MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Sept. 28 -- Fredrikson and Byron, a law firm, issued the following news: Fredrikson, one of the largest and fastest growing law firms in the region, announces that the firm's shareholders elected Masha M. Yevzelman to the firm's board of directors and re-elected Kevin P. Goodno and Sean P. Kearney to new terms. They join Christina K. Brusven, Joseph J. Cassioppi, Loan T. Huynh, Leigh-Erin Irons, Steven J. Quam and Melodie R. Rose, who are currently serving board terms. K  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Sept. 28 -- The Minnesota Department of Agriculture issued the following news: Minnesota livestock farmers and ranchers looking to improve their operations can now apply for over $1 million in funding currently available through the Minnesota Department of Agriculture's (MDA) Agriculture Growth, Research, and Innovation (AGRI) Livestock Investment Grant program. The AGRI Livestock Investment Grant provides funds to be used for equipment purchases, physical improvements, an  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Sept. 28 -- The Minnesota Department of Health issued the following news release: * * * Health officials reminding people that bats in Minnesota can have rabies and there are steps to take if you have potential contact with a bat * * * The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is investigating a human rabies death in a person over 65 years of age, who had exposure to a bat in western Minnesota in July 2024. This is Minnesota's fourth case of human rabies since 2000. The d  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Sept. 28 -- Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon issued the following news: * * * Voting began on September 20 for the November 5 Election * * * In the first six days of voting, local election officials in Minnesota have distributed 431,502 absentee and mail ballots. County, city, and township election officials have accepted 32,788 ballots. The number of Minnesotans who are voting early in the November 5, 2024 election is fewer than in 2020 during the pandemic when  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Sept. 28 -- Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon issued the following news: * * * Office evacuated while authorities investigate * * * On September 27, 2024, a suspicious package was delivered to the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State. The office has been evacuated while an investigation is underway. The FBI, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and the Minnesota State Patrol are responding to the incident. The package was addressed to the office with a retur  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Sept. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Minnesota issued the following news release: The University of Minnesota launched 25 startup companies in fiscal 2024, surpassing its previous record for the fourth year in a row. The announcement coincides with the launch of a new initiative to scale up the University's commercialization work called Discover, Advance, Impact. Since the 2006 founding of the Venture Center, which is a division of University of Minnesota Technology C  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Sept. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Minnesota School of Public Health issued the following news release: * * * School of Public Health researchers receive prestigious Partnership Award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention * * * The five-year grant award is among CDC's largest cooperative grant agreements to non-governmental entities to support public health practice. The Consortium for Workforce Research in Public Health (CWORPH) is the recipient of  more