Plus: A Duluth man was issued a misdemeanor citation for his role in the Camp House Fire this spring; DNR and Beltrami County are overseeing salvage timber harvests on storm-struck stands; and the Floodwood School Board will select a candidate to fill a vacancy at its Monday meeting.

Plus: Crow Wing County offers tips for National Preparedness Month; and schools work to balance IEPs.

Plus: MnDOT is considering a three-lane roadway in Grand Rapids for the Highway 2/169 corridor and installing roundabouts at several signalized intersections, with a public hearing set for Sept. 10, 2025.

Plus: Emergency exercises are planned to ensure readiness in Bemidji and Pine River; 30th annual Dick Beardsley running events set; and First Call for Help is the focus of an upcoming community conversation in Grand Rapids.

Plus: All 11 of the sovereign tribal nations of Minnesota will have flags flown in their honor at the state capitol beginning Friday; and St. Louis County Public Health and its partners will bring the first-ever "Community Connect" event to Ely on Sept. 9.

And: Walz says he will call a special session for gun control; North Memorial takes over Nashwauk ambulance; and Brainerd overnight shelter reopens for season.

Dr. Kawsar Talaat is an associate professor of global disease epidemiology and control at Johns Hopkins University, an infectious disease doctor and a vaccine scientist.

The Paul Bunyan Drug Task Force is implementing automatic license plate readers, or ALPRs, in its jurisdictional boundaries. Civil liberties groups join those concerned with the lack of public knowledge and oversight into how this data is used.

Plus: The Minnesota PCA will host an informational meeting on permitting and variance requests from US Steel's Keetac Mine in Virginia on Sept. 3; and Wadena drivers can expect major traffic changes as Highway 10 opens and work starts on Highway 71.

Plus: Minneapolis mass shooting spurs talk of advanced, compassionate interventions; and a judge rejects a guilty plea in a Nashwauk voter fraud case.