Target to Limit Pride Merchandise to Certain Stores
(MNN) - Officials at Minneapolis-based retailer Target say they will limit their Pride merchandise to fewer stores this year due to last year's backlash. Last June, Target sold LGBTQ+ merchandise for ...
May 13, 2024
Man Faces Legal Consequences for Using Hammer in Property Dispute
Using a hammer to solve property disagreements can lead to a gross misdemeanor 5th degree assault 3 days in jail (credit for time served), put you in supervised probation for 1 year and there will be ...
May 13, 2024
Minnesota State Fair Wants You to Compete for Blue Ribbons
(MNN) - The State Fair is inviting residents across the state to put their best to "Minnesota's Blue Ribbon Test" at this year's Great Minnesota Get-Together. Entrants can compete in hundred...
May 10, 2024
US News and World Report Ranks Minnesota as 4th Best State to Live
(MNN) - Minnesota is in the top five on a new list of the best states to live in the United States. U-S News and World Report ranks Minnesota fourth overall in its annual "Best States" analy...
May 10, 2024
Sen. Klobuchar Proposes Bill to Raise Food Safety, Enforcement Standards for Commercial Baby, Toddler Food
(MNN) Senator Amy Klobuchar has introduced a bill that would raise food safety and enforcement standards for commercial foods for babies and toddlers. She says it would allow the FDA to enforce scient...
May 10, 2024
MN A-G Ellison reaches settlement with three wireless carriers over alleged deceptive advertising
(MNN) (St. Paul, MN) - Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has reached a settlement with AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon over alleged deceptive advertising. Ellison says the three wireless carrier...
May 10, 2024
Officials predict 2024 summer fire season will be above average, but not as bad as last year
(MNN) - "Above average, but not as catastrophic as 2023" - this is how M-P-C-A officials describe the outlook for the summer fire season at a briefing on Thursday. Meteorologist Matt Taralds...
May 10, 2024
Report: 98 percent of community water systems in MN met all federal health standards in 2023
***in a related story*** (MNN) - State officials are marking the 50th anniversary of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act with a report that about 98 percent of Minnesota's community water systems, inc...
May 10, 2024
Becker County Commissioners address civil suit in federal court over White Earth Nation water ordinance
(Becker County Commissioners AgWeek story) - On May5, 2023 the White Earth Nation passed a water ordinance that gives the tribe jusridiction over "all water use - not only on the reservation but ...
May 10, 2024
WE Fest Upgrades to stage and facilities
You may have noticed, over the last few years, changes to the front and backstage areas for WEFest 2024. Over the past year planners finalized the permanent dressing rooms, in part to attract "to...
May 10, 2024