ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Nov. 1 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following proclamation: * * * WHEREAS: Minnesota is home to a large and growing community of over 52,000 residents of South Asian ancestry, including 50,000 Hindu practitioners; and WHEREAS: Diwali, the Festival of Lights, is the largest and most anticipated holiday in Hindu tradition, celebrated on the fifteenth day of the Hindu lunisolar month of Kartik; and WHEREAS: Diwali is celebrated over five days, each with their o  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Nov. 1 -- The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed the presence of zebra mussels in White Sand Lake, near Baxter in Crow Wing County. The White Sand Lake Association contacted the DNR after zebra mussels were found on a dock being removed from the lake for the season. DNR invasive species specialists confirmed the report. Several new zebra mussel populations in Minnesota la  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Nov. 1 -- Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon issued the following news: * * * Local election offices open for weekend voting on November 2 and 3 * * * In the past week, more than 350,000 Minnesotans cast their ballot ahead of the November 5 Election, bringing the current total number of accepted ballots to 919,581. Local election officials have distributed 1,152,900 absentee and mail ballots in Minnesota since voting began on September 20. The Office of the Minneso  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Nov. 1 (TNSres) -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: Taft attorney Cari Sheehan will speak in the Indiana State Bar Association's (ISBA) webinar on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trends and Ethics which will take place on Nov. 12. The webinar will explore the intersection of AI and rules of professional conduct. The session will also discuss the newly issued American Bar Association formal opinion 512 regarding attorney use of AI. For more information and to r  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Oct. 31 -- The University of Minnesota issued the following Q&A on Oct. 30, 2024, with Keeley Flavin, a clinical associate professor in the School of Dentistry: * * * Dental hygiene is one of the fastest-growing professions in the United States. As the field expands, so does the understanding of the critical role oral health plays in full body health -- with dental hygienists increasingly serving as an essential part of interprofessional health care teams. For Nationa  more

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minnesota, Nov. 1 -- C.H. Robinson Worldwide issued the following news release: By creating technology that reads incoming email then replicates tasks a person would do, global logistics company C.H. Robinson has automated steps across the entire lifecycle of a freight shipment: from giving customers a price quote, to accepting a load, to setting appointments for pickup and delivery, to checking on the load in transit. This new proprietary tech incorporates generative artificial   more