The city of Minneapolis must hire more police officers after the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled on Monday (pdf) that the mayor had not met his legal duty to do so or demonstrated why he hasn’t. In the ruling, Chief Justice Lorie Gildea said Mayor Jacob Frey has a “clear legal duty” under the Minneapolis City Charter to employ at least 731 sworn…
Minnesota Supreme Court Rules Minneapolis Mayor Must Hire More Police Officers Amid Rise in Crime
After a Decadelong Absence, Cruise Ships Will Again Stop in Duluth
By Christa Lawler From Star Tribune Duluth — The nearly 400-passenger Viking Octantis cruise ship will make a stop in the Duluth Harbor this week (May 30), the first of several international Great Lakes tours that will take advantage of a new customs facility at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. The new facility, a few…
Mayo Clinic Sued Over Firing Workers for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccines
May 18, 2022
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The first lawsuits in a legal blitz expected to ultimately involve over 100 former workers were filed this week in federal court against the Mayo Clinic. The suits deal with the clinic’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. In one, filed on May 16 in federal court in Minnesota, nurse Shelly Kiel, a Christian, says she was the…
Severe Storms Blamed for 3 Deaths in South Dakota, Minnesota
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.—Strong winds and a tornado caused widespread damage in parts of the Midwest, where officials said another round of severe weather during a stormy week left three more people dead. In Minnesota, a grain bin fell onto a car Thursday and killed a passenger near Blomkest, the Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office said. And…
Severe Weather Causes Damage in Minnesota; 1 Dead in Crash
MINNEAPOLIS—Severe storms brought damaging winds, heavy rain, and a few reports of tornadoes to Minnesota, where one person died in a crash that authorities said was caused by downed power lines. Tens of thousands of homes and businesses were without power Thursday across southern Minnesota as hundreds of Xcel Energy employees and contractors worked to…
Storm Chaser Killed in Severe Weather Crash, Colleague Says
MINNEAPOLIS—A storm-chasing meteorologist died in a crash that authorities said was caused by downed power lines as severe storms brought damaging winds, heavy rain and a few reports of tornadoes to Minnesota. The wreck on Interstate 90 in southwest Minnesota Wednesday evening killed Martha Llanos Rodriguez, of Mexico City, Mexico, when a car in which…
$1.5 Million Bail for Minnesota Woman Accused in Deaths of 2 Babies
RED WING, Minn.—Unconditional bail was set at $1.5 million Tuesday for the Minnesota woman charged with leaving her newborn son to die beside a lake nearly 20 years ago and who authorities say abandoned another infant in the Mississippi River years earlier. Jennifer Matter, 50, appeared in court in Goodhue County via video on two…
Election Integrity Watchdog Sues Minnesota Over Refusal to Clean Up Its Voter Roll
An election integrity group filed a legal complaint under the federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA) against Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon for failing to remove duplicate names from the state’s voter roll as federal law requires. An analysis by the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), which filed the complaint (pdf), found 586 duplicate registrants,…
Mother of 2 Babies Found Dead Charged With Murder in 1 Case
RED WING, Minn.—A Minnesota woman has been arrested and charged in the death of her newborn who was abandoned at a lake nearly 20 years ago, and in a criminal complaint acknowledged abandoning another newborn whose body was found in the Mississippi River years earlier, state and local officials said Monday. Jennifer Matter, 50, of…
Sumac Has Deep Roots in Minnesota
By Nicole Hvidsten From Star Tribune Use it to flavor everything from lamb to lemonade. Sumac might be best known for flavoring Middle Eastern cuisine, but its roots run deep in Minnesota. Long used in Indigenous cooking, staghorn sumac, with its clusters of bright-red berries, is easy to spot growing throughout the Upper Midwest. (Stay…
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