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The Minnesota Department of Health reported 59 new measles cases on Thursday, bringing the state's 2026 total to 139, nearly all since mid-September. About 115 are in Todd County in central Minnesota. MDH says the new cases were among unvaccinated people,…
✔ Sources: CBS Minnesota, FOX 9, KARE 11
The state renamed Highway 610 in the northern Twin Cities suburbs the Hortman Memorial Highway on Thursday, honoring former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, who were killed in June 2025. Governor Tim Walz and the couple's son Colin took…
✔ Sources: FOX 9, CBS Minnesota, KARE 11
In Minnesota's 1st Congressional District in southern Minnesota, Democrat Jake Johnson leads Republican Representative Brad Finstad by about 320 votes, roughly 0.1 percent, according to unofficial Secretary of State results. Johnson, a Rochester math…
✔ Sources: MPR News, KSTP, FOX 9
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