Hennepin County seeks larger budget to combat staffing problems

KARE reports that Hennepin County is seeking increased funding from the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners to address staffing shortages. Currently, the number of licensed officers has fallen by 15% and the number of officers employed in custody has fallen by 20%.

KSTP reports eight the wagons of the ethanol train derailed near Willmar. No injuries reported.

Associated Press looks at Gov. Tim Walz’s military oversight amid Republican Party claims that he retired to avoid going to Iraq.

The Star Tribune reports parts I-35E between Little Canada and Columbus will be closed this weekend.

Milwaukee, Minnesota? Newsweek magazine released a video in which Fox News anchor Laura Ingraham claims that Minnesota has changed, saying: “If you know Minnesota — and I know it well, especially Milwaukee — you know it has changed.”

MPR reports that the owners of the cottages in Ely rejection of a $45 million proposal to redevelop a historic fishing lodge and transform it into a modern resort near the Boundary Waters.

Also via Star Tribune: Chisago County bus driver She admitted she was drunk when she crashed a school bus carrying 45 students. earlier this year.

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