Hennepin County sheriff's deputies may soon start wearing body cameras. On Tuesday, a county board committee approved a body camera proposal which will get a final vote next week.
The Minnesota State Patrol says that more than 30 of its squads have been hit this year — the most since the agency started keeping track. The crashes underscore the need for drivers to steer clear, the patrol says.
At the northwest Minnesota town of Oslo, the Red River has risen to major flood stage. Elsewhere on the river’s northward path, the Red and many of its tributaries are reaching moderate flood stage.
At his rally in Minneapolis last week, President Trump promised to protect communities from an influx of immigrants and refugees. But the latest census numbers show a recent slowdown in immigration that could actually hurt Minnesota communities.
Melissa Walls, longtime researcher at the University of Minnesota Medical School in Duluth, will head up the new center, which will focus on issues of diabetes, substance abuse and other health inequities in tribal communities.
It’s not just race. A new Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis report finds statewide education disparities affect low-income white students as well as students of color.