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Stories from January 10, 2024

Vocal anti-Trump candidate Chris Christie is out of the presidential race

Vocal anti-Trump candidate Chris Christie is out of the presidential race

The former governor of New Jersey — and onetime Trump ally — announced the end of his campaign at a town hall in Windham, N.H., Wednesday, just days before the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses.
by Jeongyoon Han

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Big Lake woman latest to plead guilty in Feeding our Future case

Big Lake woman latest to plead guilty in Feeding our Future case

A Big Lake woman on Wednesday admitted stealing more than $2.4 million from government child nutrition programs. Sharon Ross is among five dozen people charged in connection with the Feeding our Future investigation and is the 17th to plead guilty.
by Matt Sepic

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New FAFSA comes with a big mistake that could lower students' financial aid

New FAFSA comes with a big mistake that could lower students' financial aid

The U.S. Department of Education is debating whether to make an enormous and potentially disruptive change to this year’s FAFSA process to help borrowers and remedy a department mistake.
by Cory Turner

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Big Lake woman pleads guilty in Feeding Our Future investigation

A woman admitted stealing more than $2.4 million dollars from government child nutrition programs. Sharon Ross of Big Lake is among five dozen people charged in connection with the Feeding our Future investigation and the 17th to plead guilty.
by Emily Reese

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Today in Fargo-Moorhead: Subzero weekend ahead, recovery writing night and more

There’s a slight chance of snow Wednesday. It should be dry and partly sunny with highs approaching zero and below this week, with another chance of snow Friday and Saturday. On Sunday we’ll see a high of -4.

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Sound engineer, band member reflects on three decades with the Cedar Cultural Center

Sound engineer, band member reflects on three decades with the Cedar Cultural Center

Eric Hohn has been a sound tech at the Cedar Cultural Center for the past 27 years and he is a founding member of the Mubbla Buggs, who are headlining the center’s 35th anniversary show.
by Cathy Wurzer and Ellen Finn

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Longtime St. John's teacher, leader chosen as new abbot

Longtime St. John's teacher, leader chosen as new abbot

Rev. Douglas Mullin succeeds retiring Abbot John Klassen, who is credited with increasing transparency and accountability during the monastery's reckoning of sexual abuse by monks.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Authorities ID victims, suspected gunman in Cloquet motel shooting

Authorities ID victims, suspected gunman in Cloquet motel shooting

Police in Cloquet on Wednesday released the names of the two victims and the alleged gunman who died in a shooting at a motel in the northern Minnesota city earlier this week.
by MPR News Staff

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The toll that tragedies like the deadly St. Paul house fire have on first responders

The toll that tragedies like the deadly St. Paul house fire have on first responders

Jeff Ernewein is a photographer at KSTP-TV. He was also a firefighter for 12 years. He was one of the first journalists at the scene of last week’s St. Paul house fire.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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The story behind a Minnesota entrepreneur's coffee-brewing straw

The story behind a Minnesota entrepreneur's coffee-brewing straw

A two-year motorcycle trip from St. Paul to Argentina. Taking youngsters and adults on camping trips. Experiments run out of a college dorm. A Kickstarter campaign. Intrigued?
by Cathy Wurzer and Chris Farrell

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Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe annual event highlights priorities, progress and cannabis plans

Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe annual event highlights priorities, progress and cannabis plans

Chief Executive Melanie Benjamin said 2023 was a year of progress for the central Minnesota-based tribe. Benjamin outlined band priorities for the coming year, including plans to open a cannabis growing facility.
by Melissa Olson and Kirsti Marohn

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Why are more young women getting breast cancer?

Why are more young women getting breast cancer?

A survivor and her oncologist talk diagnosis, survivorship challenges and why breast cancer still kills 40,000 people each year.
by Angela Davis and Gretchen Brown

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More snow develops Wednesday. Frigid weekend coming

More snow develops Wednesday. Frigid weekend coming

Another round of snow develops west to east Wednesday into early Thursday. A larger storm system may graze southern Minnesota Friday and Saturday ahead of frigid weekend temperatures. 
by Sven Sundgaard

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Historic, all-woman St. Paul City Council sworn in and ready to work

Historic, all-woman St. Paul City Council sworn in and ready to work

The group of seven elected officials is majority women of color, and all the women on the council are under the age of 40, making them the city’s most racially diverse and youngest council ever.
by Regina Medina

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Towns, Timberwolves roll to 113-92 win over Magic

Towns, Timberwolves roll to 113-92 win over Magic

Karl-Anthony Towns scored 23 of his 28 points in the first half and the Minnesota Timberwolves led from start to finish in a 113-92 win over the Orlando Magic. 
by The Associated Press

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New Hamline president wants to build trust — then enrollment

New Hamline president wants to build trust — then enrollment

Hamline University is welcoming Kathleen Murray as its newest leader during a time of increased attention to academic freedom on campus. She spoke with MPR News about bolstering free speech and trust within the community.
by Tom Crann and Lukas Levin

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Another Feeding our Future defendant in court. A crisis in rural medical response

Another defendant in the Feeding our Future conspiracy case is expected to plead guilty Wednesday. And a new state legislative task force met Tuesday to address a crisis facing emergency medical response in rural Minnesota.
by Phil Picardi

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Federal fix for rural hospitals gets few takers so far

Federal fix for rural hospitals gets few takers so far

Just 18 facilities were converted into Rural Emergency Hospitals so far. Advocates and lawmakers say tweaks to the law are needed to widen the reach and keep health care in rural communities.
by Sarah Jane Tribble and Tony Leys

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Researchers find a massive number of plastic particles in bottled water

Researchers find a massive number of plastic particles in bottled water

Researchers found roughly 240,000 detectable plastic fragments in a typical liter of bottled water. Most of them were nanoplastics — particles less than 1 micrometer in size.
by James Doubek

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Small land transfer may be a big deal in tribal lands debate

Small land transfer may be a big deal in tribal lands debate

In what could become a blueprint for similar Minnesota communities, Lake City, southeast of the Twin Cities, has returned ownership of Dakota burial mounds back to their modern-day relatives at Prairie Island Indian Community. Two communities historically at odds now may be ushering in a period of understanding.
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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