OLIVIA, Minn. (AP) — A police officer in southern Minnesota shot and killed a person early Sunday morning, authorities said. Officials in the town of Olivia, located about 100 miles west of the Twin Cities, said the shooting occured after an armed person confronted an off-duty officer in an ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A light-rail commuter train slammed into a vehicle on the tracks in the Twin Cities on Sunday, leaving one person dead and another in critical condition. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that Metro Transit officials said the eastbound train hit the vehicle in St. ...
HOMEWOOD, Ill. (AP) — More drownings have been reported in the Great Lakes so far in 2021 than by this time last year, prompting officials to urge swimmers to practice water safety measures. As of July 2, there were 32 drownings in the Great Lakes, compared to 25 as of July 4, 2020, ...
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — The military says a Grand Forks Air Force Base airman drowned in the Red Lake River near Red Lake Falls, Minnesota. The Air Force said 24-year-old Nestor Chua Jr. was found dead Saturday. Officials say his body was retrieved from the river at about 4:45 p.m. KVRR ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis criminal defense lawyer who described pandemic restrictions and state lawsuits against businesses that violated health guidelines as "intrusive state government" announced her bid on Sunday to unseat Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. Attorney Lynne ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say they've recovered human remains from the Mississippi River in central Minneapolis. The Hennepin County Sheriff's Department says water patrol deputies were called to the river near the Xcel Energy Water Power Park on Sunday evening. There they found ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Emergency responders pulled a man from the Mississippi River early Monday morning. The St. Paul Pioneer Press reported officers found the man in the water near Raspberry Island just before 3 a.m. His foot was trapped under a log. Paramedics and the Ramsey County Water ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge on Thursday ruled in favor of a eight Minneapolis activists who sued the city council and mayor over funding the police force. The order by Hennepin County District Judge Jamie L. Anderson requires that the city have at least 730 sworn officers on the payroll by ...
EXCELSIOR, Minn. (AP) — A man has drowned while swimming in Lake Minnetonka, the second death on the lake in as many days. First responders were called to the lake about 6 p.m. Thursday. The man had been swimming off Commons Beach in Excelsior, according to authorities. The Hennepin County ...
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court sided Friday with members of an Amish group in Minnesota who are fighting efforts by authorities to compel them to install septic systems, sending their appeal back to a state court for reconsideration in light of ...
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Republicans who control the Minnesota Senate signaled Friday that they may fire one or more of Democratic Gov. Tim Walz's Cabinet commissioners, injecting drama into a special session that many lawmakers thought was essentially ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A coalition of Minnesota's largest law enforcement groups sued the state Friday seeking to overturn a state law that changed the standard for justified use of deadly force by police. The lawsuit claims the law, which took effect in March, violates officers' rights to ...
MINNETONKA, Minn. (AP) — A juvenile has died in a collision involved two Jet Skis on Lake Minnetonka's Upper East Lake, according to Hennepin County sheriff's officials. The sheriff's water patrol responded to a call shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday and found one person ...
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The divided Minnesota Legislature passed a tax bill early Thursday as it completed a $52 billion, two-year budget, averting the threat of a partial state government shutdown. Gov. Tim Walz personally delivered the signed K-12 education ...
RHINELANDER, Wis. (AP) — Sheriff's officials have identified a suspect after a woman was found fatally shot in Oneida County. Dispatchers received a call Wednesday about a woman lying along a road near Highway 8 in the Town of Pelican. Law enforcement personnel and first responders found the ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The economy continues growing at a strong pace in nine Midwest and Plains states despite supply delays that are hindering manufacturing, according to a new monthly survey of business leaders and managers. The overall economic index for the region remained at a very strong ...
By CATHARINE RICHERT Minnesota Public Radio News AUSTIN, Minn. (AP) — On a scorching day in June, Miguel Garate wandered around the 4th Avenue Fest in Austin, telling anyone who will listen that county public health nurses were giving out free COVID-19 vaccines nearby. He said the case he ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Allina Health says the flu shot will be mandatory for all employees, starting this flu season. The new policy will also include students, contracted staff and volunteers across the Allina Health system, which includes more than 90 clinics, 11 hospitals and 15 retail ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Biden administration signaled in a court filing this week that it does not plan to cancel federal permits for Enbridge's Energy's Line 3 oil pipeline project, despite pleas by Native Americans and environmental groups for the president to intervene. The U.S. Army Corps ...
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal freeze on most evictions that was enacted last year is scheduled to expire July 31, after the Biden administration extended the date by a month. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in ...