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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will announce the winner of this year’s Name a Snowplow contest on Tuesday. More than 8,000 names were submitted to the Minnesota Department of Transportation at the start of the contest back in early December. MnDOT limited entries to one per person and ideas had to be in by 12 p.m. on Dec. 15. RELATED: It’s back: Help name MnDOT snowplows in contest’s 4th year The 50

St. Paul Public Schools Superintendent Joe Gothard has been named as one of three finalists for the superintendent position at Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin. The other two finalists are Mohamed Choudhury and Dr. Yvonne Stokes. Gothard has been superintendent of SPPS since 2017 and was named the 2024 Minnesota Superintendent of the Year. He is also one of four finalists for

Oklahoma health officials have reported the first pediatric flu death of this season. The fatal case was reported in a child from southeast Oklahoma who was younger than 5 years old. “Oklahoma is likely now entering our peak influenza season even though influenza activity is decreasing nationally," a State Department of Health official said, noting a delayed start for the season here. Flu

MANCHESTER, N.H. — A woman was hospitalized after she was pulled from the inside of a trash truck in New Hampshire on Monday, officials said. The operator of a waste truck was driving in the area of 185 Beech Hill Drive in Manchester around 12:30 p.m. when he spotted a woman on the camera system in the bed of the vehicle, according to the Manchester Fire Department. The driver called 911 and