Mike Hughlett at the Star Tribune is reporting General Mills is selling its North American yogurt business — including its once dominant Yoplait brand — for $2.1 billion after years of weakening sales and eroding market share.
Jeremiah Jacobsen and Dana Thiede at KARE 11 are following breaking news of at least 12 children being injured when their St. Louis County Public School bus collided with another vehicle shortly before 8 a.m. on Town Line Road and County Hwy. 5 between Hibbing and Cherry.
Paul Blume at FOX 9 reports Hennepin County is accused of illegally detaining children at the juvenile detention center. The county could be held in contempt of court this week unless two boys are immediately released or placed in appropriate treatment facilities.
Callan Gray at KSTP is reporting a late summer surge of measles cases is concerning health officials in Minnesota. There are 42 confirmed cases in the latest outbreak, which started in May, according the Minnesota Department of Health.
Dana Thiede and Lydia Morrell at KARE 11 report St. Paul police say a suspect is in custody in connection with social media threats that convinced two St. Paul charter schools to cancel class Thursday, and another to step up security.
Louis Krauss at the Strib is reporting Unite Here Local 17, a union representing former workers at the recently shuttered Kim’s restaurant, has filed a federal labor complaint against the business, alleging the owners refused to negotiate with the union as required before making the decision to close.
Via the Grand Forks Herald: District Judge Bruce Romanick has struck down North Dakota’s abortion ban. In his ruling, the judge said the state constitution creates a fundamental right to access abortion before a fetus is viable.
Izzy Canizares at Bring Me the News reports Chicago’s Taste Authority has announced it will close its doors on Sept. 21 after 20 years in south Minneapolis, blaming a significant rent hike by its landlord.
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