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Hall of Famer Rod Carew adds a new title: U.S. citizen
SANTA ANA, Calif. — He's one of the greatest baseball players ever to play America's pastime. Now, at age 78, former Minnesota Twins star Rod Carew is officially an American citizen. The legendary baseball Hall of Famer took the Oath of Allegiance on Friday from the director of the...
Source of mysterious sheen on Mississippi River revealed
COON RAPIDS, Minn — A mystery has been swirling around the Mississippi River all week: Where did a sheen on the water come from?. The sheen was first reported on Tuesday, at the Highway 610 Bridge in Coon Rapids, and another was reported Wednesday morning near West Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park.
Vikings fan favorite could be cut before the start of the 2024 season
Last month, the Minnesota Vikings made the decision to bring back veteran corner Duke Shelley, who developed into a fan favorite during his previous tenure with the team in 2022. Some of that old excitement about Shelley immediately reappeared after the Vikings signed him in July, but since then, the...
After a year closed, Homestead Hospice House is working to reopen
The news came to a shock to the community when it was announced last summer the Homestead Hospice House atop the hill behind the Owatonna Hospital would be closing. But, as with most things, there is a silver lining, and the Hospice House Board asserted the closure of the facility would lead to a new opportunity. “When we got the news it was shocking, but we always hoped it would...
Recent migration out of Minneapolis debunked
Victoria Stavish at the Minnesota Star Tribune is reporting the prevailing anecdote in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the unrest following George Floyd’s murder was that droves of people moved out of Minneapolis. According to new data compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, it wasn’t true.
Wheelchair accessible playground built in Mendota Heights
More than 150 volunteers gathered at Somerset Heights Elementary in late July and early August to help build a playground for children of all abilities. It was supposed to be built next year after extensive fundraising efforts but everything changed in April when an anonymous donor dubbed the “fairy godmother” pledged $200,000 to make it a reality this summer.
Minnesotans Warned to Expect Dangerous Heat and Humidity
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - The Rochester area is included in a heat advisory issued by the National Weather Service that covers the south half of Minnesota, the northwest corner of the state, and the entire state of Iowa. In southeastern Minnesota, the heat advisory will be in effect from...
FBI has less than a week to meet James Comer's deadline related to Tim Walz alleged China 'connections'
The FBI now has less than a week to meet House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer's hard deadline and hand documents related to what he has described as Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz's "longstanding connection" to China and its government. On August 17, the committee formally requested...
Mayo program combines training, field experience in hopes to alleviate shortage
As Minnesota searches for answers to the current EMT shortage, a Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service program is well on its way in helping fill those vital positions. Launched earlier this summer, the EMT-in-Training Program aims to combine both training and field experience to create a home-grown talent initiative that will contribute almost immediately. The first […] The post Mayo program combines training, field experience in hopes to alleviate shortage appeared first on Albert Lea Tribune.
“Autism Mom” will lead State Fair craft-making activity to create “an army of advocates” for kids on the spectrum
On Sunday August 25 from 10 am to noon, Sheletta Brundidge is inviting all Minnesota families to join her family at the Alphabet Forest in Baldwin Park on the State Fairgrounds.
Inflation Reduction Act creates thousands of union jobs in Minnesota — and other labor news
Take a seat in the Break Room, our weekly round-up of labor news in Minnesota and beyond. This week: the Inflation Reduction Act’s impact on jobs two years on; what to make of the jobs numbers revision; Minnesota is No. 1 state for nurses; Kim’s will shutter shortly after union vote; and Canadian railway workers […]
AOC: Tim Walz’s Non-Weird Masculinity Is Driving Trump, Vance “Nuts”
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told Stephen Colbert on Thursday that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is driving Donald Trump and J.D. Vance “nuts.” “I think that Trump and Vance, they think they have some kind of like, monopoly over masculinity,” Ocasio-Cortez said on The Late Show. The Republican nominees have been freaking out ever since Walz first called them “weird” a few weeks ago, and have responded by desperately attacking the Minnesota governor’s son, wife, military history, and governing record. “Walz has kinda shown up—he’s a football coach, he was the head of the gay-straight alliance as the football coach,” Ocasio-Cortez...
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