Medicare payments set to flow again to Minnesota rural hospitals after months of delay
5:50 PMHealthIncorrectly denied Medicare claims the past few months led to holdups in millions of dollars in reimbursement payments to some rural state hospitals that put at least one near the brink of closing. Officials say the problems have been fixed and money should start moving soon.
Interim Hennepin Healthcare leader steps down
Updated at 6:41 PMHealthDr. Kevin Croston resigned Wednesday. He was appointed to the position after the previous interim CEO stepped down in January.
As property tax statements arrive, pressure grows on Minnesota lawmakers to address hikes
9:00 AMPolitics and Government NewsMinnesota property owners are seeing some steep hikes in their tax bills. Will lawmakers help cushion their burden?
Trump says Pam Bondi, loyalist who oversaw Justice Department upheaval, out as attorney general
Updated at 5:28 PMPolitics and Government NewsPresident Donald Trump says Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general. Bondi's departure ends the contentious tenure of a Trump loyalist who upended the Justice Department’s culture of independence from the White House, oversaw firings of career employees and moved to investigate the Republican president’s perceived enemies.
Allina Health doctors, clinicians reach tentative first contract agreement
4:30 PMHealthAfter more than two years of negotiations, a union representing more than 600 doctors, physician assistants and nurse practitioners at Allina Health clinics has reached a tentative first contract agreement.
Welcome back to construction season in Minnesota. Here’s what to know.
9:00 AMTransportationWith more than 200 projects planned statewide in the next several months, be sure to plan ahead and drive carefully.
School closures, power outages reported amid snow, sleet and freezing rain in Minnesota
1:00 AMWeather and Climate NewsA late-season winter storm brought a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain to much of Minnesota on Thursday. That prompted some school districts to change plans for the day.
Charges filed against bounty hunters who drew ‘replica firearms’ at anti-ICE protesters
10:15 PMCrime, Law and JusticeThe men, who are based in Oklahoma are each charged with making threats of violence with reckless disregard and brandishing replica firearms, both of which are felonies.
Fargo’s interim police chief on artificial intelligence: ‘We have to embrace it’
9:00 AMFargo-Moorhead NewsTravis Stefonowicz is taking over as the department is in the midst of controversy for using artificial intelligence to investigate and arrest a woman last year for a crime in Fargo.
Lawyer says government trying to detain Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, again
A Department of Justice attorney filed a notice of appeal Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas San Antonio Division. An attorney for the family suspects the government’s action as ‘retaliatory.’
Nonprofit Ruby's Pantry abruptly closes all food shelf sites in Minnesota, Upper Midwest
8:24 PMMinnesota NewsThe food assistance nonprofit Ruby’s Pantry, which operated more than 80 mostly church-based food shelf sites in Minnesota and three other upper Midwest states, abruptly shut down all of its operations Wednesday. The organization cites financial difficulties.
Sarah Fillier gets her 1st PWHL hat trick in overtime to help the Sirens beat the Frost 4-3 in OT
4:17 PMMinnesota FrostSarah Fillier scored two goals 14 seconds apart in the third period and she completed her first PWHL hat trick in overtime as the New York Sirens ended a four-game skid with a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Frost. New York won at the Prudential Center for the first time since March 8 when Fillier had two goals and three points.
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