MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — 3M has reached a settlement with Minnesota on the same day its trial was expected to start. 3M will provide a grant of $850 million to the state, with funds used to finance projects involving drinking water and water sustainability in the east metro area. This all stems from alleged contamination in Cottage Grove and Lake Elmo….
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The number of people without health insurance in Minnesota jumped by 116,000 in the past two years. The Minnesota Department of Health says the uninsured rate rose to 6.3 percent last year, up from 4.3 percent in 2015. Around 349,000 Minnesotans don’t have coverage. Governor Dayton issued a statement that said: “This report shows that the…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Health officials say Minnesota has made great progress in reducing a large backlog of unresolved complaints at senior care facilities. The state Health Department has reduced the number of unresolved maltreatment cases by nearly 80 percent in the last six weeks. There are now just over 700 cases, down from more than 3,100. Allegations include neglect,…
PONEMAH, Minn. — A member of Red Lake Nation has gone missing. Red Lake Law Enforcement is looking for 27-year-old Amy Dow. She was last seen leaving her house in Ponemah, Minnesota about three weeks ago. Amy is 5’3″ tall and 98 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. If anyone has seen or heard from Amy they are asked…
CASS CO., Minn. — Authorities doubt that foul play was a factor in the death of a pregnant woman who was missing for more than two weeks. The body of 27-year-old Kara Blevins was found Saturday not far from her hometown of Akeley, Minnesota. The county sheriff says there was “no indication at the scene of any crime.” Preliminary autopsy…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A Minneapolis 911 dispatcher was killed while driving to work and her husband heard the call while monitoring emergency dispatch audio at home. The State Patrol says 30-year-old Jenna Bixby was hit head-on Saturday by a wrong-way driver on Highway 252. The other driver was Richard Shaka, a retired 72-year-old minister from Blaine, and alcohol is suspected…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A solution for the country’s pension crisis didn’t make it in the final budget, but a bipartisan committee has been set up as a compromise. The pension crisis is threatening 2,000 North Dakotans and 400,000 retirees across the country who paid into Central States Pension Fund and others. The committee will be required to hold at least…
GRAND FORKS CO., N.D. — Three people from Kindred were hurt when their pickup rear-ended a snow plow. It happened in white-out conditions Sunday afternoon on I-29 south of Grand Forks. The pickup driver, 30-year old Sean Woller, and his passengers, 26 year old Christina Lindquist-Cornog, and 6 year-old William Cornog, were taken to Altru Hospital in Grand Forks with…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota lawmakers are heading back to the Capitol Tuesday with a long list of work but uncertain odds of finishing it. Squaring Minnesota’s tax code with the recently passed federal tax cuts may get top billing. But it won’t be easy for the Republican-controlled Legislature to make sure taxpayers can easily file their taxes next year…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration is once again calling for the complete elimination of low-income heating assistance. The administration is using the same arguments from a year ago when it tried to abolish the program, saying it’s rife with fraud and that no one would be left freezing if the program goes away. Those claims were widely discredited a…
