The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe signed a compact agreement Wednesday with Gov. Tim Walz, recognizing tribal authority to regulate cannabis sales outside tribal land.

Abdul J. Wright, 39, was found guilty Wednesday of sexually abusing a child while she was his student in 2017 at Harvest Best Academy. He will likely face 12 to 14 years of prison for first-degree criminal sexual conduct.

The woman who bought the guns that her romantic partner used to kill three first responders in Burnsville last year was sentenced to 45 months in federal prison. Ashley Dyrdahl pleaded guilty in January to federal charges of purchasing guns for Shannon Gooden, who was ineligible to have firearms because of an assault conviction.

Picketing continued at University of Minnesota campuses across the state on Wednesday, as hundreds of custodians, maintenance staff and food service workers remain on strike.

More than half of American soybeans depend on the Mississippi River as an export channel. But no significant rainfall is forecast for the lower half of the Mississippi, which could hinder the transport of goods, like soybeans.

Bûcheron, a French bistro located in south Minneapolis, and Diane’s Place, a Hmong restaurant in northeast Minneapolis, both made it onto this year’s list of top restaurants.