MINNESOTA

Becker Transports of Wadena, Minnesota, started in with a 1985 Mack Superliner bought in 2010. A dozen years later, that ‘85 Mack is still putting in the miles as Becker Transport has grown into a regional trucking company, hauling loads like farm machinery, construction equipment, gravel and grain across the upper Midwest.

Legislators passed a bill this spring to provide $500 million in bonus checks to workers who had to report to their jobs during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and put themselves at greater risk than those who were able to work remotely.

Minnesota joined a national movement to increase the number of female law enforcement officers.

A second community discussion hosted on changing the name of Sibley State Park in west central Minnesota brought together three dozen people with differing views on the proposal.

A close family friend says the couple had confided in her about a suicide pact due to their declining health. Both had been diagnosed with cancer.

All but one of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidates for statewide office have maintained a fundraising edge in the 2022 campaign.

Weather, duck numbers and hunter success varied by region across the state.

The trial is expected to last two weeks, beginning Monday, Sept. 26 and ending Friday, Oct. 7.

This is the first time that all of the colleges and universities of Minnesota State have waived the application fee for an entire month.