Plus: St. Louis Park enacts mask mandate; St. Cloud “Boogaloo Bois” member sentenced to two years; Klobuchar warns of consequences for Russia in potential Ukraine invasion; and more.

Plus: Walz makes bonding proposal; classes canceled at Holy Angels after bomb threat; Rochester man gets 10-year sentence in Lake St. pawn shop arson; and more.

Plus: a Q&A with Mayor Jacob Frey; Minnesota gets $60 million from feds for bridge repair; St. Cloud teacher Ayan Omar to head district’s equity services; and more.

Plus: Minnesota positivity rate tops 20 percent; teachers talk about working through the omicron wave; Thomson Reuters weighing sale of part of its Eagan campus; and more.

Plus: state trial of officers involved in George Floyd killing postponed; MPS reaches contract deal with school bus drivers; Rep. Paul Marquart won’t seek re-election; and more.

Plus: Minnesota COVID-19 positivity rate tops 19 percent; company proposing northeast Minnesota Tamarack mine says it has deal with Tesla for nickel; Minneapolis carjackings, mapped; and more.

Plus: Minnesota COVID-19 positivity rate hits 16.6 percent; Stauber touts federal airport funding that he voted against; former Seaway Hotel in Duluth ablaze; and more.

Plus: hospitals urge Minnesotans not to use ER for COVID tests; St. Paul schools consider dropping contact tracing; MN POST board investigating Sheriff Hutchinson DWI; and more.

Plus: Minneapolis plow drivers agree to contract, avoid strike; St. Paul considers toughening laws on catalytic converter possession; school bus driver shortage continues in Twin Cities; and more.

Plus: St. Paul city council to meet in person for first time since start of pandemic; trash pickup delayed in some Twin Cities communities due to COVID-19 caused driver shortage; Robbinsdale and Plymouth declare snow emergencies; and more.

Plus: nearly 500 people killed in Minnesota traffic in 2021; Edina High goes remote after pipes burst; thieves stealing wires from St. Paul street lights; and more.

Plus: autopsies conducted under Maryland medical examiner who testified in Chauvin defense under review; Frey sworn in for second term as Minneapolis mayor; more flights canceled at MSP; and more.

Plus: Ramsey County judge temporarily blocks St. Paul city employee vaccine mandate; Medtronic settles with South Dakota in neurosurgeon kickback case; multiple crashes on I-94 in western Wisconsin; and more.

Plus: Walz tests positive for COVID-19; Phillips still optimistic about Build Back Better Act; Q&A with Linea Palmisano; and more.

Plus: 24-story apartment tower planned near U.S. Bank Stadium; Minneapolis seeks comment on Hennepin Ave. redesign plan; Minneapolis sees 93rd homicide of year; and more.

Plus: Humphrey School must pay grad student $75k over sexual harassment claims; classes canceled in many Minnesota schools after social media threats; investigation of Ramsey County human resources department finds “hostile work environment”; and more.

Plus: Anoka-Hennepin schools will end mask mandate in mid-January; prosecution rests in Kimberly Potter trial; Twin Cities home sales flat over previous year, prices increase; and more.

Plus: Minnesota surpasses 10,000 COVID-19 deaths; U.S. House passes anti-Islamophobia measure; Minneapolis could begin Nicollet Ave. reconnection by 2024; and more.

Plus: former Minnesota teacher of the year resigns principal post over burnout, threats; Minnesota Department of Human Rights seeks to join sexual harassment suit against McDonald’s franchisee; Aitkin County residents challenge motorcycle club’s proposed off-road trail; and more.

Plus: Minnesota U.S. attorney nominee may face immediate conflict-of-interest recusal; Minnesota hospitals take out full page newspaper ad urging vaccinations; Hennepin Sheriff Hutchinson out of hospital after alleged impaired-driving crash; and more.