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Stories from April 22, 2024

Windy April continues with scattered showers

Windy April continues with scattered showers

Expect widely scattered showers into Monday evening. More scattered showers are possible Tuesday, mainly for eastern Minnesota and Wisconsin. It will be breezy and cooler on Tuesday.
by Bill Endersen

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Minnesota Supreme Court appointees; Woodbury Target standoff

A set of new appointments announced today to the Minnesota Supreme Court will end a months-long transition phase. And Woodbury police say a man was shot and wounded by officers outside a Target store this morning. There was no immediate word on the man’s condition. The Minnesota B-C-A is investigating.
by Emily Bright

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Duluth’s Park Point named one of country’s top beaches

Duluth’s Park Point named one of country’s top beaches

Duluth’s Park Point, which has been in the news for months as speculation swirls around billionaire Kathy Cargill’s plans for her recent real estate purchases there, is now garnering headlines as one of the top beaches in the country.
by Dan Kraker

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Broadband installation the leading cause of underground infrastructure damage

Broadband installation the leading cause of underground infrastructure damage

That's according to a brief released last week by North Star Policy Action, an independent research organization. Jake Schwitzer, the executive director of North Star, shared more of the findings and why some are raising concern.
by Tom Crann and Ngoc Bui

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Sammy McDowell, fixture of the Black community in Minneapolis, remembered as a ‘treasure of wisdom’

Sammy McDowell, fixture of the Black community in Minneapolis, remembered as a ‘treasure of wisdom’

Sammy McDowell owned Sammy’s Avenue Eatery which opened on the north side in 2012. He collapsed during church service and later died at the hospital.
by Nina Moini, Ellen Finn and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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This Earth Day, a scientist shares tips for building climate action into everyday life

This Earth Day, a scientist shares tips for building climate action into everyday life

University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership Director Heidi Roop published a book called “The Climate Action Handbook” to help people figure out where to start.
by Nina Moini and Alanna Elder

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Why do so many couples fight about money?

Why do so many couples fight about money?

Opposites attract when it comes to money habits. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with a researcher and a financial therapist about why couples fight over finances and how to resolve the inevitable disagreements.
by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

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A show of Minnesota Somali artists looks at community healing

A show of Minnesota Somali artists looks at community healing

The Soomaal House of Art and the Somali Museum of Minnesota have curated “Art As Liberation: A Journey Through Collective Healing,” featuring works by six Twin Cities Somali visual artists and the work of Tariq Tarey.
by Alex V. Cipolle

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Walz appoints Theodora Gaïtas and Sarah Hennesy to Minnesota Supreme Court

Walz appoints Theodora Gaïtas and Sarah Hennesy to Minnesota Supreme Court

Gov. Tim Walz on Monday announced the appointment of two new Supreme Court justices — Theodora Gaïtas and Sarah Hennesy — who are set to replace retiring justices Margaret H. Chutich and G. Barry Anderson.
by Dana Ferguson

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First Feeding our Future fraud trail begins. Fewer child care operators struggling financially

Jury selection starts Monday in the first trial in an alleged $250 million scheme to defraud government child nutrition programs. And a new statewide survey from First Children’s Finance and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis shows fewer Minnesota child care operators struggled financially last year. 
by Phil Picardi

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Casey Mize throws 6 shutout innings for 1st win since 2021 as Tigers beat Twins 6-1

Casey Mize throws 6 shutout innings for 1st win since 2021 as Tigers beat Twins 6-1

Casey Mize pitched six scoreless innings for his major league win since 2021, and Buddy Kennedy homered and drove in three runs as the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 6-1.
by The Associated Press

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Local election workers fear threats to their safety as November nears. One group is trying to help

Local election workers fear threats to their safety as November nears. One group is trying to help

A top concern for local election workers throughout the country this year is their own safety. A group formed after the 2020 presidential election is traveling the country helping them prepare for what could lie ahead and making sure they are connected to local law enforcement. The Associated Press was granted rare access to one recent session in northern Michigan. 
by The Associated Press

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Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous

Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous

The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring that it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press investigation has found.
by The Associated Press

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'Ban them all.' With Paris Games looming, Chinese doping scandal rocks Olympic sport

'Ban them all.' With Paris Games looming, Chinese doping scandal rocks Olympic sport

The World Anti-Doping Agency acknowledges it knew of doping concerns involving 23 Chinese swimmers before the 2021 Tokyo Games but failed to alert others. Some of those swimmers later won gold medals.
by Brian Mann

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Trump tried to ‘corrupt’ the 2016 election, prosecutor alleges as hush money trial gets underway

Trump tried to ‘corrupt’ the 2016 election, prosecutor alleges as hush money trial gets underway

A prosecutor says Donald Trump “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt” the 2016 presidential election. Manhattan district attorney’s office prosecutor Matthew Colangelo made the remarks during opening statements Monday at Trump’s historic hush money trial. 
by The Associated Press

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Supreme Court weighs whether cities can punish unhoused people for sleeping outside

Supreme Court weighs whether cities can punish unhoused people for sleeping outside

Lower courts ruled it's "cruel and unusual" to fine or jail people on public land if no shelter is available. An Oregon city says that's hamstrung efforts to keep public spaces safe and open to all.
by Jennifer Ludden

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Jury selection set to start in first Feeding Our Future trial

Jury selection set to start in first Feeding Our Future trial

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday morning in the trial of several of the people accused of taking part in a $250 million scheme to defraud government child nutrition programs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
by Matt Sepic

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Red Lake Nation goes on a sales trip to India to discuss trade, walleye and wild rice

Red Lake Nation goes on a sales trip to India to discuss trade, walleye and wild rice

India is now the world’s most populous nation with 1.4 billion people. This week a representative from the Red Lake Nation will look to tap into that giant market by joining a U.S. trade mission to New Delhi.
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Bill seeks to increase electronics recycling in Minnesota, and make it free

Bill seeks to increase electronics recycling in Minnesota, and make it free

A proposed bill would update Minnesota’s 17-year-old electronics waste law to include all e-waste, and make recycling electronics free for all Minnesotans. Supporters say it would help keep electronics out of the waste stream, where they pose an environmental and fire risk and waste valuable materials.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Israeli military intelligence chief resigns over failure to prevent Oct. 7 attack

Israeli military intelligence chief resigns over failure to prevent Oct. 7 attack

The head of Israel's military intelligence directorate resigned on Monday over the failures surrounding Hamas' unprecedented Oct. 7 attack, the deadliest assault in Israel's history.
by The Associated Press

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