Jessica Hart

1 week ago | kare11.com | Jessica Hart

ST PAUL, Minn. — Minnesotans are still in shock a day after a state lawmaker and her husband were killed. “No politician deserves that, no politician deserves that,” said Laura Quam. “It’s a horrific thing to happen, especially in the Twin Cities, Minnesota.” Quam was emotional as she laid down flowers at the growing memorial for State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. “She was just trying to do a good job for her constituents and for the people,” Quam said.

2 weeks ago | kare11.com | Jessica Hart

MINNEAPOLIS — Navigating construction is always frustrating, especially when an entire section of the interstate is shut down. A stretch of I-94 will be closed this weekend, so the Minnesota Department of Transportation can transition traffic from the eastbound lanes to the westbound lanes, so crews can repair the east side of the interstate. Sections of the interstate’s westbound lanes are already shut down, which has been a headache for drivers.

3 weeks ago | kare11.com | Jessica Hart

If you’ve ever been to Lake Minnetonka, you know it’s busy in the summer. “I’ve been out on a Saturday before, and you can’t even go, you can’t go fast at all, you’ve got to kind of cruise between people,” said Coral Anderson, the marketing manager at River Valley Marine. She loves working on the lake and wants everyone to be safe, which is why she’s excited about a new boating law. “I think this new law is great.

3 weeks ago | kare11.com | Jessica Hart

MINNEAPOLIS — “It’s another blow.” Immigrant communities in Minnesota feel like they’re constantly being targeted. Wednesday President Donald Trump announced a travel ban on citizens of a dozen countries from visiting the Untied States, and citizens from seven other countries would face restrictions. One of the countries included in the ban is Afghanistan, which wasn’t surprising to the Afghan Cultural Society Executive Director Nasreen Sajady. “It still crushed me.

4 weeks ago | kare11.com | Jessica Hart

ELK RIVER, Minn. — Midge flies have taken over the Elk River Wastewater Treatment Plant. “They’re in our vehicles, they’re in our equipment, they’re in our air handling system,” said Elk River Public Works Director Justin Femrite. Femrite said the waterborne flies live for about 24 hours, but he said they lay thousands of eggs. “There’s millions of these midge fly larvae that grow out of our final clarifiers,” he said. He said they don’t bite, but they’re a big nuisance.