At the Capitol with Report for Minnesota: Overdose prevention, school attendance, starter homes

Plus: U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, a possible Senate candidate, appears in Grand Rapids for a town hall event as part of GOP district tour.

Over the past year, Second Harvest reported rescuing 7.5 million+ pounds of food from national and regional wholesalers and retailers, as well as farmers and growers.

Police say the property was acquired to train dogs being prepared for military deployment and emergency response roles and is not a traditional pet care or boarding facility.

In a recent motion, Eichorn's attorneys asked for his release conditions to be modified to allow him contact with his children. The motion was later withdrawn.

While Rachel Gray loves to be in the fields raising beef cattle, she spends a lot of her day tracking markets and shares how changes like tariffs could impact the industry.

The Itasca County-based organization will name its Volunteer of the Year at a Community Impact celebration on May 22, 2025.

The audience at the Reif Center to listen to the Democrat speak for an hour, answering a handful of pre-submitted questions primarily about federal funding cuts.

Plus: Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees named Bemidji State's Nina Johnson as 2025 Service Faculty of the Year; United Way of 1000 Lakes announces finalists for Volunteer of the Year; dozens of Northern Minnesota students will compete at the state Speech meet this weekend; and the Bemidji Rotary Club is partnering with Sanford Health to offer comprehensive blood screenings May 14-16, 2025.

Johnson, director of BSU's Hobson Memorial Union, was named 2025's Service Faculty of the Year by the Minnesota State system's Board of Trustees.

The communications cooperative plans to add 1,600 locations to its fiber-optic, high-speed internet network, with four projects in St. Louis County planned this year.