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Drug companies challenge Minnesota prescription discount law in federal court
Several drug companies filed lawsuits in federal court this week challenging a Minnesota law governing the price of medication, saying its inclusion in a bill regulating cannabis and the authority of the state to regulate discounts are misplaced. The post Drug companies challenge Minnesota prescription discount law in federal court appeared first on Albert Lea Tribune.
Yammy Bears' 3rd Annual Young Timers BBQ Picnic is coming soon
STEWARTVILLE, Minn.-Connecting with family and friends while also partaking in a picnic is something many will have a chance to do soon. Yammy Bears' third Annual Young Timers BBQ Picnic is taking place August 10th at Spring Valleys' South Park. The free event is open to everyone in the community...
Minnesota GOP candidate under fire for remarks; Rondo group cuts ties with chef Sutherland
ListenMinnesota GOP candidate under fire for remarks; Rondo group cuts ties with chef Sutherland. The endorsed Minnesota Republican Party candidate for U.S. Senate is coming under fire for comments regarded as antisemitic. A nonprofit in St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood said today that it’s canceling its partnership with Justin Sutherland after...
Minnesota opens third new veterans home this year
(The Center Square) – Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz dedicated a new veterans home in Bemidji on Monday. This is the third veterans home opened this year, with one in both Montevideo and Preston creating nearly 200 new residences. The state Department of Veterans Affairs looks to provide advanced nursing care for both the disabled and aging. “We have an obligation to meet the needs of our veterans and the opening...
MN Senator Klobuchar, Rep. Craig introduce bill to crack down on fentanyl trafficking
HASTINS, MINN. — Despite what big tech says, social media can be deadly. Just ask Devin Norring's parents. Devin died in 2020 after he took a fentanyl-laced pill he purchased over messaging app Snapchat, thinking it was Percocet. The 19-year-old was suffering from migraines and was unable to get access to doctor's appointments at the height of the pandemic.
Iowa Woman Found With Body Near Eyota Makes First Court Appearance on Murder Charges
Minneapolis, MN (KROC-AM News)- The Iowa woman found with a body in her crashed vehicle near Eyota last month has made her first court appearance on murder charges. 32-year-old Margot Lewis was arraigned on two counts of second-degree murder in Hennepin County Court in Minneapolis on Monday. She was charged in connection to the death of 35-year-old Liaria Tsai last week.
Margot Lewis fails to appear at hearing
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — KIMT News reports Margot Lewis, the North Liberty woman accused of killing Liara Tsai in June, failed to appear at her Zoom hearing with Olmsted County Friday. The hearing was to advise the defendant of her rights, to allow Lewis to plead guilty or if the...
Freeborn County Government Center Given All Clear After Bomb Scare, Suspect Identified
Albert Lea, MN (KROC-AM News)- Authorities have given the Freeborn County Government Center the all clear after the building was evacuated due to a bomb scare on Friday. Freeborn County Sheriff Ryan Shea said the evacuation order was issued shortly after 3 p.m. after Albert Lea Police found a gun lockbox during a traffic stop and arrest.
United Way of Steele County, OTB want to address lack of gathering places for youth
Hangout spots have played an integral role in the social lives of American youth for decades. Arcades, shopping malls, drive-ins — if all these examples sound somewhat old-fashioned, perhaps it’s because these once-ubiquitous gathering places are a dying breed. As it works toward a solution for the lack of safe places for youth to gather, United Way of Steele County’s (UWSC) teen mental health action team has found a way...
Historic front page from the Des Moines Register, July 2, 1919: Iowa supports women's vote
The Des Moines Register's sister paper, the Evening Tribune, reports on July 2, 1919, that the Iowa Legislature in a special session has added the state to the growing roll of those in support of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. That amendment, ratified the following year, gave women the full right to vote. Iowa women had long been prominent in the suffrage movement. Today in Iowa, women hold two of four congressional seats, one of two U.S. Senate seats and the governor's office.
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