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Twin Cities Motorcycle Crash Leads to 11th Death in Seven Days on Minnesota’s Roads
Minneapolis, MN (KROC-AM News)- A motorcyclist lost her life in a crash on a freeway in the Twin Cities early Friday morning. She’s become at least the eleventh person to die on Minnesota’s roads in the past week. A motorcyclist, identified as 20-year-old Cooper Russell Bertram of Elko also died in a construction zone I-35 Wednesday night in southern Scott County.
Sharp-tail grouse hunt remains closed in 2024
MADISON — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced that although the spring population survey results indicate a slight increase, the sharp-tailed grouse hunting season remains closed for 2024. Permits and applications will not be available or accepted this year. Each year, the sharp-tailed grouse advisory committee, consisting of interested conservation groups and DNR wildlife biologists, uses spring dancing ground surveys to evaluate the population’s size and recommend a hunting season. Based on the review of spring population data, lek distribution and scientific...
NSIC announces men's cross country preseason coaches' poll
BURNSVILLE, Minn. -- The Southwest Minnesota State University men's cross country team was selected to place 12th in the annual NSIC preseason coaches' poll released on Thursday. SMSU sophomore, Seth Torgerson, was named an "Athlete to Watch" this season. "Seth enters his sophomore year for the Mustangs after a strong...
Vikings LB Blake Cashman injures finger, undergoes procedure
Wednesday was a no good, very bad day for the Minnesota Vikings and their fans. First, they were greeted with the news that rookie first-round quarterback J.J. McCarthy would not see the field at all this season after surgery to repair his meniscus. Things went from bad to worse, as...
Fundraiser created for funeral expenses for Hector woman
(Hector MN-) A gofundme fundraising page has been created to help the family of a woman killed in a traffic crash last month. 36-year-old Katie Dupre died when the pickup she was riding in left Renville County Road 22 northeast of Hector July 21st and rolled. Dupre's sister and cousin have set up a gofundme page to help pay for funeral costs. Dupre was a special olympian and was engaged to be married. If you'd like to help, go to gofundme.com and search for "Support for Katie Dupre-Roush's Funeral Costs."
Walz’s China experience draws GOP attacks, but Beijing isn’t counting on better ties
WASHINGTON (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has a history with China. And Republicans are seizing on it. At 25, Walz taught a year of high school in China. He returned for his honeymoon and many more times with American exchange students. As a congressman, he served on a committee tracking China’s human rights and met figures like the Dalai Lama.
Minnesota Bank Warning Of Text-Based Scam Being Reported
The ways in which scammers try to take advantage of people seem virtually endless. Some are pretty obvious, while others are pretty sophisticated. No matter the method, you always have to be on alert these days, sadly. This week, a Minnesota bank warned about a scam they've had reported that is targeting people via text messages.
Tim Walz has a sick burn for Tommy Tuberville about 'dumbest' football coaches
Kamala Harris’s running mate in the United States presidential race Tim Walz, as you may know, was a successful high school football coach. And Alabama senator Tommy Tuberville — who literally refers to himself as “coach” on his senate site — was known for being a successful coach all over college football, from Ole Miss to Auburn to Texas Tech to Cincinnati.
In blog post, Kamala Harris urged bail fund donations for ‘front lines’ during 2020 riots
As riots shook cities across the United States in 2020, then-Sen. Kamala Harris authored a little-known blog post urging the public to help demonstrators “on the front lines” by donating to a bail fund that freed violent criminals. The blog post, which Harris published on her Medium profile on May 31, 2020, came amid riots […]
North Memorial sends warning about funding crisis at Robbinsdale hospital
ROBBINSDALE, Minn. — North Memorial Hospital's flagship location towers over Robbinsdale and North Minneapolis, treating some of the most critical patients as one of the state's few Level 1 Trauma Centers. However, after seven decades of operating in the Twin Cities, North leaders are sounding the alarm about the...
Tim Walz’s Quip on “White Guy Tacos” Sends MAGA Into Meltdown
Right-wingers are spreading another conspiracy about Minnesota Governor Tim Walz: he’s lying about liking “white guy tacos.”Kamala Harris and her running mate on Thursday posted a promotional video of them discussing food, during which Walz brought up his Midwestern palette. “I have white guy tacos,” said Walz. “What does that mean? Like, mayonnaise and tuna? What are you doing?” Harris responded jokingly. “Pretty much ground beef and cheese,” Walz said. “They said to be careful and let her know this. That black pepper is the top of the spice level in Minnesota.”Listen, I’m just not much of a spice guy. pic.twitter.com/u9yadJBMh2—...
Minnesota has highest median wage in Midwest — and other labor news
Take a seat in the Break Room, our weekly round-up of labor news in Minnesota and beyond. This week: Minnesota’s strong labor market; United Steelworkers support new studies for stalled mine; Sun Country flight attendants authorize strike; Harris adopts Trump’s no-tax-on-tips idea; Walz speaks at AFSCME convention; and Trump applauds firing striking workers, which is […]
After George Floyd’s killing, policing defined Tim Walz’s tenure
Public safety has proven to be the most difficult governing and political challenge of Gov. Tim Walz’s tenure. The pandemic fueled a spike in violent crime, while Minnesotans marched against police brutality after the murder of George Floyd. While most protested peacefully, others looted stores and set buildings on fire, including the Minneapolis Police Department’s […]
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