Up North Report

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.

Plus: A Beltrami County deputy and a fleeing man were injured in a pursuit; filings are open for the Bois Forte Tribal Council special election; and Walk-In Access to some private lands opens Sept. 1.

Plus: A multi-state lawsuit prompt the full release of nearly $700B in frozen federal education funds; and construction on Highway 53 near Eveleth reaches the next phase.

And: Cyndy Martin denied change of venue; and Arrowhead Regional Development Commission and White Earth Land Recovery Project selected for UMN partnership program.

Stories sourced from the Minnesota News Connection.