Late-season deer hunt opportunity in Bemidji after confirmation of CWD-positive deer

Bobby Falat - Northern News Now - February 6, 2023. A team of four from the DNR went out to help the bear. Officials used a syringe pole to inject the bear with an anesthetic and the bear was knocked out within 10 minutes. Minnesota DNR says the melting snow...

REG CHAPMAN - CBS Minnesota News - February 1, 2023. This relationship between Minnesota and Norway pre-dates the defense department's state partnership program by 20 years. The hope is on this 50th Norwegian Reciprocal Troop Exchange (NOREX), it becomes an official part of the DOD's state partnership, joining Croatia as official exchange partners with Minnesota.

Social media, video games, and online chatting with friends are just many ways to have your own presence on the internet. However, it is also a place with a lot of vulnerability. Right now, there’s a rise in sextortion cases across the country, especially targeting younger boys and teens; but young girls can be victims too.

SUSAN-ELIZABETH LITTLEFIELD - CBS Minnesota News - February 1, 2023. "We went to the border to talk to people about immigration. We went to Mississippi to talk to people about moving Confederate monuments. We went to the Colorado River watershed to talk about drought and environmental issues," Noltner said. "We have been in Minnesota and Wisconsin talking about Indigenous sovereignty and environmental concerns. We've been on skid row in L.A. and up the west coast talking about housing security. We have been working with veterans and PTSD on suicide prevention up in Washington."

A 65-year-old man is dead and a 49-year-old woman and 15-year-old boy are hospitalized after two separate snowmobile crashes in Cass County Saturday.

Minnesota lawmakers are one step closer to passing several new gun control bills. Four made it through a public safety committee Friday. With Democrats in control at the Capitol, there's a real chance for these bills to become law. To read the full story, visit the CBS Minnesota News site...

Wisconsin remains one of the nation’s friendliest states to short-term rental operators, said Marquette University finance professor Anthony Pennington-Cross. Pennington-Cross studies how short-term rentals are affecting local economies, and found doubling Airbnb rentals in a Wisconsin neighborhood raises the housing prices by about 11 percent. This pattern primarily happens in more rural places, however. More urban places see minimal effects.

The Minnesota House of Representatives yet again is poised to vote on banning “conversion therapy,” a label given to a variety of methods used in attempts to change someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. About 4% of LGBTQ youth in Minnesota have experienced conversion therapy during their...

From the WCCO News Staff via CBS Minnesota News - January 31, 2023. The DOC says it all started with an attempted suicide last week at the Beltrami County Jail. There was a complaint about delayed medical care, and when the state investigated, it discovered the jail wasn't meeting minimum staffing levels.