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Corrections officer attacked at Rush City state prison. St. Paul releases details about cyberattack
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:05:37
Publish Date: 2025-08-11 11:42:00
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A prisoner attacked a corrections officer at a state prison in Rush City over the weekend. Corrections officials say an inmate stabbed an officer with a homemade knife. The guard suffered a puncture wound and was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and was treated and released. The inmate is serving a life sentence for murder and has been transferred to a maximum security prison.


The City of St. Paul has released details about a cyberattack that began more than two weeks ago. The city shut down its computer network, which included internet access at libraries, as a preventative measure.


Some state lawmakers are vowing to drop political dialogue that could incite violence.


A committee updating statewide K-12 health education standards is moving forward with revisions.


More than 3,000 people attended CannaCon over the weekend, a cannabis convention in St. Paul with vendors looking to enter Minnesota’s new cannabis market.


The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ spring waterfowl population count is in. The count was mixed: some species increased in numbers, others fell. The state’s population of blue-winged teal dropped 60 percent from a year ago, likely due to drought conditions in the southern part of the state.

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