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delayed Thursday afternoon at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport

 after telecommunication issues caused a ground stoppage. The restrictions lasted about an hour and a half. The FAA says it briefly paused flights into and out of MSP. The federal agency lifted restrictions at about 4 p.m.

Prairie Correctional facility in Appleton will reopen as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center

 has divided some community members. Some residents say they understand the need for economic revitalization, but say they oppose how ICE agents have treated immigrants. The detention center is set to start operations next week.

salmonella poisoning after eating takeout from Chipotle is suing the restaurant chain

. In a lawsuit, her attorneys say that three days later she lost consciousness, her temperature hit 102, her heart rate skyrocketed and she suffered severe diarrhea. The woman was hospitalized for two days with sepsis and an inflamed colon.

Minneapolis park officials say a blue-green algae bloom is underway at Cedar Lake. Testing confirmed the toxic algae and a warning is now in place for all three beaches at Cedar Lake. People and pets should stay out of the water.

Blue-green algae has also been detected at Powderhorn Lake in Minneapolis. Separately — the beach at Lake Hiawatha and two beaches on Bde Maka Ska are closed due to high levels of E. coli bacteria.

GOP candidate for governor Mike Lindell released a budget framework for the state that would cut the state income tax. The 72-page document aims to substantially cut state taxes, eliminate several state programs and create a program called Minnesota Direct, where recipients apply for aid and get crowd funding rather than government money. Many of the financial conclusions in the document are based on unproven estimates such as the amount of fraud in Minnesota.

The Moorhead Police Department is searching for a missing Indigenous woman with family ties to a long-standing cold case in Duluth. 35-year-old Stephanie St. Clair was last seen at her home in Moorhead in the 800 block of Second Avenue North. Her disappearance comes 11 years after her mother, Sheila St. Clair, went missing from Duluth.

Flights resume at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport after 'telecommunication issues'

Community split on ICE detention center opening in Appleton, but many just want the area revitalized

Twin Cities woman sues Chipotle over salmonella poisoning

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News that the Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton will reopen as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center has divided some community members. Meanwhile, the Moorhead Police Department is searching for a missing Indigenous woman with family ties to a long-standing cold case in Duluth.

Twin Cities woman sues Chipotle after salmonella poisoning

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