Christa Lawler and Jana Hollingsworth on the Star Tribune are tracking President Joe Biden’s visit to the Blatnik Bridge, a heavy-traffic connector between Duluth and Superior, to tout a $1 billion federal grant to rebuild the structure.
Allen Henry at WCCO reports the primary licensed Somali-owned day care within the state of Minnesota was damaged in a south Minneapolis fire on Wednesday morning.
Via KSTP: KS95 announced Thursday morning that Larry “Moon” Thompson, who spent 17 years on the station’s “Moon and Staci Show” within the afternoon, died overnight from health complications related to multiple sclerosis.
Walker Orenstein on the Star Tribune reports Xcel Energy’s fourth-quarter profits rose greater than 7%, income the Minneapolis-based company said was tamped down due to $72 million in costs from a whole bunch of retirements and job cuts.
Corin Hoggard at FOX 9 reports state Sen. John Marty has opposed any gambling expansion in Minnesota, pointing to problems with addiction and suicide in addition to corrupting sports. But his opposition now includes some wiggle room.
Mathew Holding Eagle III at MPR News reports in the approaching weeks, Electric Nation will deliver 10 Ford F-150 Lightning pickup trucks, and a Ford Mustang Mach E, all EVs, to 6 tribal fleets across the Red Lake Nation in Minnesota and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota.
Jay Boller at Racket interviews Russell Nicolet, the Latest Billboard King of the Upper Midwest.