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St. Paul's East Side celebrates and supports families ahead of the new school year
ST PAUL, Minn. — St. Paul’s East Side community came together Wednesday to celebrate and prepare both students and families for the new school year. About 5,000 people attended the 14th Annual Back to School event, organized by Family Values for Life. Students could pick up backpacks filled with school supplies and new clothes, while families could also receive a box of food.
2 Children Airlifted After Crash at Rural Minnesota Intersection
Isanti, MN (KROC-AM News) - Two children were among the four people airlifted to a hospital in the Twin Cities following the traffic crash this morning in east-central Minnesota. The Isanti County Sheriff's Office says deputies responded to reports of an injury crash around 11 AM at a rural intersection...
Two Vehicle Crash in Elk River
ELK RIVER (WJON News) -- There was a two-vehicle crash in the construction zone in Elk River. The Minnesota State Patrol says the incident happened at about 10:00 a.m. Saturday on northbound Highway 169 at the interchange with Highway 10. A Jeep was going north on Highway 169 when a car exited westbound Highway 10 and crossed the northbound lane in front of the Jeep.
Downtown bar opens without the booze
A new venue that aims to have the same atmosphere as a friendly neighborhood bar – but without the alcohol – opened recently at 24 7th St. W., in the Hamm building. Lucille’s Bottle Shop and Tasting Room offers non-alcoholic beers, wines, spirits and mocktails and events such as mixology, and wine and cheese nights. The space can also be rented for private events.
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.
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...
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.
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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