Minnesota Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in challenge to felons' voting rights
The law passed last year restored the voting rights of 55,000 Minnesotans on probation, supervision and work release.
Beret Leone is a native Minnesotan who joined the WCCO team as a reporter in September 2022 - and she's thrilled be back home in the Twin Cities! Beret grew up in Chaska and graduated from Bethel University.
Before WCCO, Beret spent four and a half years working as a reporter, and eventually a weekend anchor/producer at KTTC in Rochester, Minnesota. In her time there, she covered everything from presidential visits, unsolved crime cases to devastating severe weather in NE Iowa. Beret also did investigative work, some prompting action from Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith. Over the years her storytelling earned her several awards from the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalism and several Emmy nominations.
Beret has a big family and is the youngest of five kids. That family has now multiplied with spouses and lots of nieces and nephews. Surprisingly, everyone lives within a 20 minute radius.
When she's not on deadline, she loves to spend time with family and friends, sing (musical theatre nerd here) and be active.
The law passed last year restored the voting rights of 55,000 Minnesotans on probation, supervision and work release.
It's snack time at the Vachuska household, but every morsel little Rowan consumes must be weighed, tracked and calculated because her body can't break down proteins normally.
Messy road conditions continue Tuesday as rain turns back to snow in the Twin Cities.
It's a diagnosis no one wants to hear, but as a healthy 35-year-old, cancer was nowhere near Chris Rodriguez's radar.
With a cold surge and snow on the horizon, you might be wondering what to do with your garden.
Rep. Elliott Engen of White Bear Lake is introducing a bill that would essentially override Minneapolis' ordinance and prevent any city or municipality from setting their own rules for rideshare driver pay.
The Minneapolis City Council on Thursday voted in favor of overriding Mayor Jacob Frey's veto of its ordinance that aims to raise wages for rideshare drivers. Uber and Lyft would have to pay drivers minimum wage, more than $15 dollars an hour.
The future of rideshare services in Minnesota's largest city is hanging in the balance.
A man was shot in an apartment building in St. Paul Monday morning, police said, prompting a heavy law enforcement presence for hours in a residential neighborhood.
Once it's up and running, The Food Trap Project will provide fresh produce, plant-based meals, vegan cookbooks and more to north Minneapolis, which is a classified food desert.
Shakopee High School is implementing an outdoor smudging space for its Native American students, who are helping construct it.
A Minnesota hospital is fighting workforce shortages by adding a robot to its staff.
The workers picketing — including CRNAS, maintenance, laundry and cooking staff — say they are all fighting for the same things: fair pay, better benefits, and more respect. They started marching at about 7 a.m. Tuesday, and plan to keep it up for the next two days.
Nearly a dozen homes were evacuated just as a precaution, but none were damaged or destroyed.
It's called American Gothic: Gordon Parks and Ella Watson. Many will recognize the title photo, a portrait of Watson standing in front of an American flag with a broom and mop.