Ellison: Derek Chauvin expected to survive
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota attorney general, Keith Ellison, said he has been [...]
Daleys to appeal new judgment on feedlot caps
LEWISTON, Minn. – The primary litigant in the protracted Daley dairy farm battle against [...]
Thanksgiving: $5 million boost for food banks
Emergency hunger relief. From warehouses like this, drivers, forklift operators and volunteers help meet [...]
How they voted: On extending federal funding /2
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate voted 87-11 to keep funding the federal government at [...]
Threw out your tax rebate check? Not all is lost
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Rebate checks from the $18 billion state budget surplus have [...]
How they voted: On extending federal funding /1
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House voted 336-95 to keep the government open, averting a [...]
Right-wingers pile on against EPA groundwater order
WINONA, Minn. – Two southeast Minnesota legislators accused federal agents of showing up unannounced [...]
Farm lobbyist: Feds have cart ahead of horse
EAGAN, Minn. – The federal order for Minnesota to push ahead rapidly to mitigate [...]
State lagged on telling townspeople of benzene hazard
RAYMOND, Minn. – The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency found major ground poisoning where an [...]
Rochester moves to outlaw homeless encampments
ROCHESTER, Minn. – The Rochester City Council voted 4-2 to ban camping on city [...]
Zumbrota trims police force, OKs pay hike
ZUMBROTA, Minn. -- The Zumbrota City Council voted 5-0 to approve a new contract [...]
Walz in Winona County to mark water conservation
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Governor Tim Walz chose an Altura farm in Winona. County [...]
Walz ends college as must for many state jobs
ST. AUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz eliminated a college degree a requirement for [...]
Biden due in Minnesota with farm message
NORTHFIELD, Minn. – President Biden plans a Minnesota visit Wednesday to announce $5 billion [...]
How they voted: On House speakership /4
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House elected little-known Louisiana member to wield the gavel as [...]
It’s over: Minnesota’s Emmer tallies votes, not enough
WASHINGTON – Tom Emmer abandoned his campaign to become U.S. House speaker two hours [...]
Emmer to full House in speakership bid
WASHINGTON –The well-connected Minnesota Republican Tom Emmer emerged from a closed-door House Republican caucus [...]
Minnesota’s Emmer now goes for House speakership
WASHINGTON – The third highest-ranking member of the U.S. House, Tom Emmer, of Minnesota, [...]
How they voted: On House speakership /3
WASHINGTON – The US. House failed again to come up with the 217-vote majority [...]
Zumbrota police, city back to negotiations
Mayor Todd Hammnel. Flanked by City Council memoers Bob Prigge, Sara Durhman, Joan Bucher [...]
How they voted: On House speakership /1
WASHINGTON – The US. House failed to come up with the 217-vote majority necessary [...]
Winona fire chief sets retirement
WINONA, Minn. -- The Winona fire chief the past 10 years, Curt Bittle, will [...]
Zumbrota city leaders ponder police shutdown
ZUMBROTA, Minn. – The police officers union was blind-sided that the City Council was [...]
UW campus shutters or disguises diversity projects
WHITEWATER, Wis. – The chancellor at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Corey King, has stricken the [...]
Emmer on House GOP leadership vacuum: Not me
WASHINGTON – Minnesota Congress member Tom Emmer is not actively seeking the House speakership [...]
How they voted: On ousting House speaker
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House speaker, third in succession to the presidency, has been [...]
Walz nixes cannabis appointee: “We goofed”
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Egg’s on the face of Governor Tim Walz. After fanfare [...]
Budget crisis: Federal shutdown delayed 45 days
WASHINGTON – Threats by Republican right-extemists in the U.S. House to shut down the [...]
Walz: Minnesota readies for federal shutdown
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz sees only minimal effects in Minnesota if [...]
Minnesota tax update: Revenue exceeds projections
ST. PAUL, Minn. – State tax collections in August exceeded expectations by 5.8%, the [...]
Walz to lawmakers: Clarify School policing limits
ST PAUL, Minn. — Governor Tim Walz is hopeful for an interim solution to [...]
Federal forestry grant toward a greener Rochester
ROCHESTER, Minn. – Te city Forestry Division has received a $1 million federal grant [...]
Wisconsin lawmakers to governor: No new spending
MADISON, Wis. – For the 12th time the Republican-controlled Legislature has refused a call [...]
Frac is back: New mine proposed near Utica
UTICA, Minn. – A rural couple petitioned the Winona County Planning Commission to allow [...]
Attorney general launches dialogue on worker abuse
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Everybody knows about the corporate abuse of workers by classifying [...]
Did Democrat legislators abuse their majority power?
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Democrats took control of Minnesota government in the 2022 election, [...]
Wanta swap or gift a gun? Not so fast
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Some of the Legislature’s 2023 gun safety laws went into [...]
Rochester Chamber backs sales tax
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- The Rochester Chamber of Commerce went on record encouraging voters to [...]
Minnesota minimum wage goes up for 2024
ST. PAUL, Minn. – To help wage-earners m