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New Mandatory Phone Dialing Rule Starts This Month In Southern Minnesota
Starting soon, residents and businesses across southern Minnesota will need to get used to a new dialing routine. The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has decided that everyone in the 507 area code region—which includes all cities in the southern third of the state like Rochester, Faribault, Owatonna, Mankato, Winona and everywhere in between—needs to start using 10-digit dialing.
Poplar Weather App Used in Minnesota and Wisconsin Now Offering a “Mosquito Forecast”
It's one of the top weather apps for smartphone users in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and a new feature claims to help "better plan summer activities" against pesky mosquitos. The new in-app feature is a partnership between a weather powerhouse, and a bug repellant powerhouse that brings over 15 billion climate data points together with mosquito data from over 5,000 locations that predicts mosquito behavior and populations.
Russian trans man who fled to Minnesota reunited, remarried to his husband
ListenRussian trans man who fled to Minnesota reunited, remarried to his husband. Wedding bells were ringing last week in Minneapolis for Erik and Ivan Beda. The couple remarried at The Bell of Two Friends sculpture at Nicollet Island on Tuesday. It marked the end of an eventful Pride month for the two.
Minnesota’s Largest Fireworks Display to Proceed Rain or Shine
Final preparations for Minnesota's largest fireworks display are underway. Organizers say the event will happen rain or shine and will feature delicious food trucks and live music, and best of all, it's completely free to attend!
Minnesota "celebrity chef" Justin Sutherland arrested for threatening to shoot ex-girlfriend
Minnesota-based celebrity chef Justin Sutherland is charged with a felony for allegedly threatening to shoot his former girlfriend. Investigators say Sutherland had blood on his hands when police arrived at home on Front Avenue in St. Paul Friday.
Farmers adding up their losses in southwestern Minnesota after flooding devastates crops
Jim Joens looked across his fields with disappointment. On a hot sunny day, after nearly a week of downpour that brought the region over 11 inches of rain, he knew many of his crops wouldn’t survive. Joens, who grows corn, soybeans and alfalfa on 1,200 acres near Wilmont in...
Minnesotans will pay more for some retail deliveries thanks to law taking effect July 1
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Several new laws take effect in Minnesota Monday, including a fee on some retail deliveries to help fund transportation systems.The retail delivery fee, passed during the 2023 legislative session, adds 50 cents "on retail delivery orders of tangible goods for at least $100," according to the Minnesota House of Representatives. The fee will be applied to anything that is subject to the state general sales tax, as well as clothing. Prepared food and baby products are exempt, and retailers with lesss than $1 million in annual sales are also exempt.Here are a few other notable laws...
Settlement will lead to changes for deaf prison inmates
Thanks to a recently announced settlement, starting on July 1 Minnesota prison inmates with hearing loss will get the same critical messaging that hearing prisoners get over the facilities’ public address systems. That’s part of a settlement agreement between Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid’s Minnesota Disability Law Center and the state...
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