Some schools in the Twin Cities are now using the 'Infinite Campus' program, which allows parents to check things like attendance, grades and even lunch money from their smartphone. The app is free to use.
Total hospital capacity remains public, but how many COVID-19 patients are hospitalized is not.
Adam Weeks of the Legal Marijuana Now Party has died.
The man, from Coon Rapids, was killed Wednesday morning.
The vice-president is attending a Cops for Trump event near MSP Airport Thursday afternoon.
Four restaurants, including Red Cow, will operate out of Red Cow's kitchen.
The fall is the busiest time of year for OHV riders.
Sam Ekstrom runs through an in-depth film study of the polarizing linebacker.
Seth Stohs looks at the realistic possibilities of the 28-man team.
State leaders don't want infected students, both high school and college, spreading COVID-19 to more vulnerable people.
It's still planning 'extensive' hiring for the holidays.
Three more deaths are included, but the main focus of the report is a new method for reporting hospitalizations.
They hope unionizing will lead to fair compensation, diversity of staff and more transparency.
Minnesota Life Insurance, an affiliate of St. Paul-based Securian Financial Group, now offers an iPad app that can help people calculate their economic value using financial data. The "Human Life Value Calculator" can be downloaded for free from Apple's App Store.
The Pioneer Press takes a look at a variety of free apps for your smartphone that can give you the low-down on the low prices.
Food orders can be placed using your smartphone at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport by using the B4YOUBOARD mobile application. The food is then delivered to you at your gate.
Two software developers in Fargo, North Dakota have created the Winter Survival Kit app for iPhones and Android smartphones. The Crookston Daily Times reports the creators wanted to help after a powerful blizzard left hundreds of drivers stranded last winter. This free app can notify help and provide some potentially life-saving alerts. It can also help you prepare for winter travel.
Duluth's Greg Bambenek, 64, has developed an app designed to attract fish called TalkWithFish for iPhones, iPads and iPods that allows anglers to play sounds underwater with an attached speaker. The sounds include bass crunching crayfish, bluegills chomping beetles and even herring flatulence.
The University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs analyzed the speeches at the party conventions, looking at considerations such as sentence length and polysyllabic words. First Lady Michelle Obama's speech came in at a 12th grade level. That was by far the highest among presidential candidate's spouses since they started giving convention speeches 20 years ago. Higher than her husband's eighth-grade level State of the Union speeches, too.
A group of business leaders have developed an easy-to-use website designed to help parents determine if their child is ready to learn and succeed in kindergarten. The Pioneer Press cites a state school readiness study that says only 50 percent of Minnesota kids are actually ready.
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