Fond du Lac Band is closer to getting land back from the University of Minnesota

Following Minneapolis police Chief Brian O'Hara's resignation Tuesday, Mayor Jacob Frey appointed assistant Minneapolis police Chief Katie Blackwell — who has been at the department for over 25 years — as acting police chief effective immediately.

U.S. Rep. Angie Craig is bypassing the DFL convention and moving straight to a Senate primary race. Flanked by supporters Wednesday on the Capitol lawn, Craig said party insiders at the convention don't speak for most Democratic voters. Rather than seeking the DFL endorsement this weekend, she plans to tour the state.

Minnesota is celebrating the completion of a major milestone in the ongoing cleanup of the St. Louis River. The river forms the headwaters of Lake Superior. There's been a major effort to clean up the river since 1987. This week officials celebrated the cleanup of the final area of contaminated sediment on the Minnesota side of the river.

The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is one step closer to getting land back from the University of Minnesota. Gov. Tim Walz signed legislation paving the way for the university to return the land on which its Cloquet Forestry Center is situated.

Traffic is now down to a single lane in each direction through fall along two stretches of Interstate 94 in central Minnesota. MnDOT says crews are repairing and resurfacing two bridges along eastbound I-94 between Sauk Centre and Melrose.

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Assistant MPD chief Katie Blackwell will serve as acting chief following O'Hara's departure

U.S. Senate hopeful Craig heads straight to primary, paving way for Flanagan's DFL endorsement

Environmental clean-up of St. Louis River nears completion

Walz signs legislation paving way for return of 3,400 acres to Fond du Lac Band

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