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Heartbreaking News Of Animal Death at Popular Zoo In Minnesota
A heartbreaking message was just shared by a well-loved zoo in Minnesota. An animal that just arrived in April at the Lake Superior Zoo in Duluth has sadly passed away. Zoo in Minnesota Shares Heartbreaking Message Letting Fans Know That A Beloved Animal Has Died. News that no one wants...
Minnesota’s Jews celebrate as their ‘mensch’ Gov. Tim Walz enters the national spotlight
(JTA) — On Oct. 9, as the toll of Hamas’ attack on Israel was still being tallied, Tim Walz stood before a room of Jewish Minnesotans and condemned the invasion of two days earlier. “If you did not find moral clarity on Saturday morning, and you find yourself waiting to think about what you needed...
Study: Ice-outs are changing faster than walleye can adjust
Minnesota’s state fish—the walleye—has significant recreational, economic and cultural importance to the upper Midwest, but a recent study suggests the climate is changing faster than walleye can adapt, creating a dangerous domino effect. The study's lead author, U-W Madison researcher Martha Barta, says walleye have encountered a...
Harris and Walz say they're 'joyful warriors,' narrowly avoid confrontation with Vance on tarmac
Vice President Kamala Harris and her newly-minted running mate, Gov. Tim Walsh kicked off their swing state blitz in the battleground state of Wisconsin Wednesday, leaning into the campaign theme of “freedom,” and vowing, “We are not going back.” ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris declared herself and her new running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, “joyful warriors” against Donald Trump on Wednesday as they spent their first full day campaigning together across the Midwest. They got an unusual glimpse of how hotly contested the region would be when they overlapped on a Wisconsin tarmac with Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance. The Democrats visited Wisconsin and Michigan, hoping to shore up support among the younger, diverse, labor-friendly voters who were instrumental in helping President Joe Biden win the 2020 election. Harris told the day’s first rally in Eau Claire, “As Tim Walz likes to point out, we are joyful warriors.” Contributing to that feeling, the Harris campaign said it had raised $36 million in the first 24 hours after she announced Walz as her running mate.
NWS Confirms At Least 4 Tornadoes in Southern MN
UNDATED (WJON News) -- The National Weather Service says they have confirmed at least four tornado touchdowns in southern Minnesota on Monday evening. They say more confirmations may be yet to come. Two supercells initially developed over Nicollet and Watonwan Counties, then strengthened while tracking southeast. The supercells eventually formed...
Some Democratic backers of Josh Shapiro see a missed chance for a Jewish vice president
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ choice of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate disappointed fans of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who was one of Harris’ finalists for the job and seen as someone who could help Democrats win a key swing state and make history by electing the first Jewish vice president.
Walz watch: A brief history of Minnesotans tapped for VP
MINNEAPOLIS — A lot of Minnesotans woke up Tuesday wondering what will happen in the future, so we looked back at what's happened in our past. If elected with Vice President Kamala Harris, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz would be the third person from the North Star State to ascend to the vice presidency within the last 60 years.
Senator Carla Nelson announces second round of nursing home aid in Dodge and Olmsted Counties
(ABC 6 News) — State Senator Carla Nelson (R-Rochester) has announced the distribution of the second round of emergency aid to nursing homes in Dodge and Olmsted Counties via a press release. This funding is part of the bipartisan $300 million package passed by the Minnesota legislature in 2023...
Walz Reappoints Tanya Gladney to Minnesota Police Reform Board
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz recently appointed Dr. Tanya Gladney, an associate professor and law enforcement program coordinator in the Sociology and Criminal Justice Department at University of St. Thomas, to a second term on the Board of Peace Officer Board of Standards and Training. The four-year term, effective as of July, will expire in January 2028.
Speaker Johnson: ‘Far-left’ Walz ‘easier’ for GOP to run against
NEW YORK — Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday said Vice President Harris’s selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) as her running mate makes it “easier” for Republicans to run against the Democratic ticket in November. Johnson — speaking to The Hill during a wide-ranging...
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