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Altura woman runner-up for MN dairy princess
(KWNO)-Butter makes everything better and having your image carved in butter is as smooth as it gets. Katie Ketchum represented Winona County as a Princess Kay of the Milky Way finalist and had her likeness carved in butter at the Minnesota State Fair. Nine county dairy princesses from throughout Minnesota...
Peggy Flanagan contemplates future as Tim Walz could become nation's VP
MINNEAPOLIS — As Gov. Tim Walz spends much of his time campaigning across the nation, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan is shouldering more responsibility. Since Walz took office in 2019, Flanagan has been at his side both in public and behind closed doors. She has served as a Minneapolis School Board member, a state representative from St. Louis Park and a trainer for the progressive group Wellstone Action — a non-profit that promotes progressive policies and candidates. Among those she trained in 2005, was a rookie political candidate named Tim Walz who was running for Congress in Minnesota's 1st Congressional District. Walz went...
Meet the state agency cracking down on unlicensed security guards
MINNEAPOLIS — A judge's ruling is shining a light on the world of private security.Last year, the state of Minnesota filed a lawsuit against a company called Men in Black, accusing them of providing security without a license. It's the first time Minnesota's licensing board went to court against an unlicensed security company.Just like the POST Board licenses law enforcement officers, private security companies must be licensed as well.A judge ruled with the state last week and ordered the company not to advertise or perform protective agent services."We certainly hope this sends a message to those who choose to ignore the...
Thousands of tiles replace state fair commemorative benches
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — It's pretty hard to miss, positioned just outside gate nine at the Minnesota State Fair.The 40-foot-long by eight-foot-tall 'Welcome Wall' has space for 5,600 personalized tiles."We know that Minnesotans love the State Fair so much and they want to be a part of it," said Mary Chung, Executive Director for the Minnesota State Fair Foundation.The tiles are replacing the discontinued commemorative bench and brick programs. They simply ran out of space, Chung said.This year, the 'Welcome Wall' is mostly an empty canvas, with only about 80 personalized tiles from State Fair Foundation volunteers and fair employees, like...
Kicking off September with Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance
As September first kicks off Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, and the Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance (MOCA) is kicking off a month full of events leading to their 11th Annual Light Duluth Teal Gala. “September is ovarian cancer awareness month. And September 28th, we will be hosting our 11th Light Duluth...
Old Farmer’s Almanac Predicts a Shocking 2024 Winter in Minnesota
The big question on everyone’s minds since last year: What’s Mother Nature got planned for us in the North Star State this winter?. Last winter was a surprising break from the norm, with very little snow and just a few bitter cold days. Will we get to see another mild winter or will we get slammed twice as hard this year?
Walz maintains favorability edge over Vance in battle of VPs
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) is winning the running mate favorability war, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll. Walz has a 42% favorability rating in the survey, against 31% who view him unfavorably. That’s a much better number than his Republican counterpart, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), who has a 32% favorability rating against 44% who […]
Kristi Noem says Tim Walz is ‘100%’ a threat to US national security
Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) issued a warning against Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) becoming vice president, stating she is “absolutely” certain he is a “national security threat” to the United States. Noem argued Walz was more centrist when the two were serving in the House of Representatives, but he has “completely changed” since becoming governor. She […]
The struggle for special education resources is nothing new
Open enrollment for public schools and a wide area of other choices mean that students don’t have to attend school in their home communities. That wasn’t always the case. Sixty years ago, anyone wanting to switch public school districts in Minnesota had to move to that particular community. School districts had huge disparities in resources. The disparities were a concern raised by one of Minnesota’s special education pioneers, Evelyn Deno.
H.R. McMaster on Walz’s military claims: ‘I would never disparage any service’
Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster said Sunday he “would never disparage” someone’s military service, when asked about the controversy surrounding the Democratic vice presidential nominee’s past remarks about his time in the Army National Guard. “I think everybody’s got to make their own judgment. Look at the facts of the service, which I think,…
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