Transportation

The agreement follows a human rights investigation that found Lyft drivers canceled multiple rides for Tori Andres, a blind student who travels with a service dog.

MnDOT staff will answer questions and collect feedback for an ongoing study of the high-traffic area connecting neighborhoods, recreators and businesses.

Minnesotans voted for their favorite names out of 30 finalists. The winning names will be assigned to one plow in each of MnDOT's eight districts.

All of the public transportation services in Northern Minnesota will be available on MnDOT's trip planning app and website by this summer.

Minnesota now has just 19 electric school buses, but more than 20 districts are waiting on deliveries, some by the 2026-2027 school year.

Participants can vote once and select up to eight winning names through noon Feb. 13, 2026. The agency selected 30 finalist names from more than 6,700 submissions.

KAXE covered natural disasters, federal funding chaos, Eichorn's arrest and resignation, mining permits and wild rice, library budget cuts, sheriffs teaming with ICE and more.

The agency invites witty, unique and Minnesota or winter-themed names for snowplows each year, culminating in a public vote to select the winners.

Separate from the Highway 71 corridor study, this visioning effort will identify longer-term goals and other potential improvements, like pedestrian crossing needs.

Seventy more stops, expanded hours and more vehicles in the fleet makes the free AV service available to more MN communities, including those on Leech Lake Reservation.