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What to know about Tim Walz's 1995 drunken driving arrest and how he responded
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Now that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is Vice President Kamala Harris ' running mate, his drunken driving arrest from 1995 in Nebraska — long before he entered politics — is getting renewed scrutiny. Walz was a 31-year-old teacher when he was stopped the night of Sept. 23, 1995, near Chadron, Nebraska. He pleaded guilty in March 1996 to a reduced charge of reckless driving. Here’s a look back at what happened, and the aftermath as Walz embarked on a political career a decade later, and last week joined the Democratic presidential ticket: According to court records, a Nebraska state trooper clocked Walz going 96 mph in a 55-mph zone. The trooper wrote that he detected a strong smell of alcohol on his breath. Walz failed field sobriety and preliminary breath tests.
Farmer’s Almanac’s ’24-25 Winter Forecast for Minnesota is Here
Summer fun is starting to wind down, kids are slowing starting to go back to school, and summer 2024 is already coming to a close. Summers are never long enough in Minnesota!. Naturally, that means that fall is right around the corner, and sooner or later winter will arrive. Is anyone else not looking forward to that?
Tommy Tuberville Can’t Handle Tim Walz’s Hysterical Coach Burn
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz’s dig at Tommy Tuberville didn’t go over well with the Alabama senator. Walz said at a Boston fundraiser Wednesday that “I feel like one of my roles in this now is to be the anti-Tommy Tuberville, to show that football coaches are not the dumbest people.”While coaching football at Mankato West High School in Minnesota, Walz won the state championship in 1999. Tuberville coached college football for 21 years, including nine years at Auburn University, where he won an SEC championship after going undefeated in 2004. On X (formerly Twitter), Tuberville called Walz “an...
Unofficial results from Tuesday’s primary
Minnesota held its statewide primary elections Tuesday, Aug. 13, in preparation for November’s general election and the unofficial results are in as of Thursday, Aug. 15. The Cannon Falls and Randolph areas both saw primaries to set the field for Congress. For U.S. Representative in District 1, which includes...
Free and low-cost insulin now flowing to Minnesota clinics after settlement
ST PAUL, Minn. — Free and low-cost insulin is now flowing into Minnesota, after an agreement negotiated between the Minnesota Attorney General's Office and pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly. In a news release issued Thursday, the AG's office said Eli Lilly is shipping free insulin for use by Minnesotans with...
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