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Historic Minnesota Town Listed As Poorest in the Entire State
According to recent studies, Minnesota has withstood the rise of inflation better than most states in the U.S. However, that doesn't mean that some towns in the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes aren't struggling mightily. 247 Wall Street recently released its report on the poorest town in every state, and...
Update: man arrested following standoff involving FBI, SWAT at Grand Forks apartment complex
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (Valley News Live) - An hours-long standoff involving Grand Forks Police, the SWAT team and FBI at an apartment complex in Grand Forks has ended. Grand Forks Police say just after 4:30 p.m. on Monday, July 22 they and the FBI were in the 1900 block of 12th Ave. N. looking for 32-year-old Collin Posey who had two Federal warrants and five Grand Forks County warrants. That’s when they saw Posey jump through an open window of a nearby apartment.
Scattered storms this afternoon, but drier conditions are on the way
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Scattered storms have developed in Eastern Iowa as a cold front travels through the area. Your First Alert: More scattered storms, though not all receive rainfall. Highs head for the low to mid 80s and dew points increase into the mid to upper 60s to...
National Weather Service: Fourth wettest June in Minnesota
From the National Weather Service - Duluth - July 23, 2024. , June 2024 was a wet one! Many counties in the Northland had Top 10 monthly precipitation, and Bayfield County had its wettest June ever! On a statewide level, Minnesota saw its 4th wettest June (surpassed by 2014, 1914, and 1905) and Wisconsin its 6th (bested by 1968, 1967, 1914, 1993, and 2010). Notably, St. Louis, Lake, and Douglas counties surpassed their June 2012 values. This data can be further explored at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/
Minnesotan’s Can Get “Thrifty” Thanks to This Website
As the realization that summer is over half-way gone, if you’ve been in a store recently you’ve noticed that school supplies are already readily available so parents can begin to make purchases for the upcoming school year. According to an article from PR Newswire about how much it...
UMN develops new list of recommended species to make forests more resilient
The climate-ready woodlands program was created to give Minnesotans a better understanding of what they should plant to prepare their forests for the changing climate. At a seminar on Monday, an expert shared the University of Minnesota Extension’s climate-ready woodlands program. The list of tree species the program provided...
New pay transparency law aims to help job-seekers
Starting January 1, 2025, Minnesota-based employers with 30 or more employees will be required to provide pay and benefit information on all open job listings. This comes as part of Omnibus Labor and Industry policy bill that was signed into law by Governor Tim Walz in late May. Under the...
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