DFL lawmakers at the Capitol are carrying legislation that would boost pharmacy reimbursement rates and replicate federal policy that let pharmacies test and vaccinate against more illnesses.

Community service officers are riding Metro Transit buses to ramp up fare enforcement efforts. The move is an expansion from the officers riding light rail trains last December, following new transportation legislation.

Federal prosecutors have indicted eight people for allegedly dealing fentanyl and meth in Duluth. Meanwhile U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger said his office has for the first time hired a full-time prosecutor based in Duluth.

While Minnesota won’t be in the path of totality on Monday, an eclipse in any form is still “the most unearthly experience you can have on the earth,” according to longtime UW-La Crosse Planetarium Director Bob Allen. Here’s how and when can you can safely look skyward to witness the cosmic event.

Testimony continued Tuesday in the murder trial of a Minnesota man charged in the fatal stabbing of a teenager during a tubing trip in western Wisconsin in the summer of 2022.

In a plea agreement, Erick Haynes pleaded guilty Monday to one count of first-degree murder in the 2022 death of Zaria McKeever. Eriana Haynes and Tavion James pleaded guilty to one count each of aiding an offender after the fact for helping to cover up the shooting.