Frederick Melo in the Pioneer Press reports in response to Mississippi River floodingthe St. Paul City Council voted Wednesday to affirm Mayor Melvin Carter’s declaration of a state of local emergency. It’s a largely procedural legal maneuver that allows the city to apply for county, state and federal disaster relief as it becomes available.
Jeremy Olson at the Star Tribune is reporting nineteen independent hospitals across Minnesota are banding together as the newly-named Headwaters Network to maintain local control of health care at a time many rural U.S. providers are folding into large conglomerates or closing.
Aki Nace at WCCO News reports the Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a Shakopee Amazon facility $10,500 for worker safety hazards at a warehouse. OSHA conducted an occupational safety inspection in October and issued two citations in April.
Ian Russell at KARE checks in with area car dealerships following a cyberattack that’s affecting the systems they use for nearly all aspects of their jobs.
Torey Van Oot at Axios reveals current U.S. Senate candidate Royce White didn’t even vote for his own 2022 primary campaign.
Cole Premo at WCCO News reports a former Minnesota Timberwolves employee, Somak Sarkarhas entered a guilty plea in connection to the theft of a team executive’s hard drive that contained “strategic NBA information,” among other things, officials said.
James Walsh at the Star Tribune is reporting St. Paul has entered into a seven-year contract with FCC Environmental Services to provide garbage, yard waste and bulky item collection for 90% of the city’s 1- to 4-unit households. St. Paul will do the collection for the other 10%.
John Lauritsen at WCCO News writes about how the tiny northern Minnesota town of Remer became the “Home of Bigfoot.”
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