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Illinois veteran lawmakers react to Walz’s stolen valor accusations
(The Center Square) – A Republican state lawmaker responded to Illinois U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s characterization of vice presidential candidate Tim Walz's military record. Duckworth defended Minnesota Gov. Walz against stolen valor claims by calling him a “retired command sergeant major.” Walz retired as a master sergeant, according to the Minnesota National Guard. Republicans like state Rep. David Friess, R-Red Bud, an air force veteran, said Walz never served in...
Republicans aim to win key 2nd Congressional District come November
MINNEAPOLIS — Eyes are on the competitive race for Congress in Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District.The district is evenly split between Democrats and Republicans. It includes all of Scott, Dakota and Le Sueur counties. It's a south suburban district with 40% rural farmland.Since 2000, the district has voter for the winner in every presidential election.Democratic Rep. Angie Craig is running against Republican challenger Joe Teirab in the November election. Teirab declined an interview for Talking Points but spoke with Esme Murphy earlier this month on WCCO Sunday Morning at 10:30 a.m.Teirab is a Marine Corps veteran and a former federal and county...
Like Tim Walz, we were also wrongly accused of abusing our special needs son
The internet is currently in an uproar over accusations that Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz supposedly abused Gus, his neurodivergent teen son, while onstage and on camera as his family joined him after his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. Based only on a brief moment of Walz tugging on his son’s hand, commentators declared Walz an abuser with a secret rage problem. This misreading was so misguided even Snopes.com, a website devoted to fact-checking rumors, issued an unequivocal statement: “Online users wrongly claimed a video showed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz physically abusing his son, Gus, at the 2024 Democratic National Convention.”
Red Lake Nation mourns death of hereditary chief
RED LAKE — Flags are being flown at half-staff on the Red Lake Nation in honor of the recent passing of one of the seven hereditary chiefs. James “Jim” Loud died in Mahnomen on Monday, Aug. 26, at the age of 80. Red Lake’s hereditary chiefs are...
Flash flooding in Winona, severe storms across Minnesota on Thursday
(KWNO)-Authorities are confirming at least one tornado touchdown late Thursday afternoon in east central Minnesota. The Isanti County Sheriff’s Office reported the tornado touchdown around 4:45 pm about four miles east of Isanti. There were also three reported tornadoes in western Wisconsin. The National Weather Service is receiving multiple...
Otter Girls Tennis Team Earns Pair of 6-1 Wins
Today the Otter girls' tennis team traveled to Courts Plus in Fargo to play a couple of indoor matches against Roseau and East Grand Forks. It was nice to get some indoor matches in and not worry about the weather today. The Otters ended up winning each match by a score of 6-1.
Local storm chasers capture beauty and danger of severe t-storms Wednesday
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - Storm chasers flocked to the region on Wednesday to capture photos of the severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. A local chaser said this was his most memorable storm chase ever. He met up with other North Dakota chasers in Linton and first saw the tornado near Selfridge...
Nurses serve up joy from their bundt cake shop
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - You might not think health care and baking have a lot in common, but they share more similarities than you might think, at least for one Bismarck couple. Kayla Green said growing up, she was convinced she’d work in healthcare, and for a time, she did....
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