Minnesota is on track to tie or surpass the record number of legislative special elections held in a year due to a series of unfortunate events.

An arbitration panel and a lower court had ruled a software developer was entitled to a $5 million prize for discrediting 2020 stolen election claims. Now, an appeals court ruled the arbitrators went too far.

Thousands of cyclists rode through southern Minnesota during the famous Iowa bike tour’s first visit to its northern neighbor. At a rest stop hosted in Jackson County, riders sampled food and drinks from local Minnesota vendors and posed for photos with the state welcome sign. 

The landmark reputed to be Minnesota’s oldest Dairy Queen just reopened in Rochester after being shuttered for more than a year. Patrons are lining up for ice cream.

The Minneapolis City Council is set to vote Thursday on a resolution that calls on the Trump administration to stop its mass deportation policy and that shows support for immigrant communities concerned about federal enforcement. 

A judge has rejected a Trump administration request to unseal transcripts from grand jury investigations of Jeffrey Epstein years ago in Florida. A similar records request is pending in New York.