Minnesota Midday: early voting, Kellogg Bridge and Gophers win

Minnesotans have cast more than 419,000 early ballots, well ahead of 2022

Through October 22, the Minnesota Secretary of State's Office reports about 419,000 early ballots accepted: roughly 241,000 cast in person and 177,000 returned by mail. FOX 9 reports the count is far above the same stretch of the 2022 election, and KSTP…

✔ Sources: FOX 9, KSTP

St. Paul's rebuilt Kellogg-Third Street Bridge to reopen to traffic by mid-November

The rebuilt Kellogg-Third Street Bridge in St. Paul is set to open to vehicle traffic by mid-November, just over two years after the old bridge closed on July 29, 2024. MPR News reports total funding of $92.7 million. The span connects downtown St. Paul…

✔ Sources: MPR News, CBS Minnesota

Gophers beat No. 15 Iowa 13-10 on a last-second field goal

In Minneapolis on Saturday, October 24, Minnesota beat No. 15 Iowa 13-10 when kicker Luke Drzewiecki made a 46-yard field goal as time expired, per AP reporting on KSTP and the Brainerd Dispatch. The Gophers won the Floyd of Rosedale trophy for the first…

✔ Sources: AP via KSTP, Brainerd Dispatch

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