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(St. Paul, MN) -- The Minnesota governor's office says the remaining differences on the state's budget plan have been resolved with Senate and House leaders. That announcement was made Wednesday. A special session will be held to formalize the wording. The matters resolved include a tax bill… Read more
(Lake Lillian MN-) Because of the wet spring, many farmers haven't completed planting their corn as a critical deadline is arriving. University of Minnesota Extension Service Regional Ag Educator Dave Nicolai says farmers who plant between now and the end of the month face significant yield … Read more
(Lake Lillian MN-) Fire destroyed a house near Lake Lillian yesterday. The Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Department says they were called to the fire at the house in the 12000 Block of 154th Avenue Southeast, in East Lake Lillian Township, at 12:23 p.m. Lake Lillian fire crews extinguished the … Read more
(St. Paul MN-) Governor Tim Walz has signed into law (Wed) a bill establishing a fund for prevention and treatment of opioid addiction in Minnesota, paid for by fees on drug manufacturers and distributors. Willmar Republican Dave Baker, whose son died from an opioid overdose, says they came … Read more
(Willmar MN-) The Willmar Public Works Department is putting on an open house this afternoon. City Administrator Ike Holland says the public is encouraged to stop by from 4 to 6 p.m. at the public works facility on Industrial Drive, across from the Old Willmar Airport, to see the equipment a… Read more
(Willmar MN-) The Willmar City Council this week discussed offers to purchase land for a new city hall, and learned another parcel of land is owned by a city employee. Earlier this month the council decided to focus on Block 25, the former Nelsen's Laundry site on Highway 12. City Council Me… Read more
(St. Paul, MN) -- A group of Minnesota community college faculty will be receiving nearly two million dollars in back pay. The union representing faculty at the state's 30 community colleges settled a dispute with the Minnesota State system yesterday. The agreement settles a lawsuit the unio… Read more
(Minneapolis, MN) -- Bodycam videos from the trial of ex-Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor will be altered before being released. A Hennepin County judge ordered the changes yesterday, blurring Justine Damond's face, partial nudity, and speech immediately after she was shot. The judge … Read more
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ABC(CHICAGO) -- A Chicago judge has ruled to unseal the documents in the criminal case of Empire actor Jussie Smollett, who claimed he was victim of a hate crime in January that police later alleged he staged. Read more
Starz(NEW YORK) -- The second season of Vida starts off with a bang… literally. Read more
CBS All Access(LOS ANGELES) -- Jean Luc-Pinot Noir? That might be the first thing that comes to mind after fans see the first teaser to Star Trek: Picard. Read more
Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images(SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA) -- "This was a recklessly irresponsible piece of sensational journalism of the worst kind," declared Australian Justice Michael Wigney, before awarding Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush nearly $2 million USD in a defamation case. Read more
Paramount Pictures(LOS ANGELES) -- Paramount has released the first trailer to Terminator: Dark Fate, the film that will reunite Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton for the first time since James Cameron's 1991 blockbuster Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Read more