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State’s Ethnic Studies Work Group takes up its controversial task

On Monday and Tuesday, April 15-16, members of the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) Ethnic Studies Working Group began developing the framework for the state’s Ethnic Studies laws, which was passed through the 2023 session.  In response to the list...

GM, Stellantis amongst group investing $33M in Minnesota company that makes magnets without rare earth metals

DETROIT (AP) — The enterprise capital arms of General Motors and Stellantis are amongst investors sinking $33 million right into a Minnesota company with technology to make magnets for electric vehicle motors without using expensive rare-earth metals. Niron Magnetics of...

Catholic group that wanted Wilder Forest now plans to buy Wisconsin resort

After working for greater than a 12 months on an unsuccessful bid to purchase land and construct a Catholic summer youth camp within the Wilder Forest in northern Washington County, the Minnesota Catholic Youth Partnership is popping its sights...

Business People: 3M names finance executive for its Health Care group

OF NOTE Wayde McMillan 3M Co., Maplewood, announced Wayde McMillan as chief financial officer for the corporate’s Health Care Business Group, effective Nov. 1. McMillan joins 3M from Insulet, where he was executive vice chairman, CFO and treasurer. ADVERTISING/PUBLIC RELATIONS Collective Measures, a...

NASA, Brown Enterprise Group launching technology transfer pilot project

(Left to right) Paul Campbell, co-founder and managing partner of Brown Enterprise Group together with Dan Lockney, NASA Tech Transfer program executive and Harvey Schabes, chief of Technology Transfer Program at NASA’s John H. Glenn Research Center. NASA/Brown Enterprise Group Chris...

Doctors group calls its 2009 ‘excited delirium’ paper outdated and withdraws its approval

A number one doctors group on Thursday formally withdrew its approval of a 2009 paper on “excited delirium,” a document that critics say has been used to justify excessive force by police. The American College of Emergency Physicians in an...

Southside group attempts to rebuild trust in police

On and off for the past twenty years, a community group headquartered in a church basement at a residential South Minneapolis intersection has been attempting to reform Minneapolis police. The group, whose members call themselves the Unity Community Mediation...

City of Minneapolis shouldn’t be bullying watchdog group

Minneapolis City Attorney Kristyn Anderson MinnPost photo by Mohamed Ibrahim The next is an editorial from the Mankato Free Press. Town of Minneapolis has doubled down in its effort to cover its failure to discipline rogue cops by bullying a great government...

On ‘Cancer Road,’ a bunch of southeastern Minnesota families ask if nitrate exposure is responsible

Cancer survivor Brian Bennerotte Photo by Keith Schneider This story comes from Circle of Blue, an independent, non-partisan, nonprofit journalism organization that works to tell the world’s most significant decisions about water, food, and energy in a changing climate. BERNE, Minn. — It was a...

In police records lawsuit, Minneapolis City Attorney demands open government group disclose their City Hall sources

In accordance with a second statement on Thursday, Minneapolis City Attorney Kristyn Anderson’s office will now not request Social Security numbers, nor for details about dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers, education levels or marital status. MinnPost photo by Mohamed...
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St. Paul prevails in legal fight to raze, replace historic Hamline-Midway Library

Following 16 months of litigation, a Ramsey County district judge has given the town of St. Paul the go-ahead...
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St. Paul-based Securian Financial lays off 58 employees across departments

Securian Financial has notified 58 employees — roughly 2% of its total workforce — that their roles with the corporate are being eliminated in...

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum seeks thirteenth term in rematch with May Lor Xiong in 4th District

Longtime St. Paul Democratic U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum is in search of one other term in Minnesota’s Fourth Congressional District and again faces May...

Believed to have been the oldest working nurse in Minnesota, Joyce Gimmestad retired at 88. She reflects on 7 many years in healthcare

Joyce Gimmestad hoped to succeed in 90 before retiring from being a nurse. Still, she retired on June 22, at 88, attributable to a...

Family of 83-year-old St. Paul man killed in hit-and-run: ‘We’ll forgive you. … Please turn yourself in’

For 30 years, John Bidon took each day runs around Lake Phalen near his St. Paul home. He’d stretch it out to 5 miles...