Stephen Swanson at WCCO News reports Thomas Lane, one of the former Minneapolis police officers convicted in the murder of George Floyd, has completed his federal prison sentence, but still remains in federal custody.
Emma Nelson at the Star Tribune reports Minnesota added about 11,000 jobs and more than 3,000 workers in March, an uptick that marks continued recovery from the losses of the pandemic.
Michelle Griffith at the Minnesota Reformer is reporting DFL lawmakers have added $500,000 to a budget bill to help keep the public cafeterias open in the Minnesota State Capitol and the nearby Minnesota Department of Transportation Building.
Jay Kolls at KSTP reports Becka Thompson, a math teacher at Minneapolis South High School who was fired last Friday, addressed the school board on Tuesday: “I am here to ask you to believe me when I tell you there’s a cancerous rot running right down the middle of this organization.”
Dana Thiede and Lydia Morrell at KARE 11 report Highway 169 in both directions between Interstate 394 in Golden Valley and Interstate 94 in Maple Grove will be closed this weekend.
Employees of a salon in Victoria got quite the shock on Wednesday when two deer crashed into the business, one of them smashing a window in the process. Bring Me the News has the video.
