, the owner and operator of Hamburguesas El Gordo, has been charged with 10 felony tax crimes in connection with the restaurant chain.
Erin Adler at the Star Tribune is reporting Apple Valley police officers can now chase cars connected to suspects of many felonies, ranging from burglary to sexual assault, after loosening what was one of the most restrictive vehicle-pursuit policies in the metro area.
Adam Uren at Bring Me the News reports a stretch of Interstate 94 between Hwy. 29 in Alexandria and the Douglas/Todd county line south of Osakis has been reduced to one-lane traffic, and it will stay that way until November.
Laura Bratton at Quartz reports that after two years of falling behind JetBlue, Delta Air Lines is once again the apple of first-class flyers’ eyes, ranking No. 1 in customer satisfaction for first-class and business customers on J.D. Power’s annual North America airline satisfaction study.
Allen Henry at WCCO News reports more than 100 people have taken tattoo artist JC Stroebel up on his offer to tattoo “Naz Reid” on anyone for $20.
Jon Bream at the Strib reports the Minnesota History Center will showcase one of Prince’s iconic outfits from “Purple Rain” in honor of the 40th anniversary of the opening of the film.
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