The Star Tribune reports St. Cloud State University will eliminate 100 programs and 57 faculty members. “The cuts include criminal justice, gender and women’s studies, history, music teaching, sociology, environmental engineering, and hospitality and tourism.”
KSTP reports a woman is dead after exchanging gunfire with police in St. Paul Monday night. “It’s unclear at this time who shot first. Police say no officers were hurt.”
Bring Me the News reports Duluth-based Allete finalized a $6.2 billion to go private. Allete owns the state’s second-largest utility with Minnesota Power.
Northern News Now reports students in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin returned to school Monday after a student was fatally shot by law enforcement last week. The student had attempted to bring a pellet gun into the school.
MPR’s Nicole Ki writes trespassing charges against all nine anti-war protestors at the University of Minnesota have been dropped. “The reason for dismissal was ‘prosecutorial discretion.'”
Briana Bierschbach with the Star Tribune reports a Minnesota House committee cleared a bill to put the Equal Rights Amendment on the 2026 ballot, sending it to the House floor.
Related from MinnPost: Minnesota supporters of Equal Rights Amendment optimistic despite Senate turmoil
Christopher Ingraham with Minnesota Reformer has a story about how unaccompanied minor migrants are making their way to Greater Minnesota towns with meatpacking plants.
Via Washington Post: Across the border in South Dakota, Gov. Kristi Noem continues to face backlash over her upcoming book. This time, over a false story about meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
