Sarah Mearhoff
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Biden's COVID vaccine plan draws strong reaction from Minnesota representatives
President Joe Biden on Thursday, Sept. 9, announced that the federal government will now require employees at all large businesses in the country to be inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine, or subject to weekly testing. → Read More
Minnesota names its first Native American poet laureate
Gwen Nell Westerman has taught English at Minnesota State University, Mankato since 1992. A citizen of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate tribe, she is an award-winning and nationally published writer who focuses her work on Dakota history and language. → Read More
Republican Paul Gazelka announces bid for Minnesota governor
The former Senate majority leader has garnered a reputation in St. Paul as a dealmaker and negotiator, clinching budget deals with the Democratic governor's office and state House year after year. → Read More
In August 2001, the Minneapolis FBI was on a race to stop a 9/11 conspirator
Pan Am International Flight Academy called the FBI's Minneapolis field office in Aug. 2001 to report a flight student they believed was suspect. Investigators wouldn't know the full scope of his plans until Sept. 11, 2001. → Read More
Rep. Ilhan Omar brings 'The Squad' to protest Line 3; Rep. Pete Stauber fights back
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is making her final pitch to President Joe Biden to revoke the permits for Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline replacement project, set to begin moving oil as soon as this year. → Read More
Officer Kimberly Potter's charges increased to 1st-degree manslaughter
Kimberly Potter, who was a police officer for 26 years, says she mistook her gun for her taser when she fatally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright, a Black man, outside of Minneapolis in April. → Read More
State Sen. Michelle Benson enters crowded GOP primary for governor
At her gubernatorial campaign launch, Republican state Sen. Michelle Benson offered a concise campaign message: Get Gov. Tim Walz out of office. → Read More
Omar, McCollum, others request Biden's 'urgent intervention' in Line 3
In their letter to President Joe Biden, 63 lawmakers cite concerns with Minnesota tribes' treaty rights and government-to-government consultation, as well as climate change. → Read More
Minnesota's 'tinderbox conditions' are exhausting firefighting resources, US Forestry officials say
U.S. Forest Service officials told Minnesota lawmakers on Thursday that firefighters have been battling flames since early spring, far earlier than usual, and their resources are growing exhausted. → Read More
Dorothy's stolen ruby slippers found years ago, but mystery remains in Minnesota town
The mystery of who stole the treasured Wizard of Oz ruby red slippers from Judy Garland's childhood home in 2005 consumed the town of Grand Rapids for more than a decade. With the slippers finally found, they still want answers. → Read More
'She wouldn't have resigned': Inside MNGOP's vote to grant $38,000 severance for Jennifer Carnahan
Members of the Minnesota Republican Party's executive committee voted 8-7 late Thursday to grant outgoing Chair Jennifer Carnahan a $38,000 severance following allegations of workplace harassment and abuse. But members of the committee said the vote is more complicated than it seems. → Read More
Minnesota GOP chairwoman resigns following reports of harassment, abuse
Members of the party's Executive Board met Thursday night, when Jennifer Carnahan tendered her resignation. → Read More
Minnesota GOP chairwoman's post on the line tonight after harassment, abuse allegations surface
Members of the party's Executive Board are set to meet Thursday night to weigh next steps and whether to remove Chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan. → Read More
Minnesota GOP chair resigns with severance following reports of harassment, abuse
Members of the party's Executive Board met Thursday night, when Jennifer Carnahan tendered her resignation. → Read More
Minnesota law enforcement launch tip app to pursue threats at schools, religious institutions
Minnesotans can report suspected acts or plans of violence at schools or religious institutions through the newly deployed cell phone app See It, Say It, Send It. → Read More
Minnesota State Fair: 'Do what's right' and wear a mask, no matter vaccine status
The Minnesota State Fair is "strongly urg(ing)" attendees to wear face masks, no matter their vaccine status. But they won't mandate them, saying a mandate would be "extremely difficult" to enforce. → Read More
Health department: Wear a mask to Minnesota State Fair, no matter vaccine status
The Minnesota Department of Health is "strongly urg(ing)" State Fair attendees to wear face masks, no matter their vaccine status → Read More
Klobuchar, Smith urge White House to speed up evacuations for endangered women in Afghanistan
Minnesota's two U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith signed the letter one day after the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul. → Read More
Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approves cost-saving plan after polar vortex
The plan is designed to help prevent Minnesotans from seeing skyrocketed energy bills this fall after last winter's polar vortex drove natural gas prices through the roof. → Read More
Minnesota inmates can apply for conviction review under new statewide program
The Minnesota Attorney General's Office is accepting applications to review convictions for inmates who say they are innocent. → Read More