Line 3 appeal goes to state Supreme Court
MINNEAPOLIS – Opponents of Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 oil pipeline across northern Minnesota appealed [...]
CenterPoint: Ellison wrong about gouging
HOUSTON – The giant Texas-based CenterPoint Energy, which services Minnesota and six other states, [...]
Pipeline 3 mishap looses drill mud into river
AITKEN, Minn. – A spill of drilling mud got away from an Enbridge Energy [...]
Eau Claire prosecutor yields, resigns
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – The county’s district attorney, Gary King, resigned effective August 14, [...]
Eau Claire seals four wells for toxicity
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. –The City shut down four municipal water wells after “forever chemicals” [...]
City lifts limits on food truck sites
WINONA, Minn. – The City Council unanimously relaxed limits on where food trucks can [...]
Gas provider: Our Storm Uri pricing reasonable
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The natural gas company Minnesota Energy Resources said its billing practices [...]
Chatfield chinchilla farm still in trouble
CHATFIELD, Minn. – One of the last remnants of the once-thriving Root River fur [...]
GOP backs off purging Walz cabinet
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Republican power play to oust members of Democratic Governor [...]
Minneapolis police chase policy under review
MINNEAPOLIS -- Mayor Jacob Frey promised that the city will review police pursuit policy [...]
Walz co-chairs homeland safety group
WASHINGTON – Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota was named by President Biden to a [...]
Minnesota utilities accused of massive overbilling
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Major regulated utilities overcharged Minnesota customers $380 million in a [...]
Ex-Amish author puzzled by Court’s septic order
CANTON, Minn. – Perhaps the most widely known citizen of Fillmore County, author Lizzy [...]
About Tyson ready-to-eat chicken: Don’t
DEXTER, Mo. – Giant fowl butcher Tyson Foods recalled 4,500 tons of ready-to-eat chicken [...]
Simon: Legislature did well for elections
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Secretary of State Steve Simon commended the 2021 Legislature for [...]
Fillmore County anti-Amish restraints overruled
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court sided with a southeast Minnesota Amish group that [...]
Biden foresees post-petro infrastructure
LACROSSE, Wis. – President Bident told a LaCrosse audience that his American Jobs Plan, [...]
$436,000 order: Mexican café workers due backpay
MINNEAPOLIS – The U.S. Labor Department fined the owners of Rancho Loco Mexican grill [...]
Biden to tour LaCrosse city repair depot
LACROSSE, Wis.— On his LaCrosse visit Tuesday, President. Biden will be touting the national [...]
Biden to make infrastructure visit to LaCrosse
WASHINGTON – The White House announced that President Biden will travel to LaCrosse Tuesday [...]
House revises state school funding formula
ST.PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota House voted 150-20 for a school funding bill that [...]
Solons ready to enact policing reforms
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A public safety bill with police reform provisions has been [...]
Expert advice sought on fire, police headquarters
WINONA, Minn. – A study on future housing for the city Police and Fire [...]
Earlier: State transportation funding clears House
ST. PAUL, Minn. – State senators voted unanimously to approve a $7.3 billion transportation [...]
State transportation funding clears House
ST. PAUL, Minn. –The Minnesota House voted 112-31 for a $7.3 billion transportation funding [...]
How they voted: Voter suppression /2
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate voted 50-50 on a motion to debate protections against [...]
State dollars target student homelessness
ST.PAUL, Minn. -- The compromise tax bill approved by the Legislature injects $20 million [...]
Wisconsin police reform: Limits on chokeholds
MADISON, Wis. – Governor Tony Evers signed a bill into law banning police chokeholds. [...]
Legislature renews historic restoration money
ST. PAUL, Minn. –Tax incentives to developers for repurposing historic buildings was included in [...]
Proposal: Let there be more food trucks
WINONA, Minn. – The City Council listened to a proposal to loosen requirements on [...]
Legislators agree on budget to avert shutdown
ST. PAUL, Minn. – After a week of Special Session wrangling, a state budget [...]
Trempealeau County: No to gun sanctuary status
Board’s 12-4 decision: "Right to bear arms” not county’s call. [...]
Legislature passes swimming lesson aid
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Funds to hire lifeguards and improve swimming pool safety was [...]
Johnson shouted down by unhappy crowd
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Senator Ron Johnson, who voted last year against a Juneteenth being [...]
Disability group to Senator Miller: Thanks
ST,PAUL, Minn. – State Senator Jeremy Miller, R-Winona, a champion in the Legislature for [...]
How they voted: Iraq war powers /1
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House voted 296-133 to repeal the war powers given to [...]
How they voted: Juneteenth holiday /2
WASHINGTON – The House voted 415-14 to designate June 19 as a new national [...]
Red Wing solon: Swim pools need funding
RED WING, Minn. --- State Senator Mike Goggin, R-Red Wing, has a $220,000 funding [...]
How they voted: Juneteenth holiday /1
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate voted unanimously to create June 19 a national holiday [...]
Johnson sees right to share his medical ideas
WASHINGTON – Senator Ron Johnson, R-Wis., didn’t respond to reporter queries about being banned [...]
Setting “natural cheese” apart from other stuff
WASHINGTON – Congressman Rion Kind, from Wisconsin, naturally, proposed a federal law to bar [...]
Walz to Legislature: Time’s right to invest
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz said the state’s rapidly improving economy should [...]
Troubled district attorney lawyer-ups
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – The Eau Claire County district attorney, Gary King, who has [...]
YouTube bans Senator Johnson quackery
SAN BRUNO, Calif. – The video-sharing site YouTube banned Senator Ron Johnson from uploading [...]
Port OKs riverview apartment plan
WINONA, Minn. – The Port Authority unanimously approved a tax exemption for a 60-unit [...]
Judge stalls loan relief for minority farmers
MLWAUKEE, Wis. – White farmers who oppose a federal loan forgiveness for minority farmers [...]
State revenues up two times over
ST. PAUL, Minn.— State tax revenue was $3.3 billion in May, double projections according [...]
Fonda: With one stroke, Biden can stop Line 3
SOLWAY, Minn. – Actress-activist Jane Fonda called on President Bien to pull the plug [...]
City inks deal for mental health responders
WINONA, Minn. – The City Council unanimously approved a three-year contract for mental-health experts [...]
Evers veto likely if race bill passes
MADISON, Wis. – Governor Tony Evers can be expected to veto a Republican proposal [...]
Enbridge: Time is past for tribes to object
Environment issue. Enbridge claims flying colors in every test. Also: Hundreds of construction jobs. [...]
Tribes plan anti-pipeline march to headwaters
SOLWAY, Minn. – Tribes planned a last stand before the Canadian oil pipeline Enbridge [...]
Black leader: GOP ignorant to “honest history”
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Republican legislators have no idea what they’re talking about in trying [...]
State schools chief: Leave policies to local boards
MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin schools Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor came down hard against a [...]
Peril for localism seen in state race law
MADISON, Wis. – A lobbyist for the Wisconsin Association of School Boards, Dan Rossmiller, [...]
Troubles deepen for Eau Claire prosecutor
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – Pressure is growing on District Attorney Gary King to resign [...]
Proposal: Downplay racism as role in U.S. history
MADISON, Wis. – Several white Republican lawmakers introduced legislation to replace the teaching of [...]
Minnesota cops accused of abusing journalists
MINNAEAPOLIS – The Minnesota Civil Liberties Union accused police of trampling over the right [...]
Hagedorn on border: Been there, seen it all
WASHINATON – Congressman Jim Hagedorn, of southern Minnesota, a self-appointed member of the House [...]
How they voted: Capitol riot probe /2
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate e voted 54-35 on a procedural motion against creating [...]