Over a year after federal regulators launched an investigation into Smith Foundry, the facility announced it’s shutting down in August. The Minneapolis iron foundry said environmental regulations will make it impossible to get a new permit.
The project is expected to last three years with a cost of roughly $91 million dollars. Funding for the project comes from a federal grant, state bonding and transportation legislation, municipal state aid and the city’s local capital investment program.
The warm, soggy summer across much of the Midwest has produced a bumper crop of wild mushrooms — and a surge in calls to poison control centers. At the Minnesota Regional Poison Center, calls from April through July more than tripled over the same period last year.
The outside lawyers concluded that the stop was “horribly executed,” but that they were unlikely to overcome defense arguments that the shooting was justified. The firm’s attorneys billed the county $850 per hour.
This is the second Olympics to feature surfing, but it’s the first time competitors are riding waves that are a matter of “life or death,” according to professional big wave surfer Garrett McNamara.
The women's soccer coach of Team Canada, Bev Priestman, and two other staffers were suspended by FIFA for a year related to the use of drones to spy on an Olympics opponent.
Minneapolis police are investigating a string of violent incidents that have taken place since last Thursday, including three homicides over the weekend. The department is increasing patrols in high-crime areas in response.
The president is also expected to call for a constitutional amendment that would limit the broad immunity presidents now enjoy after a recent Supreme Court decision.