Question: What is the Ted Foss law in Minnesota? Answer: The law got its name from a tragedy. Trooper Ted Foss was conducting a traffic stop Aug. 30, 2000, on the shoulder of Interstate 90 when he was hit and killed by a passing vehicle. He left behind his wife, Andrea, and two ...

Balaton was founded in 1879 as result of the building of the Dakota Central Railroad, a branch of the Chicago and North Western Railway. The village would be incorporated on Nov. 3, 1892. A two-story depot was built in 1879 with J. W. Mosher as the first station agent. Records show that Frank ...

The only thing that’s certain about Donald Trump’s future is that he’ll continue to make headlines. He faces four indictments related to actions he took as President. One of them is for allegedly conspiring to overturn the results of Election 2020. Whether someone is for Trump or ...

At the time of this writing, several communities have removed school resource officers (SROs) from schools in their districts. The new law at issue, which passed as a portion of a larger education bill, bans SROs from putting students in a prone position or restrained holds. When this ...

There are comparisons one can make between raising children and raising crops. You invest a lot in each, one more emotionally, the other more financially, although there are overlaps in those. You spend time thinking about both, nurturing, and caring for them. Maybe it’s not quite blood, ...

We all have different names for it: trash, waste, junk and so on. If you have been following area news, from the metro area in Minnesota to North and South Dakota, we are in a pickle when it comes to places to throw away things we no longer want or need. Landfills are filling up and the need to ...