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New data from the Minnesota Department of Health shows seasonal virus hospitalizations are trending downward. And Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender students from competing in sports consistent with their gender identity violates state law.
A nonprofit says the Trump Administration has frozen funds for a more than $2.5 million project to improve the Mississippi River corridor in parts of Minnesota, and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has vetoed the city council's plans for George Floyd Square.
All but one passenger injured in a flight that crashed while landing in Toronto on Monday has been released from the hospital, Delta Air Lines says. And Minnesota Rep. Pete Stauber is ruling out runs for governor and senate in 2026.
The Minneapolis public school district met this week to discuss strategies to close its $75 million budget shortfall, and Delta Air Lines says all but one of the passengers injured when a flight from Minneapolis crashed while landing in Toronto on Monday has been released from the hospital.
A prosecutor in the Feeding Our Future trial on Tuesday raised allegations of witness tampering. And Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier is now out of prison and back home in North Dakota.
Starting today anyone who wants to grow or sell retail recreational marijuana can submit an application with the state of Minnesota, officials are investigating the wreckage of the plane that crashed in Toronto yesterday, and flags are at half-staff in Burnsville today in honor of three first responders who made the ultimate sacrifice.
A Delta Air Lines jet from Minneapolis flipped on its roof while landing Monday at Toronto’s Pearson Airport. All 80 people on board survived and those hurt had relatively minor injuries. Dangerously cold temperatures prompted many school districts across Minnesota to cancel or delay the start of classes, or move to online learning. 
It’s going to be another frigid week in Minnesota. The entire state is blanketed with arctic air and under extreme cold advisories. And a second spike in the number of flu cases in Minnesota has hospitals and clinics busy with more patients than usual. 
Recall petitions — the first step in a lengthy process for having a recall election — have been filed against seven Minnesota House members. And authorities are investigating possible links between burglaries at several Minnesota homes and similar high-profile incidents across the country, including the homes of at least two pro athletes.
Democratic U.S. Senator Tina Smith says she will not seek another term when the seat is up in 2026. And Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan says she intends to run for the seat Smith will vacate in the U.S. Senate.