Stephen Neukam at Axios is reporting former President Donald Trump on Wednesday attended a fundraiser hosted by House Majority Whip Tom Emmer at Mar-a-Lago, mending a longtime rift between the two. Emmer will also serve as the Minnesota state chairman of Trump’s 2024 campaign.
Josh Skluzacek at KSTP reports Attorney General Keith Ellison is among a group of 13 attorneys general that have notified pistol manufacturer Glock of a possible lawsuit over how easy it is to turn its pistols into machine guns.
Al Brown at the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder looks into a WCCO News video implicating Bishop Harding Smith of Spiritual Church of God in Robbinsdale for alleged wage theft. Now, the source of the information has retracted his story, prompting the bishop to take legal actions against WCCO.
Dan Niepow at Twin Cities Business reports two Faribault-based carnival operators have been ordered to pay $146,243 in back wages to 55 foreign workers, along with $63,584 in civil penalties.
Karen Scullin at FOX 9 reports a group of Twin Cities passengers were stranded in Miami last Sunday when their overbooked Carnival Cruise ship left port.
Via Bring Me the News: A Rochester Dairy Queen that claims to be the oldest in Minnesota is up for sale. A listing from Realty Growth Inc. shows the franchise, located at 538 Broadway Avenue N., for sale for $1.4 million.
Richard Chin at the Star Tribune has a feature on a once-common fixture in many homes, the piano, and how it’s quickly becoming a thing of the past. Piano Movers Extraordinaire in Braham disposed of 276 pianos alone last summer.
Molly Guthrey at the Pioneer Press presents the winners of the 2024 Peeps Diorama Contest.
