Minnesota Shutdown

The first day since the holiday weekend and sadly there is no encouraging news as of yet.   Leaders at the Capitol emerged Tuesday from the latest negotiations since the shutdown began with little progress to announce. In fact, things may have taken a step backward. Republicans renewed their request for the governor to call a special session

Some of the best summer memories kids have are currently being impacted by the shutdown.   Two little girls wore sad faces this afternoon at the Jay Cooke State Park campground near Duluth. Little Katie Wigen, 4, and her sister, Kasi, 5, couldn’t figure out why their family had to leave its campsite sooner than they had planned. All of Minnesota’s 74 state parks and recreation areas were closing a