Minnesota legislators have been in special session for a week to pass state budget bills. They are still working on those, but they did get a significant piece of legislation finished last week. Legislators agreed on a nearly $1 billion tax cut bill that focuses most of its benefits to ...

Throw together a crowd of protesters blocking a city intersection and a 5-time DWI offender driving with no license and you have the recipe for a tragedy. Late Sunday, Nicholas Kraus, driving without a license after five DWI convictions, approached the intersection that had been blocked off ...

On Tuesday, for the first time in over a year, the state of Minnesota Department of Health recorded fewer than 100 new cases of COVID-19. Only 95 new cases were reported for the first time since April 2020. And the state reported only one additional death. Lyon County has been seeing similar ...

The rash of shootings in Minneapolis and St. Paul has people on edge, especially after three children were killed by stray bullets in recent weeks. The number of illegal guns out on the street seems to be growing, and that’s due to “straw purchasers.” These are people who have no ...

Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders were reportedly working all weekend to come up with a budget plan for the state that could be approved at a special session the governor called that started Monday. We’re not sure how they were doing because of the closed door negotiations, but we suppose ...

The Marshall City Council on Tuesday voted to pay the consulting firm Baker Tilly $21,500 to conduct a phone survey targeting residents to collect feedback of potential projects such as upgrading or replacing the Aquatic Center. Surveys are typically used by government entities before making ...