Plus: Rep. Michelle Fischbach won’t be sitting on the House ag committee; Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara calls for anti-theft devices on certain vehicles; U of M women’s hockey team earns the NCAA Tournament No. 2 overall seed; and more.
Plus: Derek Chauvin’s ex-wife pleads guilty to felony tax-evasion charges; U of M requests nearly $1 billion from the state legislature; Amber Alert issued for 3-year-old Lakeville boy; and more.
Plus: 687 vehicles ticketed during the first night of St. Paul’s back-to-back snow emergencies; Tesla plans to open two new metro area dealerships; “car-skiing” in Shakopee; and more.
Plus: Some Harding students protest the presence of police officers in the school; area hospital workers are still waiting for action regarding allegations of racism; a new app aims to preserve the Dakhota language; and more.
Plus: Bill Maher interviews former Minneapolis police chief Medaria Arradondo; Rep. Dean Phillips and his brother are sued for alleged wage theft; Eagle Lake resident arrested after hitting boyfriend in the back of the head with a whole chicken; Lizzo honors Prince at the Grammys; and more.
Plus: Minneapolis Public Schools was the target of cyber fraud during the pandemic; the U of M asks the Legislature for over $200 million; Juneteenth becomes a state holiday; images from the 46th Annual Championship Cat Show; and more.
Plus: MPR News examines Minneapolis’ whack-a-mole approach to homeless encampments; Northrop Auditorium has reopened; Minnesota lawmakers consider redesigning the state flag; Lawless Distilling closes; and more.
Plus: North St. Paul high school boys basketball team refuse to play Eden Prairie; MDH is concerned about a horse tranquilizer now being mixed with fentanyl; the Edina girls hockey team senior goaltender becomes the winningest; cat in Fargo shelter has been there for 854 days; and more.
Plus: Federal funding available for passenger rail service between the Twin Cities and Duluth; an interview with Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara; St. Paul’s potholes are even worse this winter; picking out the right shovel; and more.
Plus: Glenwood City Schools closed due to threatening e-mail; Minnesota Twins/Carlos Correa rumors swirl on Friday; the Mayo needs O- blood donors; and more.
Plus: The future of George Floyd Square; Showtime documentary on the North High School football team and Deshaun Hill Jr. premieres Friday; a Mayo Alzheimer’s researcher on a promising new drug; and more.
Plus: Multiple Minnesota counties scramble to find a health provider for people in their jails; Minnesota Aurora goalkeeper Sarah Fuller announces retirement; Delta flight from Cabo slides off runway; and more.
Plus: More on the labor organizing that preceded the closing of Common Roots; Cirrus Aircraft is flying high; the last VHS rental store in the Twin Cities to close; and more.
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In 2022, there were three different moments in which “Walz checks,” a proposal to use the state’s budget surplus to give rebates to Minnesotans, were among the top headlines.
Plus: St. Paul Black leaders call relations with SPPD “fractured”; U of M studying the effects of Long-COVID; Amanda, a hybrid female orangutan at Como Zoo, has died; and more.
Plus: Minneapolis passes a 2023 budget of nearly $1.7 billion; the mayor of Golden Valley addresses the police department’s toxic workplace culture; a Wisconsin nurse is on trial for cutting off a patient’s foot without consent; and more.
Plus: A boil water advisory is issued for an area of north Minneapolis; voting trends of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents examined; Xcel Energy is dropping its request for a $122 million rate increase; and more.
Plus: The Minnesota Board of Pharmacy sues several THC edibles manufacturers and retailers; a man died late Saturday night after being shot inside Spring Street Tavern; MnDOT’s “Name a Snowplow” contest is back and more.
Plus: Minnesota Dept. of Commerce files a complaint against CenturyLink; COVID-19 RNA in wastewater at its highest point since July; a Minnetonka nonprofit needs shovelers; KFAN tops the radio ratings; and more.
