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Fergus Falls Hospital Awarded 5-Star Rating from The Centers of Medicare
Fergus Falls, MN – Lake Region Healthcare (LRH) has received the highest achievement possible from The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). LRH was one of just 10 Minnesota hospitals, and the only independent facility in Minnesota, recognized with the CMS five-star hospital distinction for 2024. Located in...
St. Cloud VA Medical Center to Mark 100th Anniversary with Focus on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
(KNSI) – The St. Cloud VA Medical Center will celebrate its 100th anniversary on September 14th. It will enter its second century in a period of rapid growth. After World War I, the Veterans Bureau consolidated into 12 hospitals across the country, one of which was based here in St. Cloud. Executive Director Cheryl Thieschafer says St. Cloud continues to expand its mission.
St. Cloud Area School District keeps school resource officers for new academic year
ST. CLOUD — As the St. Cloud Area School District prepares to embark on another academic year, its school board received an update on Wednesday from the St. Cloud Police Department regarding its school resource officer program. The school district is keeping officers in its schools this academic year, which comes after the program's brief two-month pause last fall due to a state law that has since been altered, with six school resource officers spread out throughout...
Dassel Fire Department chosen as parade grand marshals
The Red Rooster Days committee has chosen the entire Dassel Fire Department as the grand marshals of the Red Rooster Grande Day Parade. According to firefighter and photographer Renee Massingham, the crew heard about the recognition last week in a meeting. Massingham was at a loss for words. An unnamed...
New estimate increases projected cost of property tax measure
State lawmakers now estimate a ballot measure to eliminate property taxes based on assessed value could cost the state $500 million more than originally expected. The updated price tag — estimated at $3.15 billion for the 2025-2027 biennium — will appear with the proposal on the November primary ballot. It’s only a rough approximation. If […]
Director Christopher Wray visits Bismarck Resident Agency of FBI
(BISMARCK) – The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation visited the Bismarck Resident Agency of the Minneapolis Field of the FBI on Thursday. Director Christopher Wray met with employees, as well as a number of key law enforcement, military, academia, and private sector partners from across Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota to discuss the Bureau’s work in the region and affirm their continued commitment to working with their partners.
2 arrested after fight that left dog dead
WILLISTON, N.D. (KFGO) – Two Williston men are facing charges after a fight that left a dog dead in Williston. Officers were called to a report of a fight between two men that involved guns Wednesday. Investigators say Geoffrey Harstad was walking his dog when it got into a fight with another dog.
NEXT Weather Alert for excessive heat on Sunday, Monday
MINNEAPOLIS — Saturday kicks off a hot and steamy first weekend for the Minnesota State Fair, with Sunday and Monday both declared NEXT Weather Alert days.Expect plenty of sunshine on Saturday with highs back into the mid-80s in the Twin Cities. A stray shower is possible late in the evening through early Sunday. Temps will reach close to 90 degrees on Sunday and should break into the low-90s on Monday. An excessive heat warning will be in effect in the metro between 1 p.m. Sunday to 8 p.m. Monday. Heat index values will be between 100-107 degrees during both days in the metro, with nighttime lows only down into the mid-70s.A front could also bring rain chances late Monday into Tuesday.Temps will drop a touch into the mid-80s by mid-week with another round of rain is possible on Thursday.
Arts Briefs: Waters of history and race at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum
Arts Briefs is a weekly roundup of Minnesota arts news compiled by the MPR News arts and culture team. The Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona opened a new exhibition this week: “A Nation Takes Places: Navigating Race and Water in Contemporary Art.”. The exhibition is co-curated by local...
Pro Farmer Crop Tour projects corn record yield for Iowa
Iowa's corn yield potential set a new record high for the Pro Farmer Crop Tour while excessive June rains drove Minnesota's corn yield prospects to the lowest levels since 2012, scouts on an annual tour of top U.S. production states found. The tour on Thursday projected Iowa's corn yield at 192.79 bushels per acre,...
Ocasio-Cortez: Walz is driving Trump and Vance ‘nuts’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said in an interview broadcast early Friday that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), the Democratic nominee for vice president, is driving former President Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), “nuts.” “I think that Trump and Vance, they think they have some kind of like, monopoly over masculinity,” Ocasio-Cortez…
More than half of violent crimes go unsolved in Minnesota
More violent crimes are going unsolved in Minnesota today than a decade ago, according to FBI data analyzed by the Council of State Governments Justice Center, a nonprofit working on criminal justice issues. “In 2022, the year for which we have the most recent data, Minnesota saw 57% of violent crimes go unsolved, 5 percentage […]
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