Brian Lambert

Plus: U of M experts urge feds to overhaul current approach to tracking COVID-19 outbreaks; gag order issued in cases against ex-MPD officers; lawmakers question state law enforcement leaders over response to Floyd protests; and more.

Plus: tornado injures at least two people in western Minnesota; Senate Republicans condemn failure to stop statue toppling; St. Paul City Council approves series of residential tenant protections; and more.

Plus: U of M working to protect international students from having to leave the country; face coverings to be required in all Minnesota district and appellate court facilities; U of M Morris claims net-zero carbon footprint; and more.

Plus: Rochester and Mankato approve new mask mandates; Metro Transit employees demanding changes to agency; Twins, Wild announce schedules for return; and more.

Plus: Twin Cities sees relatively low number of fireworks injuries over July 4 weekend; Trump faces trouble in Wisconsin; protesters march from MOA to Floyd memorial in south Minneapolis; and more.

Plus: more Minnesota banks commit to providing mortgage-relief options; ad agency staff walks out over ‘Black Lives Matter’ prohibition; state sees rise in complaints about involuntary discharges from senior care homes; and more.

Plus: effort to dismantle Minneapolis police gets pushback from several Black leaders; Minneapolis park board rejects plan to restrict homeless encampments in city parks; Walleye fishing on Mille Lacs Lake closes; and more.

Plus: state of Minnesota to launch $9 million COVID-19 info campaign; Minneapolis’ Calhoun Beach Club to change its name; northern Minnesota preparing for influx of visitors over holiday weekend; and more.

Plus: U of M, Edina and Rochester announce new face mask requirements; public comment period opens for proposed Minneapolis charter amendment on public safety; program to help diabetic Minnesotans gain access to insulin set to take effect; and more.

Plus: Edina, Rochester and Mankato city councils to decide whether to require people to wear face masks; former Minneapolis police officers charged in killing of George Floyd due in court; serious car crashes in Minnesota soar during coronavirus pandemic; and more.

Plus:  Minnesota utility regulators affirm support for Enbridge Line 3; state Senate Republicans to hold hearings on Floyd unrest; Twins players test positive for COVID-19; and more.

Plus: COVID-19 cluster in south-central Minnesota tied to people visiting bars; Wisconsin governor activates the National Guard; dozens of Black women in Minnesota running for elective office; and more.

Plus: three GOP state senators from request federal investigation of MPD; Minneapolis police union head says firing of Derek Chauvin was justified; elder advocate says nursing home residents in Minnesota ‘dying of loneliness’; and more.

Plus: Mia cuts roughly 15 percent of staff; U of M researchers find common diabetes drug reduces COVID-19 risks for women; Postal Service offers reward for information leading to arrests of those who damaged Minneapolis post offices; and more.

Plus: online video shows ex-Minneapolis officer charged in George Floyd’s death confronted at a grocery store; four die in wrong way crash on I-35W; Twins’ Nelson Cruz receives humanitarian award at ESPYS; and more.

Plus: Minnesota House passes police accountability legislation; Klobuchar takes herself out of consideration to be Biden’s running mate; Minneapolis Park Board votes to make city parks places of refuge for people experiencing homelessness; Duluth to drop ‘chief’ from city titles; and more.

Plus: Walz says he won’t heed calls to allow businesses to fully open Friday; Minnesota Historical Society prepares to reopen some locations; Twins infielder Miguel Sano exchanges charges of blackmail and kidnapping with lawyer in the Dominican Republic; and more.

Plus: feds charge Brainerd-area man in connection with burning down MPD’s third precinct HQ; St. Paul Mayor Carter delivers remarks on police reform to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee; Minnesota state trooper on leave after being accused of texting himself nude photos of a woman he arrested; and more.

Plus: Rep. Ilhan Omar’s father dies from complications due to COVID-19; lawmakers prepare to distribute COVID-19 relief money to Minnesota cities; state allowing people to visit loved ones through windows of long-term care facilities; Delta changing the way it cleans planes; and more.

Plus: new footage of George Floyd’s death shows officer ignoring pleas; study finds pharmaceuticals in remote northern Minnesota lakes; humid week ahead for Twin Cities; and more.