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July 22, 2026

New Poll Shows Craig, Flanagan Tied in DFL Senate Primary

Minnesota’s DFL U.S. Senate primary is now tied. A new KSTP/SurveyUSA poll shows Congresswoman Angie Craig and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan each receiving 40 percent support. About 16 percent of surveyed voters remain undecided. Craig slipped one percentage point from the previous KSTP/SurveyUSA poll, while Flanagan gained four points. The DFL primary is August 11th.

July 22, 2026

University of Jamestown Coach Dies After I-94 Crash

The University of Jamestown is mourning Koleman Lind, who died from injuries suffered in a three-vehicle crash Sunday on Interstate 94 in western Minnesota. Lind was a Pine City native and a graduate of the University of Minnesota Morris. He had just completed his second season as a graduate assistant with Jamestown women’s basketball, working […]

July 22, 2026

Woman and Child Run Over by UTV

A woman and infant are hospitalized after a UTV accident in Chippewa County Tuesday afternoon northeast of Clara City. The Sheriff’s Office says they received a 911 call saying a UTV had run over the woman and child at a rural farm residence on 120th Avenue Southeast in Rheiderland Township. The victims were airlifted in […]

July 22, 2026

Settlement Expands Minnesota Farmers’ Right to Repair

Minnesota farmers will gain greater access to the tools and software needed to repair John Deere tractors and other agricultural equipment. Minnesota joined the Federal Trade Commission and four other states in reaching a right-to-repair settlement with Deere and Company. The agreement resolves allegations that Deere restricted access to diagnostic software and other resources, forcing […]

July 22, 2026

Minnesota 988 Lifeline Surpasses 370,000 Contacts

Minnesota’s 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline has answered more than 370,000 calls, texts and online chats since launching in July of 2022. The Minnesota Department of Health says demand continues to grow. Lifeline centers handled about 83,000 contacts during the first six months of this year. The milestone comes as Minnesota’s suicide rate increased slightly […]

July 22, 2026

Xcel Marks Milestone in Solar Power

(Learfield News/Clear Lake, MN) – Xcel Energy announced the completion of Sherco Solar Phase 3, marking another milestone in the company’s transformation of a retiring coal plant into a renewable energy hub. Located near the existing Sherco plant in Becker, it’s the largest solar facility in Minnesota and one of the biggest in the Upper […]

July 22, 2026

Prosecutors Seek Consecutive Life Terms for Boelter

(Learfield News/Minneapolis, MN) — Federal prosecutors want Vance Boelter to spend the rest of his life in prison for last year’s targeted attacks on two Minnesota lawmakers and their families. Court filings request two consecutive life sentences, plus 40 years, after Boelter admitted killing former House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and […]

July 21, 2026

Switched at Birth

Two men who discovered they were switched at birth nearly four decades ago are suing the North Dakota hospital where they were born. Kyle Bylin and Jeremy Morrison were born January 26th, 1988, at Unity Medical Center in Grafton. The lawsuit alleges hospital employees mistakenly sent each newborn home with the other boy’s biological parents. […]

July 21, 2026

Bemidji Man Faces Assault Charge After Apartment Shooting

A 21-year-old Bemidji man is facing an assault charge following a shooting at an apartment complex Sunday night. Police say a 27-year-old man was shot in the shoulder near the 2400 block of Ridgeway Avenue North. Officers reportedly recovered three shell casings from the parking lot. The victim was taken to Sanford Health for treatment. […]

July 21, 2026

Two Killed in Three-Vehicle Crash Northwest of Alexandria

Two people are dead and another is critically injured following a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 94 in Grant County. The Minnesota State Patrol says a Tesla and Toyota were traveling east when the Tesla collided with a westbound Ford Fusion near Erdahl Township Sunday afternoon. The Toyota then struck the vehicles involved in the initial […]
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