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Valleyfair To Be Included in Massive New Pricing Plan
The parent company that now owns Valleyfair just announced a massive new pricing plan that affects 27 amusement parks across the country, including here in Minnesota. Valleyfair has been Minnesota's lone amusement park for nearly 50 years now, standing tall along Highway 169 in Shakopee since it first opened back in 1976. The park features more than 75 rides including eight roller coasters, Planet Snoopy featuring 15 children’s rides, and is home to Soak City, a seven-acre water park filled with slides, a wave pool, lazy river, and children’s water features.
Minnesota’s Favorite Mall Unveils 12 New Stores This Summer
Finally, some good news involving malls. It seems like we see news about malls struggling on the daily - any brick and mortar, really. There was just an article released about One of Minnesota's Largest Malls being considered a ghost-mall because of how many of their store fronts were sitting empty.
Get Better, Boyd Huppert of KARE 11 — We Need Your Storytelling
You've no doubt seen Boyd Huppert's work on KARE 11 television. Beautiful, well-told stories about the people and happenings of Minnesota and beyond. I met Boyd Huppert back in 2007. He was working on one of his "Land of 10,000 Stories" features about something near and dear to my heart...
Police group wants Moriarty taken off all police use-of-force cases
(Minneapolis, MN) -- The Star Tribune reports the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association is asking Governor Tim Walz to pull Hennepin County chief prosecutor Mary Moriarty off any past, present or future use-of-force cases involving police officers. The letter focuses on Moriarty charging State Trooper Ryan Londregan with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Ricky Cobb the Second during a traffic stop on I-94 in north Minneapolis. The police association's general counsel writes Moriarty has demonstrated “a clear bias against law enforcement and a lack of impartiality in her decision-making processes.” She dropped charges in June amid intense political scrutiny, saying that given new evidence, prosecutors couldn't prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a crime occurred. Moriarty hasn't commented on this latest media report, nor has Governor Tim Walz, who said after Moriarty dropped charges against the trooper that he had planned to take the case away from her.
Job vacancies, lack of industry support continue to hinder rural businesses
Ever since Mary Hartman started her small business in Kasson 15 miles west of Rochester, she has felt a severe disparity in the availability of grants and mentorship opportunities that are needed to be successful. “That continues to be a problem in the rural sector,” she said. Hartman got...
Biden rates Josh Shapiro highly but thinks Tim Walz is a ‘blast’
President Joe Biden has reportedly touched on Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate prospects, expressing preferences for Govs. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) and Tim Walz (D-MN). Biden has mostly remained mum on who he favors in the vice presidential sweepstakes, telling reporters on Friday, “I’ll let [Harris] work that out.” He has shown clear favorites behind […]
Rare 'use of force' training gives Minnesota legislators new perspective
MAPLE GROVE, Minn. (FOX 9) - A rare field trip for Minnesota lawmakers gave them a new perspective on law enforcement and the impact of new laws on officers. FOX 9 got an exclusive look at the hands-on "use of force" training and what it could mean at the Capitol.
Minnesotans struggle to find secure housing due to rent spike, new report shows
MINNEAPOLIS — Too many Minnesota families are struggling to put a roof over their heads. A new report from the State of the State Housing found that median rent jumped by 8% in the last year."Housing is a basic human need, everyone needs a place to lay their head at night," said Minnesota Housing Partnership Executive Director Anne Mavity.According to the report, half of all renting families pay more than they can afford for housing. It also showed that evictions were up 8% over the previous year. That only adds to this tragic number: Close to 20,000 Minnesotans struggling with...