1 October 2024
Via FOX 9: New laws taking effect in Minnesota Tuesday include new debt collection rules and a requirement that a health provider can’t deny necessary treatment because of outstanding debt. There are also new requirements on information that must be disclosed about long-term disability insurance policies.
Via the Pioneer Press: Celebrities Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks were on hand as part of a Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity project in St. Paul, the largest in history for the local chapter.
Via Northern News Now: Lampricide was applied over the weekend to the White River in Wisconsin to help control the invasive sea lamprey population threatening the Great Lakes.
Via KARE 11: Teachers from Minneapolis and St. Paul rallied for legislation in Congress that would replenish COVID relief funds for schools.
Via WCCO-TV: Four Minnesotans were killed in a crash on a Utah highway.
Via MPR News: Gov. Tim Walz doesn’t talk much about his approximately 15 trips to China, but the travel experience could help him if he becomes vice president.
Via the Rochester Post-Bulletin: Mayo Clinic will close the surgery and labor and delivery units at its Fairmont Hospital.
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