LUVERNE (AP) — Crossing the open farmland of southwestern Minnesota, you'll encounter an otherworldly sight: a massive head with a beard, mustache and red-striped top hat looming over the horizon. Pull into the small town of Luverne and the figure — a nearly 66-foot tall nutcracker, ...
The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it is freezing more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota in an effort to crack down on fraud. Medicaid is the public health insurance for people with low incomes, including some disabled and elderly people, jointly funded by state and federal dollars. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services deferred more than $867 million to California and $199 million to Minnesota. The feds say they need more documentation from those states to support some Medicaid ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Intelligence Committee has advanced the nomination of Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump's pick to head the nation's intelligence agencies, along party lines. The 9-8 vote came after some Democrats had praised Clayton and indicated that they might vote for him. But that shifted after a contentious hearing last week in which Clayton repeatedly refused to say that former President Joe Biden won the 2020 election. Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the panel, said at the end of the hearing that he was "bitterly disappointed" in Clayton, the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced fiery questions and protests Tuesday over the U.S. war with Iran, which he estimated has cost $37.5 billion so far, as Republicans prepare a $95 billion GOP budget package to fund the military, along with other White House ...
There will be plenty of bull riding, speedway races, motorcycle engines roaring and Danish delicacies this weekend. The Yellow Medicine County Fair is set at the fairgrounds in Canby, Aebleskiver Days will be held in Tyler, and the annual Toys 4 Tots ride will start in Amiret on Saturday morning. Events at the Yellow Medicine County Fair start Thursday and run through Saturday. The fair will feature various 4-H events, including sheep, poultry, and rabbit shows. Ribbons will be awarded for the various winners of each event at 9 a.m. on Saturday. “We have a very large number of all ...
MARSHALL — The Marshall Public School District honored members of the Hey family for operating Southwest Coaches bus service for 52 years during Monday's school board meeting. The meeting opened with a speech from Trisha Stelter, director of operations at Marshall Public Schools. She ...
