So, with Vice President Kamala Harris announcing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, Associated Press’ Linley Sanders has poll analisis: “An ABC News/Ipsos survey conducted before Walz was selected for the VP slot, but after vetting began, showed that nearly 9 in 10 U.S. adults didn’t know enough about him, or had no opinion. Among Americans with a view, opinions were split between positive and negative: 6% had a favorable view, and 7% had an unfavorable one.”
Speaking of Walz, he’s expected to be in Eau Claire, Wisc. tomorrow with Harris for a rally in the neighboring battleground state. According to KTSP, so will Donald Trump’s running mate, J.D. Vance.
In more VP news, according to Axios’ Stef W. Kight and Juliegrace Brufke: Democrats aren’t the only one happy with Harris’ pick of Walz as her possible VP. “Republicans saw Walz as the easier target for them as they try to regain momentum after a rough few weeks for the GOP (and their own VP candidate.)
“Republicans plan to paint Walz as far left, highlighting that he was backed for VP by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and reminding people of Walz’s handling of the 2020 protests after the police killing of George Floyd.”
From KSTP: “The Anoka County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) announced on Tuesday that 31-year-old Nicholas Martell, an Isanti police officer currently on leave, has officially been charged after being accused of sending a sexually explicit photo to a minor.
KARE 11’s A.J. Lagoe has a story of fraud in Blaine that cost taxpayers more than $1.5 million: “During the week of Aug. 25, 2023, we found a large payment – totaling $1,577,186.58 – to New Look Contracting of Rogers for work on a large construction project at 89th and Davenport in Blaine. We got suspicious when we noticed another payment to New Look in the same amount – down to the penny – issued one month later.”
Also from KSTP, Joe Mazan reports: “The suicide rate in Minnesota is dropping but remains higher in rural parts of the state.”
WCCO’s Jeff Wagner reports: “Deli counters at Twin Cities grocery stores have been reloaded after a recent scare. Many were missing a popular brand of cold cuts for much of last week after Boar’s Head recalled millions of pounds of deli meat due to a deadly listeria outbreak.”
Cara Kopp of Northern News Now reports: “A man from Washburn, Wisc. is revitalizing the Ojibwe Language by taking it to the big screen.
Niigaanii-Animikii Inini Kalvin Hartwig, who is originally from the Sault Ste. Marie tribe of Chippewa Indians, has spent the last two years trying to re-energize the Ojibwe language at Red Cliff.”
The Star Tribune’s Jana Hollingsworth reports on the death of Duluth Zoo’s red panda, Pip: “The Lake Superior Zoo’s one-year-old red panda, Pip, was found dead in her den last week, the zoo announced Monday. The female panda was the zoo’s second, having joined Zoozee in April. The cause of death is unknown.”
According to Chrös McDougall at Racket, Minneapolis, not Atlanta, was almost the site of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games: “… Minneapolis actually has a long history of bidding for the Olympics, and perhaps never was it closer to getting the world’s biggest sporting event than in 1996.”
