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May 7, 2025

The Minnesota Fishing Opener is This Weekend

The Minnesota Fishing Opener is this weekend, and the Minnesota DNR has released its fishing outlook for our region. Typically, our shallow, turbid lakes are your best bet early in the season because they warm faster and fish become more active. These productive lakes also tend to have greater walleye numbers. Shallow prairie lakes in […]

May 7, 2025

St. Augusta Woman Missing

An appeal has been issued to find a 48-year-old woman reported missing from St. Augusta in Stearns County. The local sheriff’s office says Rebecca Philippi was reported missing by family members, who said she left the place she was staying on May 1, and they have been unable to reach her or locate her since. […]

May 7, 2025

Real ID Requirements Begin

(Learfield News/St.Louis Park, MN) — The deadline is finally here (5/7) and you’ll now need a Real ID to be federally compliant. Triple-A Minnesota’s Brynna Knapp says you need one to fly domestically, enter a military base or some federal buildings. You can visit your local Minnesota DMV office to get your Real ID. Knapp […]

May 6, 2025

300+ Cannabis Businesses May Be Getting Their State Licenses Within The Next Month

More than 300 cannabis businesses may be getting their state licenses within the next month. Office of Cannabis Management interim director Eric Taubel says they’re holding a lottery on June 5th for four types of cannabis licenses. He says we will start to see a much bigger wave of businesses opening their cultivation facilities, manufacturing […]

May 6, 2025

Celebrate Children’s Book Week at the Morris Public Library

Celebrate Children’s Book Week at the Morris Public Library with a special program from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday (5/7). The Lorax will be visiting this year, bringing a story and a craft along with him. There will also be face painting and snacks. […]

May 6, 2025

House Passes Environment and Natural Resources Budget Bill

SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Today, the Minnesota House passed SF 2077, the House Environment and Natural Resources budget bill. The bill contains none of the Republicans’ proposed cuts to investments or attempts to roll back key environmental protections. Last biennium, Democrats delivered groundbreaking legislation to protect Minnesotans’ land, water, and air from PFAS, nitrates, and aquatic […]

May 6, 2025

House Passes Human Services Budget Bill

SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Today, the Minnesota House passed HF 2434, the Human Services budget bill. The bill reflects the difficult decisions made by the House DFL and Republican caucuses to address uncertain future federal funding, growth in the number of people needing services, and the GOP’s refusal to properly support needed services by having large […]

May 5, 2025

Community Connection – Vice Chancellor of Finances & Facilities Bryan Hermann

Vice Chancellor of Finances & Facilities Bryan Hermann stopped by this morning to chat with Murphy on KMRS about the U of M’s capital request to the Minnesota State Legislature.

May 5, 2025

U of M Officials Remind Minnesotans to Look Out for Ticks

(Minneapolis, MN) – Minnesotans need to be on the lookout for ticks as spring weather means they’re out in full force. U of M Public Health Professor Jon Oliver says you should be doing daily tick checks on your kids and pets. He says to avoid ticks, wearing pants and tucking them into your socks […]

May 5, 2025

UMN Morris Public Telescope Viewing Tonight

The University of Minnesota Morris Physics Discipline and Physics Student Club will conduct their last monthly public telescope viewing of this semester to watch the moon, Jupiter and Mars, and a selection of other astronomical objects, at 9 p.m. tonight at the U of M Morris Observatory in Room 4500 of the Science Building. Weather […]