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Harris releases medical report, drawing another contrast with Trump

Harris releases medical report, drawing another contrast with Trump

The two-page letter says that Vice President Harris is in excellent health and has “the physical and mental resiliency required to successfully execute the duties of the presidency.”
by The Associated Press

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WNBA has just 1 Black head coach but more could come from a pool of strong assistants in the league

WNBA has just 1 Black head coach but more could come from a pool of strong assistants in the league

The WNBA has been praised in the past as a leader for its diversity hiring practices. At the end of the 2022 season, half of the 12 head coaches in the league were Black. Two years later, Seattle’s Noelle Quinn is the only one left after Tanisha Wright was let go in Atlanta and Teresa Weatherspoon was fired in Chicago. 

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Minneapolis Police Department applications continue to signal rebound

Minneapolis Police Department applications continue to signal rebound

The department’s numbers took a significant dive after the police killing of George Floyd and the unrest that followed. But applications are up 45 percent this year compared to all of 2023. The department has received 1,014 applications so far this year — up from 697 last year. 
by Cari Spencer

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Walz returns to Mankato to reprise role as coach, deliver football pep talk and campaign a little

Walz returns to Mankato to reprise role as coach, deliver football pep talk and campaign a little

The governor stopped through on a campaign visit marking the 25th anniversary of the season the Mankato West football team won the state championship with him as assistant coach. He will attend the Governors Pheasant opener in Sleepy Eye Saturday.
by Hannah Yang

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Enrollment is up at Minnesota State colleges, a new fund helped

Enrollment is up at Minnesota State colleges, a new fund helped

The state’s new program, North Star Promise, guarantees lower-income Minnesotans can attend public colleges or universities tuition-free. Nearly 17,000 students received North Star scholarships this fall, according to preliminary data for Minnesota State, tribal colleges and the University of Minnesota.
by Feven Gerezgiher

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Jury convicts Derrick Thompson on gun, drug charges in 2023 crash that killed 5

Jury convicts Derrick Thompson on gun, drug charges in 2023 crash that killed 5

A federal jury on Friday returned guilty verdicts against a Brooklyn Park man in connection with a crash last year that killed five young women on Lake Street in Minneapolis. Thompson’s conviction in this trial wasn’t for the crash itself, but the cocaine, 2,000 fentanyl pills, and gun that police found in the SUV.
by Matt Sepic

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Yes, that is the scent of manure in the Twin Cities

Yes, that is the scent of manure in the Twin Cities

You aren’t imagining things if you’re in the Twin Cities and catch a whiff of what smells like manure. That scent is coming from farms in the southern parts of the state.
by Jacob Aloi

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Hastings to receive 3M settlement money to treat 'forever chemicals'

Hastings to receive 3M settlement money to treat 'forever chemicals'

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency announced it's linked PFAS contamination in one of Hastings’ wells to 3M's Cottage Grove facility. City officials say the money will help, but won’t cover the full $70 million to build three new treatment plants.
by Kirsti Marohn

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