Category Archives: State News

Woman Found Dead in Iowa Daughter of Minnesota Supreme Court Justice and Allina Health CEO
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A 21-year-old woman who was found dead outside a sorority house at Iowa State University was the daughter of a Minnesota Supreme Court justice and a prominent hospital executive, th...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jan 24, 2021 Unsplash

Less Than 5% of Minnesotans Have Received One Vaccine Dose
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The number of Minnesotans who have received at least the first dose of the two-shot COVID-19 vaccine is nearing a quarter-million, or less than 5% of the population, the Minnesota D...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jan 24, 2021 Unsplash

Minnesota's Total COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Nears 900K
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota health officials reported Friday the state has now been allocated 871,650 doses of federally controlled COVID-19 vaccine, up more than 240,000 doses from a week earlier. T...
Associated Press Jan 22, 2021 Steven Cornfield on Unsplash
Minnesota Turkey Farmers Eligible for Additional Coronavirus Aid
(KNSI) - Minnesota turkey farmers who lost revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic can now apply for payments through the federal Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. Last month, Senator Amy Klobuchar he...
Dene Dryden Jan 22, 2021

Stadium Water Seepage Problem Will Cost $800,000 to Fix
Jennifer Lewerenz Jan 22, 2021 Steven Coursolle/KNSI News

Minneapolis Reaches Settlement for Trump Rally Security
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The mayor of Minneapolis said Thursday the city has reached a settlement with the operators of the Target Center to help pay for the cost of hosting President Donald Trump's rally i...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jan 22, 2021 History in HD / Unsplash

Minnesota Vaccine Pilot Program Starts Administering Shots
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota began administering a limited supply of coronavirus vaccine to seniors through a pilot program on Thursday after federal vaccine priorities expanded last week to include t...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jan 22, 2021 Hakan Nural on Unsplash
Elderly Willmar Murder Defendant Released From Jail
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - An elderly Sioux Falls man charged in a 1974 stabbing death has been released from jail because of his declining health, according to authorities working on the case. Algene V...
Jennifer Lewerenz Jan 22, 2021
Chauvin's Trial Will Not Be Delayed, Judge Rules
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota judge said he won't reconsider his decision to hold a March trial for the former Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck for several minutes even t...
Associated Press Jan 21, 2021

Biden Sworn in as 46th President of the United States
WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Biden became the 46th President of the United States on Wednesday, swearing the oath of office just before noon to take the helm of a deeply divided nation while inheriting a con...
Associated Press Jan 20, 2021 President-elect Joe Biden congratulates Vice President Kamala Harris after she was sworn in during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)