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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 […]
3 motorcyclists killed in 10-hour span on Minnesota roads
MINNEAPOLIS — Three motorcyclists were killed in separate crashes on Minnesota roads Thursday in a 10-hour span, including two high-speed fatalities just 30 minutes apart on Interstate 35.The first crash happened at about 2 p.m. near the Shingle Creek Crossing shopping mall in Brooklyn Center. Police say the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.The Minnesota State Patrol says the second crash occurred at about 11:35 p.m. on Interstate 35 near Elko-New Market. The 20-year-old victim rear-ended his Suzuki into an SUV "while negotiating lane splits," the state patrol says. He was also pronounced dead at the scene. Two men...
Why nurses, teachers and other Maine labor groups are getting behind Harris and Walz
Maine has been going in circles trying to pass labor safeguards for agricultural workers who are excluded from protections under state law regarding overtime, rest breaks and minimum wage. A fight that Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris similarly took up in 2018 when she was a senator for California. Her work on the issue is […]
Wildfire smoke to move into the Red River Valley Friday
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KFGO) – The Minnesota Health Department is issuing an air quality alert for northwest and west-central Minnesota. Ground-level wildfire smoke is expected to impact the Red River Valley from the Canadian border through Wilkin County Friday afternoon through Sunday evening. The smoke is expected to reach...
After 10 Years Popular MN Tubing Park Will Be Back This Winter
Winter. It's coming whether you like it or not. And yes, there are some Minnesotans that absolutely love winter, and when the rest of us say anything about it, we get the "well if you don't like it, move". By the way, we all like the 4 season changes, we just wish winter wasn't quite so long and extreme. For the record, I loved last winter. It was perfect.
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.
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 […]
Anglers eagerly eye diverse waters as Bassmaster Opens head to Leech Lake for the first time
WALKER, Minn. — Leech Lake might not be the final frontier, but it’s certainly the first time B.A.S.S. has visited the remote fishery in northern Minnesota. Leech is far from the great unknown, however, at least to bass anglers here on the fringe of America’s Midwest. To hear them talk, it’s been a destination lake of sorts for several decades now, despite the fact that it’s closer to Canada’s southern border than it is to the state capital of St. Paul (sister city of Minneapolis about 3½ hours southeast).
State launching pilot program this school year to tackle absenteeism
ListenState launching pilot program to this school year to tackle absenteeism. It’s hard to believe, but students will be heading back to school in less than three weeks. The 2024 school year will mark the start of a new state pilot program to tackle absenteeism. Twelve school districts were given funding by the legislature to create new strategies to combat a big problem in the state.
CDC investigation finds viral DNA, but no live virus, in pets of mpox patients
Twelve percent of swabs taken from the fur, mouth, and anorectal area of pets living with an mpox patient tested positive for mpox virus DNA, but blood cultures showed no signs of infection, according to a new US study. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers worked with public health...
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