Eder Campuzano at the Star Tribune is reporting Rep. Tom Emmer has proposed canceling future invitations for President Joe Biden to deliver State of the Union addresses, calling the most recent iteration a divisive campaign speech.
Via Bring Me the News: Two cousins, Savontray Orlando Dwayne Collins and Cortez Ananias Williams, have been sentenced to prison after they were caught transporting fentanyl and cocaine on Interstate 35 near the Minnesota-Iowa border.
Mike Kaszuba at Public Record Media reports that despite a state law being passed four years ago restricting drone use by Minnesota police, the exceptions in that law have increased the use of flying drones by law enforcement without a search warrant.
Alex V. Cipolle at MPR News reports the “Prometheus III,” a 53-foot-high and 34,000-pound sculpture at the Franconia Sculpture Park, was dismantled and sold for scrap to Amery Auto Salvage of Wisconsin.
Logan Anderson at the Minnesota Daily reports the University of Minnesota is considering removing the name of Nicholson Hall, named after former Dean of Students Edward E. Nicholson, who secretly surveilled students and faculty and oversaw the repression of open debate on campus in the early 20th century.
Steve Karnowski at the Associated Press is reporting a second man, Jerry Hal Saliterman, has been charged in connection with the 2005 theft of a pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in “The Wizard of Oz,” according to an indictment made public Sunday.
