Plus: Andrea Jenkins elected Minneapolis City Council president; public officials from across the Twin Cities meet to discuss how to address violent crime; MPR hires former KARE 11 meteorologist Sven Sundgaard; and more.

Plus: Minnesota COVID-19 positivity rate hits 16.6 percent; Stauber touts federal airport funding that he voted against; former Seaway Hotel in Duluth ablaze; and more.

Plus: Kendall Qualls joins governor’s race; staff shortages affecting hospitals across Minnesota; Minneapolis, St. Paul report first homicides of 2022; and more.

Plus: hospitals urge Minnesotans not to use ER for COVID tests; St. Paul schools consider dropping contact tracing; MN POST board investigating Sheriff Hutchinson DWI; and more.

Plus: Hennepin County police chiefs criticize county attorney’s handling of criminal cases; federal civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers to start Jan. 20; Edina High School benches hornet logo; and more.

Plus: Minneapolis plow drivers agree to contract, avoid strike; St. Paul considers toughening laws on catalytic converter possession; school bus driver shortage continues in Twin Cities; and more.

Plus: AG Ellison tests positive for COVID-19; MDH offers free at-home test kits; Twin Cities school parents asked to start planning alternative transportation for students; and more.

Plus: St. Paul city council to meet in person for first time since start of pandemic; trash pickup delayed in some Twin Cities communities due to COVID-19 caused driver shortage; Robbinsdale and Plymouth declare snow emergencies; and more.

Plus: warrant says Hutchinson initially claimed someone else was driving SUV involved in crash; second person arrested in connection with Mall of America shooting; Guthrie cancels shows due to COVID spread; and more.

Plus: nearly 500 people killed in Minnesota traffic in 2021; Edina High goes remote after pipes burst; thieves stealing wires from St. Paul street lights; and more.

Plus: Minnesota blood supply at 10-year low; five Vikings starters placed on reserve/COVID-19 list; former funeral home in Blue Earth up for title of ‘Ugliest House in America’; and more.

Plus: autopsies conducted under Maryland medical examiner who testified in Chauvin defense under review; Frey sworn in for second term as Minneapolis mayor; more flights canceled at MSP; and more.

Plus: U of M asks Legislature for $936 million; long lines at state-run COVID testing sites; more snow on the way for much of Minnesota; and more.

Plus: Potter to be sentenced in February; new policy may require Hennepin County Library head to move back to Minnesota; Northwest Angle in danger of losing mail carrier; and more.

Plus: Ramsey County judge temporarily blocks St. Paul city employee vaccine mandate; Medtronic settles with South Dakota in neurosurgeon kickback case; multiple crashes on I-94 in western Wisconsin; and more.

Plus: Moorhead police say death of family due to carbon monoxide; Walz experiencing mild COVID-19 symptoms; MDH says omicron variant now dominant strain of COVID-19 in Minnesota; and more.

Plus: Deaths from drug overdoses surged by 30% during the pandemic; state senator calls on Sheriff Hutchinson to resign; where in the Twin Cities to spend New Year’s Eve; a farewell to the restaurants that closed in 2021; and more.

Plus: Minnesota’s population grew by just 225 people over the last year; Lindsay Whalen nominated for Basketball Hall of Fame; Anoka Ramsey Athletic Association plans to build largest domed athletic facility in Minnesota; and more.

Plus: Walz tests positive for COVID-19; Phillips still optimistic about Build Back Better Act; Q&A with Linea Palmisano; and more.

Plus: ‘no obvious trauma’ in seven Moorhead deaths; Hennepin County Sheriff David Hutchinson sentenced on drunk driving charge; bronze goose stolen from St. Paul park turns up at recycling center; and more.