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The Minnesota Department of Revenue is warning Minnesotans NOT to engage with text messages claiming to provide tax refunds.
Work was paused today on road construction projects across the state... after two workers died in separate incidents in construction zones last week. MnDOT says the first-ever statewide safety stand-down was held in part to honor the lives lost. It also was a chance for workers to have discussions and share their experiences in an effort to recommit to and improve work zone safety.
The Minnesota Lynx are out of the playoffs after losing Sunday night to the Phoenix Mercury. The Lynx had a 13-point lead at the start of the fourth quarter, but the Mercury pulled ahead at the end with a final score of 86-81.
Five candidates vying to be the next Minneapolis mayor participated in Friday's debate. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says if he's elected to a third term, he plans to serve the entire term.
A second worker has been killed in as many days in a Twin Cities road construction area. The state patrol says a man died after he was hit by a dump truck Thursday in a closed work zone along Highway 610 near Maple Grove Parkway.
State Senator and Minneapolis mayoral candidate Omar Fateh says his campaign office was vandalized this week with an Islamophobic message and threat graffitied on a wall.
And the U.S. Department of Justice is suing Minnesota's top election official as it tries to unlock statewide voter registration data.
The Minnesota Department of Health is holding a public hearing Thursday in response to service closures at two Allina Health hospitals. On the agenda is the planned closure of Allina Health's inpatient chemical dependency unit at Mercy Hospital-Unity Campus and changes to the kidney transplant program at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and attorneys for the state are appealing a ruling that upended a new legal ban on binary triggers.
Federal prosecutors today charged a Twin Cities woman with stealing $14 million from a state autism program.
The Minnesota Supreme Court has suspended an Anoka County judge for misconduct that included holding a hearing from a moving vehicle. Former state Sen. Nicole Mitchell has been sentenced to six months in jail for her felony burglary convictions.
Former state Senator Nicole Mitchell has been sentenced to 6 months in jail for her felony burglary convictions.
And the family of 12-year-old Sophia Forchas says she continues to make steady progress at recovery. The young student was critically injured in a mass shooting that killed two children.
Hundreds of people gathered at the University of Minnesota’s Northrop Auditorium for “The American Comeback Tour.” Monday’s event was originally scheduled to be hosted by Charlie Kirk, the Turning Point USA founder who was killed earlier this month.
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