MN water supply is healthy, but it has its challenges
Every year the state of Minnesota tests community water supplies, conducted by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). The annual MDH report is the result of 64,000 separate tests fro more than 100 potential...
GOP candidate leaving governor’s race
The race to replace Mark Dayton as governor in next year's election has one less contestant.
Blake Huffman, a republican currently serving as Ramsey County Commissioner, is looking to instead focus his energies on Journey Home,...
MN National Guard to help with Hurricane Harvey relief
Displaying not only a piece of our famous "Minnesota Nice" but also that we as Americans can and do come together to support one another, Governor Dayton has approved sending 11 of our National...
Minnesota leading the way for renewable energy grid batteries
Renewable energy is still a contentious subject in many parts of Minnesota, and across the country as well. The reliance on fossil fuels remains strong, and, even for those that support renewable energy and...
Minnesota has officially, formally, rejected Trump’s request for voter data
It was already clear back in June that that Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon wasn't going to play ball with President Trump's Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.
Now it's official. Steve Simon sent a...
The U of M is not PETA-approved
The University of Minnesota has a large and robust research facility. And, in the spirit of bettering humanity, non-human animals are often used for testing there.
According to PETA, these animals are being mistreated.
Well, mice...
Protest site visitor information sought by federal prosecutors
Federal prosecutors are looking for the courts to force DreamHost, Inc., a web-hosting company, to give them information about anyone and everyone who visited an anti-Trump protest website.
The website, disruptj20.org, was a hub for...
Video: Minneapolis police officer stands by as handcuffed man is punched in the face
The Minneapolis Police Department is taking some flack for a video that was posted on Facebook this past weekend. In the video, a Minneapolis police officer is seen hovering over a handcuffed man lying...
Bon Iver’s Cancun music festival cancelled
Perhaps hoping to avoid the type of music festival fiasco that befell formerly relevant rapper Ja Rule with Fyre (which, if you didn't hear, ended in complete disaster), Justin Vernon's sandy-beaches-meets-brooding-artists event Days Have...
Prince lives on through new Pantone color collaboration
The Minneapolis music icon (yes, we still get to claim him as ours, even as the rest of the world misses him as well) might have passed away before anyone was ready.
But like all...
