The Associated Press reports that just before leaving office, President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota.
According to the Minnesota Star Tribune, an unlicensed motorist admitted he was the driver who seriously injured a woman in a hit-and-run crash on New Year’s Day in Minneapolis. Maurice Ladale Carter of St. Paul is charged with criminal vehicular operation.
Minnesotans are celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day, including in Virginia, where a celebration and indoor march was planned at Minnesota North College, Mesabi Range campus, KAXE reports.
A University of Minnesota dance team is once again the national champion. The pom team took home the title Sunday night at the Universal Dance Association College Nationals in Orlando. It’s the U’s 23rd national dance title.
A growing demand for large garages to hold luxury cars is stirring debate in the Twin Cities suburbs — most recently in Victoria, where a resident is challenging a neighbor’s plan to build a 6,000-square-foot “barndominium,” the Star Tribune reports.
Price hikes for the State Fair are on the way, Minnesota Public Radio reports. Tickets will now be $20, up from the $18 charged last year. Fair officials say the increase will help to pay for capital improvements.
