Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has joined a coalition of governors from across the country in filing an amicus curiae brief with the United States Supreme Court in the court case of Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine , which is arguing that a decision upholding a recent Fifth Circuit decision would undermine…
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The Minnesota Department of Revenue opened the state Individual Income Tax filing season yesterday, which allows people to start filing for their 2023 tax returns. With tax season opening the Minnesota Department of Revenue reminds you about the Minnesota Child Tax Credit. This credit gives you a $1,750 credit per qualifying child, with no limit…
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Anders Odegaard of Warren, Minnesota was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Monday for the murder of his ex-wife Carissa Odegaard back in August of 2022. Odegaard murdered Charissa in front of their children after she stopped by his house to pick up the kids for church. An argument then broke out and turned…
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The Minnesota Ag Expo kicked off earlier this week, and in attendance was Norman County Corn and Soybean Growers Association President Corey Hanson, and according to him the Expo was a success. Hanson says that there were no major focuses or talking points at this year’s expo but he says there were a lot of…
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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison joined a coalition of attorneys general and the U.S. Department of Justice in filing an antitrust lawsuit challenging the NCAA’s transfer-eligibility rule claiming its an illegal restraint on college athletes ability to sell their image and likeness, and control their education. The coalition is challenging the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s…
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The Drug Enforcement Administration Omaha Division which covers Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Iowa announced that they have seized a record number of Fentanyl in 2023 with the largest increase happening in Minnesota. According to the report the DEA Omaha Division seized more than 417,000 fentanyl pills in Minnesota during 2023 which is a…
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The Minnesota Department of Economic Development announced that Minnesota had its sixth consecutive month of job growth adding over 2,500 jobs in the private sector and 1,700 jobs in the government sector. Minnesota’s unemployment rate trickled down to 2.9% in December which remains lower than the national unemployment rate which remained at 3.7% in December.…
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The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management says Minnesota will need at least 381 dispensaries to meet requirements in state law that require at least one registered retail location for every 12,500 people. The Office of Cannabis Management says the Minnesota Legislature could raise this retail floor once more data on cannabis demand is collected. The…
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The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund have released preliminary data regarding law enforcement line of duty deaths across the nation in 2023. According to the report the United States saw a 39% decrease in law enforcement line of duty deaths in 2023 with the total number going from 224 fatalities in 2022 to 136…
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The Fergus Falls School District sent students home early Monday afternoon after receiving multiple phone calls threatening to shoot through the windows of the schools. At around noon on Monday All three of Fergus Falls Public Schools each received a threatening phone call. After the district went into a Code Red lockdown the Fergus Falls…
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