Good afternoon! Have you cleaned out your driveway and sidewalks yet? Throughout the state we saw decent snowfall. The Twin Cities saw between 4 to 8 inches of dense snow. Farther north, around Detroit Lakes, about 8 to 10 inches fell. | Forecast | Updraft | NewsCut
Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican lawmakers are clashing over how to fix the state's new vehicle registration system. A House committee advanced a bill Tuesday that would authorize the money but force to cut it from executive agency budgets.
For many people who live with chronic pain, opioids can seem like the difference between a full life, or one lived in agony. Over the past few decades, they have become go-to drugs for acute pain, but Dr. Erin Krebs , with the Minneapolis Veteran's Administration Health Care System and the University of Minnesota, says the science about the effectiveness of opioids for chronic, or long-term pain, has been lacking. | Jump in overdoses shows opioid epidemic has worsened
A highly critical report on Minnesota’s Office of Health Facilities Complaints concludes that problems with the investigative structure and mistrust in management are to blame for an inadequate response to abuse allegations.
A Delano couple is offering a $5,000 reward after someone demanded and received a ransom for their dog. The dog was later found dead, apparently shot, on a nearby lake. Bob Collins writes, "the civilized world will put up with a lot of incidents of savagery. But killing a dog isn’t one of them."
Xcel says it expects the federal tax law will save the company $141 million. For Minnesota Power, it's nearly $24 million and for Otter Tail Power it's $5 million. Each of the utilities acknowledge that customers should benefit from those savings, but it could be awhile before we know what that looks like.
Gov. Mark Dayton unveiled a revised measure Tuesday to reduce elevated nitrate levels in water supplies that includes restrictions on the application of farm fertilizers in the fall, his administration's latest move as it seeks to make protecting water a hallmark of his final term. | Previously: Free nitrate tests meet farmer resistance in Brown County.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday the House will take up a bill creating a federal grant program to train students, teachers and school officials how to identify and intervene early when signs of violence arise.
