City leaders in Minneapolis have a new crime fighting plan that includes hiring dozens of police officers to fortify a department that has lost hundreds of officers since 2020 when George Floyd was murdered.
Minnesota's two largest cities moved Wednesday to reimpose mask requirements in businesses and public places as the omicron variant of coronavirus spreads rapidly.
Gov. Tim Walz says coronavirus cases due to the fast-spreading omicron variant will most likely race through Minnesota's public schools in the next few weeks now that students are back in class.