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Long-tenured Justice Anderson to leave Minnesota Supreme Court in May

Long-tenured Justice Anderson to leave Minnesota Supreme Court in May

Minnesota Supreme Court Justice G. Barry Anderson Thursday gave notice of his retirement in May. Anderson is the last justice appointed by a Republican governor.
by Brian Bakst

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‘Like a chain reaction’: UW-River Falls grappling with fourth student death in 2 months

‘Like a chain reaction’: UW-River Falls grappling with fourth student death in 2 months

The university is treating the four deaths as a suicide cluster and working to support its community and prevent further deaths ahead of its roughly 5,000 students returning for classes on Jan. 22.
by Nicole Ki

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Art Hounds: New theater at Raw Stages

Art Hounds: New theater at Raw Stages

David Cunningham’s “City Life” opens at Gallery 360. Raw Stages’ New Works Festival stages a different reading of a work-in-progress at History Theatre. Minneapolis band Sycamore Gap performs to benefit the Arbitrarium art house. 
by Emily Bright

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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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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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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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