Minnesota attorney general’s office launches new unit to review potential wrongful convictions
Plus: State Fair considering indoor mask requirement; efforts to preserve Somali language in Minnesota; recreational businesses hurt by drought; and more.
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Twin Cities metro population to hit 4 million by 2050
Plus: Fairview, Allina to require COVID-19 vaccinations for all employees; indoor masking now recommended in more than half of Minnesota counties; state officials respond to hunger strike by detainees at Minnesota Sex Offender Program facility; and more.
U of M, Minnesota State bring back mask mandates
Plus: Future of former Roof Depot in East Phillips neighborhood considered; Minnesota-based dairy’s role in pumping from aquifers questioned; assisted living licensing begins in Minnesota; and more.
Diversity goals for hiring on state construction projects rarely achieved
Plus: Grand Casino reinstitutes mask requirement; Superior National Forest officials modify food-storage rules after uptick in bear encounters; Wisconsin Republicans wait for Sen. Ron Johnson to make reelection decision; and more.
‘Unprecedented’ conditions prompt extension of air quality alert for much of Minnesota
Plus: Sunisa Lee wins Olympic bronze in uneven bars; turnover at St. Paul’s Department of Human Rights and Equal Economic Opportunity; Lloyd’s Pharmacy reopens; and more.
CDC guidelines now recommend indoor masking for most Twin Cities metro counties
Plus: air quality alert extended for entire state of Minnesota; state Rep. John Thompson agrees to apologize for calling colleague ‘racist’ on House floor; backers of effort to replace the Minneapolis Police Department file lawsuit against the city; and more.
Two DFL lawmakers ask for legislative auditor to review Southwest LRT project
Plus: MyPillow pulls ads from Fox; Sunisa Lee looking forward to college in the fall; being a person of color in small-town Midwest; and more.
Minnesota to offer $100 incentives for people to get vaccinated
Plus: state experiences worst air quality on record; Walz proclaims Friday as Sunisa Lee Day; most of Twin Cities metro now in severe drought; and more.
Connecticut firefighters deployed to Minnesota in advance of potential wildfires
Plus: implementation of law requiring climate change impacts in environmental reviews delayed; Minnesotans celebrate Sunisa Lee gold medal at Olympics; west metro police departments warn of increased auto theft; and more.
St. Paul’s Sunisa Lee wins Olympic women’s gymnastics all-around gold
Plus: most of Minnesota placed under air quality alert; St. Paul City Council approves more than $5 million in spending from city’s ARP money; drought exacerbates concerns about construction of Line 3; and more.
Minnesota health officials recommend schools follow CDC mask guidelines
Plus: Minneapolis peace activist K.G. Wilson plans to leave the city; air pollution disproportionately affecting BIPOC communities; stalker arrested after sending SUV hurtling toward Cold Spring family’s home; Wild sign Minnesota native Alex Goligoski; and more.
Fourteen Minnesota counties subject to new CDC mask recommendations
Plus: violent crime increased nearly 17 percent in Minnesota in 2020; Walz remains optimistic about holding State Fair as planned; National Weather Service issues excessive heat warning for Twin Cities; and more.
Ramsey County Sheriff to head State Fair security
Plus: Rochester man pleads guilty to arson in fire at Minneapolis pawn shop; Mayo will require workers to get vaccinated; understanding Lake Superior algal blooms; and more.
Minneapolis asks state Supreme Court to take up police staffing case
Plus: state health officials say unvaccinated Minnesotans are ‘extremely vulnerable’ to delta variant of COVID-19; Rep. John Thompson says he won’t resign; new season of “The Bachelorette” full of Minnesotans; and more.
Minnesota adopts Clean Cars rules
Plus: motorist drives on Capitol lawn during press conference; a California family’s story of moving to Duluth to escape climate change; Minneapolis launches mobile behavioral health crisis response teams; and more.
Unsolved Minneapolis shootings bring renewed push for information
Plus: half of Prince’s estate now controlled by music publishing company; son of Gopher men’s hockey coach Bob Motzko killed in car crash; swimmers discover new infestations of zebra mussels in Minnesota lakes; and more.
Water levels in Minnesota’s lakes and rivers continue to fall as drought worsens
Plus: OSHA investigating death of Menards employee; victims of triple homicide near La Crosse identified; University of Wisconsin system to offer $500,000 in scholarships to vaccinated students; and more.
Woman with Winston Smith when he was killed is suing local authorities
Plus: Severe thunderstorms hit northern Minnesota; Dakota County’s Spring Lake Park Reserve to get herd of bison; Vikings ‘in discussions’ with offensive line coach who has refused to get vaccinated; and more.
Minnesota House Ethics Committee hearing against Rep. John Thompson delayed
Plus: homeless encampment in northeast Minneapolis grows; how St. Paul wants to spend its ARP money; Minnesota regulators reject CenturyLink request to modify landline rules; and more.
Licensing board approves new policies for Minnesota police on misconduct, protest response
Plus: home explosion in Princeton leaves one dead, two injured; state Rep. John Thompson apologizes to St. Paul police sergeant he accused of racially profiling him; Twins trade Nelson Cruz; and more.
