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RD Offutt Farms sues White Earth Nation over water permits
In a lawsuit filed Friday, RD Offutt farms asked a federal judge to issue a judgment that the White Earth Nation does not have the authority to regulate potato farmers’ groundwater use. RDO is challenging a White Earth ordinance requiring growers to get a tribal irrigation permit.
Hennepin County could spend up to $1 million to prosecute case against state trooper
Hennepin County could spend up to $1 million to bring on outside attorneys to prosecute a Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan. The attorneys will be paid a rate of $850 dollars an hour while paralegals will be paid $250 an hour.
Politics Friday: Unfinished business at the Capitol
MPR News host Brian Bakst speaks with a key player in the debate over a nearly $1 billion construction financing plan as it comes together, and a guest who will preview a major Senate ethics hearing.
South Dakota Gov. Noem erroneously describes meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in new book
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem claimed in a new book to have met with the North Korean leader during her time in Congress. But her office said Friday that the story of the meeting was an error as further scrutiny was put on the Republican governor’s life story.
How will a warm winter affect spring fishing? What to know before the opener
The Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Opener is next Saturday. Did our unseasonably warm winter negatively affect fish, lakes and rivers? The answer is complicated.
Arrests of protesters exceed 2,300 as police clear more U.S. campus encampments
While University of Minnesota officials reached an agreement with protesters not to disrupt commencements, weeks of demonstrations and police confrontations at college campuses nationwide have resulted in more than 2,300 arrests.