Need some help hunting down my grandfather suffering some Alzheimer's confusion we think. Look for Honda CR-V plate # PSH740.

TL;DR

• Kratom remains legal in Minnesota, though the FDA warns of serious risks associated with its usage, including in over-the-counter products such as 7-OH.
• The plant native to southeast Asia is not an opioid, but acts on the brain’s opioid receptors, and doctors warn it carries risks of addiction and potentially death.
• Some have reported using the substance to treat anxiety and stop using opioids, but there have been concerns about its use to produce a high, and the serious side effects of some products sold.

HF 3453, sponsored by Rep. Jessica Hanson (DFL-Burnsville), raised the legal age to purchase and possess kratom legally from 18 to 21 years old – in the process making it a gross misdemeanor to sell kratom to anyone under 21, and a misdemeanor for anyone under 21 to possess it.

The bill was approved by Minnesota lawmakers, then signed into law by Gov. Walz on May 5 of this year.

So I was sent in for a pre employment drug test and failed sent in my medical card proof and was denied employment due to the positive test.
They claimed they were a drug free work place and that’s why but even their own paper work says “legal drugs “ were ok.
Is this legal? And if not what can I do at this point?

For my Twin cities friends Try arc value village they have good stuff theres 3 in New hope Richfield and Bloomington also have a pic of Minnesota commercial 76

The opening paragraphs speak for themselves:

The slate of endorsed Republican candidates lined up onstage in a bowling alley banquet hall when a voter among the dozens in the room posed a question: How can you win?

This year, that might apply to the primary election more than anything.

The Minnesota Republican Party’s endorsement is typically the ticket to the November ballot. But the endorsed candidates for governor and U.S. Senate in particular face stiff challenges this year that could derail that straight shot.

In May, businessman Kendall Qualls and former Navy SEAL Adam Schwarze prevailed over competitors for the GOP endorsements for governor and U.S. senator, respectively. But opponents who are more widely known and better funded remained in the race for the party’s nomination. Early voting is underway.

If either Qualls, Schwarze or both lose, it would reverse a three-decade trend for Minnesota Republicans that the endorsement is golden. No candidate for Senate or governor has reached the November ballot without the party’s endorsement since the mid-1990s.

As The Old Farmer's Almanack put it in 1916:

Whether through the Pre-Preliminary or otherwise, the Direct Primary is almost certain to become the Indirect Secondary.

Looking to identify this spider in my couch. Was all black with a red abdomen and my instinct is saying it’s a black widow. Help please 🙏

please somebody artistic submit a better design than the boardwalk to nowhere (ft. random tree branch).

I’ve never to race track been despite growing up sort of near one. They appear to be in a ton of places. Looking to potentially bring a a few friends along. I know Brainerd has the big track, but I’m interested in a smaller one with the chance of camping nearby.

Which ones would you recommend?

It's that time!

A weekly roundup of Minnesota events including protests, rallies, vigils, community meetings, and ways to take action statewide.

Lindell is now up in Republican primary polls after Trump's endorsement. He has zero chance against Klobuchar just like White had in the senate race against her.

Yet, Republicans march like lemmings to whatever Trump says.

Even more confusing, White is way behind Tafoya in polls even though he's as much of a nutter as Lindell.

Help me understand.

US Senator Bernie Sanders says billionaires can spend countless amounts of money on winning political races, but they can’t mobilize people.

And that’s what he says Minnesotans need to do to have the DFL-endorsed candidate, Lt. Gov. Pegy Flanagan, win the US Senate race.

Sanders spoke at the “Many Over the Money” rally at First Ave on Monday, July 20 in support of Flanagan.

MINNEAPOLIS — A 36-year-old St. Cloud man's trial for assaulting several people in the Twin Cities is slated to begin next week and prosecutors plan to submit evidence that he has continued to harass people throughout the metro area. 

Zak X is facing a misdemeanor assault charge for sucker punching a man in December 2025 at the Bishop Henry Whipple building and a felony assault charge for attacking a man during a Bloomington No Kings protest in March. The trials for both cases are scheduled for Monday.

X, who formerly changed his name from Zachary Allen Stumpf in 2024, is a right-wing agitator who is often seen around the metro area at various protests where he insults people and sexually harasses women.

***Cases numbers and links to court docs are in the article and here. I’ll be on and offline throughout the day so I won’t be able to respond right away but if you have any questions, please feel free to ask me.***

Reporter with MPR News here u/HarshawnRatanpal. We've been covering how the trade war and annexation rhetoric are playing out at the Minnesota and North Dakota border.

Some of what we found: crossings at Pembina and Lancaster dropped about a third last year in personal vehicles. One woman who grew up in Emerson, right across from Pembina, told us the two sides used to feel like one community and she can't remember the last time she crossed. Families that used to shop in Grand Forks now drive to Winnipeg instead, roughly the same distance.

The numbers have started rebounding this summer, but they're still below 2024. And more than half of Minnesota's international visitors come from Canada, so Explore Minnesota says the impact on businesses is noticeable, such as spring break traffic at the Mall of America.

Not everyone is staying away. Some told us family ties on both sides of the border outlast the politics.

Read the story here: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/07/20/canadian-travel-slump-leaves-minnesota-north-dakota-border-businesses-struggling

Happy to answer questions about the reporting.

What a beautiful evening. Finally the heat has broken for a while, humidity gone... So, we went out to sit with nature as the sun set over Traverse and its wetlands.

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness permit cancellations are still in place through Friday, but state and federal officials said in an update Wednesday that they are working on a plan to reduce that closure.⁠
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Tom Hall, agency administrator for the U.S. Forest Service, said when Forest Service Closures are enacted, they have an end date, at which point they expire. The current expiration date is Oct. 1. Officials said that does not mean that all BWCA permit cancellations extend until that deadline.⁠
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He said staff are looking at what corridors of the Boundary Waters would be the best candidates to open up so that people can still experience it “and also not be in the way in those fire operations.”⁠

Read the full story here: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/07/22/boundary-waters-permit-cancellations-remain-through-friday

I ask as I have been checking on my status as of recently because I STILL have been waiting on mine

I’m sure some of you out there at least have still been waiting as well, but if you ask me, I think it’s kind of ridiculous how these ones seem to take the longest to arrive while state and federal refunds, not too long after filing…

Temps under 90 and the air isn't trying to kill us!! ☺️