Minnesota State Patrol officials say hundreds of motorists are currently stranded on state highways due to zero visibility caused by weather conditions. An agency spokesperson says troopers and police have been able to escort some drivers off the highways, but they’re still assisting others who drove off the road and are cleaning things up.
Former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter was sentenced Friday to two years in prison in the killing of Daunte Wright during a traffic stop last year, a sentence lower than recommended in state guidelines.
Blizzard warnings continue Friday afternoon in much of northwestern Minnesota and parts of west-central and central Minnesota. Winter weather advisories also now include the Twin Cities metro area for Friday afternoon and evening.
The GOP congressman had been battling kidney cancer for the past three years. He died Thursday night, said his wife, former state Republican Party chair Jennifer Carnahan.
Minnesota’s newest COVID-19 numbers show more evidence of a rapidly ebbing surge. That includes Twin Cities wastewater, where COVID concentrations are at their the lowest since July, around when the omicron mutation began whacking the state.
The votes do not mean teachers are going on strike right away — but they empower union leaders to call one. There are required cooling-off periods of at least 10 days, during which the two sides can continue trying to reach an agreement.
Almost all Minneapolis teachers and support staff voted in favor of a strike. In St. Paul, 78 percent of voting union members said they were in favor. Both public school districts held votes on Thursday. Here’s what could happen next.
An unprecedented use of executive authority during the COVID-19 pandemic has state lawmakers looking at a rewrite of the peacetime emergency powers law. Republicans are pushing for big changes, and Democrats say they are also open to an update.
A surge in COVID-19 cases put hospitals in a bind. In the worst cases, delayed care has led to cancer being detected too late and cases of other preventable diseases. Heidi Alexander of Maple Grove has been waiting months for a hysterectomy.
The pandemic has forced some of Minnesota’s youngest and oldest learners with Down syndrome to miss out on in-person education and programs vital to their progress. School leaders say it’s an immense challenge to catch up on lost learning.
