MNsure Extends Enrollment Deadline For Some Customers
Minnesota's health insurance exchange is giving a reprieve to residents who started the enrollment process before Sunday's open enrollment deadline but couldn't complete the process.
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Minnesota's health insurance exchange is giving a reprieve to residents who started the enrollment process before Sunday's open enrollment deadline but couldn't complete the process.
St. Paul's Como Zoo just announced that the new baby orangutan will be given the name Kemala. The public was asked to help pick a name for the newborn primate, which was born at the University of Minnesota Veterinary Medical Center on Jan. 7.
More Oscar stuff this week, as you might have expected. And among the offerings are some fresh nominee screenings. One of the most exciting is that of Timbuktu, which is nominated for a best foreign film Oscar.
The bill to restrict the venues for Minnesota lottery ticket sales is headed to the House floor for a vote. A final committee endorsed the proposal Monday amid calls by some lawmakers to seek a compromise with Gov. Mark Dayton rather than provoke a veto.
The Twin Cities theatre community is mourning the death of a beloved member and icon this week. Don Stolz died Saturday at the age of 97. He was best known as the guiding force behind the Old Log Theatre, which he bought in 1946.
Last week's confrontation over Minnesota agency commissioner pay gave way Monday to a calmer tone between two key Democrats in the middle of it, Gov. Mark Dayton and Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk.
Visit St. Paul, the city's tourism agency, has launched a new visitor's guide and video showcasing what the city has to offer.
Minnesota's Democratic and Republican parties have scheduled next year's precinct caucuses for March 1, which is when party activists will be able to cast their 2016 presidential preference votes. The parties jointly informed the Minnesota secretary of state of their plans Monday.
Sheriff's officials say the death of a state prison inmate in Columbia County is a homicide. Authorities said Monday an autopsy shows 40-year-old Jerome Scott died by ligature strangulation at the Columbia Correctional Institution. Investigators say Scott's cellmate is accused of killing him Feb. 12.
State lawmakers are considering a constitutional amendment that would protect personal data from unreasonable search and seizure without a warrant.
A Fargo man is accused of falling asleep and smothering his 2-month-old daughter after a night of drinking last summer.
A Minnesota woman hopes her coaching pays off for Julianne Moore, who is nominated for an Oscar for her performance in the film "Still Alice." In the movie, Moore plays the role of a woman with early onset Alzheimer's disease. Moore reached out to Sandy Oltz, of Stearns County. Oltz also suffers from the disease.
From Washington state to North Carolina, federal lawsuits are challenging the efficient, profitable livestock industry to change its ways. The arguments found in the suits are based on studies that increasingly show the impact phosphorous, nitrate and bacteria from fertilizer and accumulated manure have on lakes and rivers as well as air pollution that may be harmful to respiratory health.
There has been an outpouring of support for the family of a man who died while playing in a pond hockey tournament. Greg Riebe suffered a heart attack at 46. He collapsed after a game at the North American Pond Hockey Championships on Lake Minnetonka last month. His wife, Kate, says he had an undiagnosed genetic heart condition. And she said it's the strength from friends and family that keeps her going.
A Mankato man was jailed for months while he waited for the state crime lab to process suspected drugs that turned out to be vitamins. Joseph Burrell was arrested in November and charged with two felony counts of drug possession. His bail was set at $250,000. The 31-year-old Burrell says he's not happy it took so long for the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to process the evidence.
