The Globe of Worthington

ST. PAUL — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Tuesday, Sept. 29, announced criminal charges against nine Medicaid providers who allegedly defrauded the state of $3 million. The single largest instance of alleged fraud centers around a Duluth-based provider of psychotherapy services that the attorney general accuses of claiming more than $2.2 million through 27,400 false claim reports.

WILLMAR, Minn. — Friends Nancy Johnson and Tammy Rueckert enjoy breaking the waves of the lakes of Kandiyohi County, and lots of them. Together, they have swum across 10 of the county’s lakes, going across and back on six of them. There are at least five more lakes they want to do, including a few of the county’s larger water bodies: Green, Diamond and Big Kandiyohi. The size of the lakes does not intimidate them at all.

MINNEAPOLIS — Tom Pohlad expressed his pride in the resilience and fight he saw from the Twins night in and night out this season. He was pleased with the culture built in the clubhouse over the past season, the buy-in from players and the clarity the Twins have gained as to how the pieces of the roster fit together. But the Twins’ owner added, “We’re in a results-oriented business,” and the results clearly weren’t what they needed to be.

The wholesome personality of Myles Price often comes across in his infectious smile. It was impossible to miss on Sunday at Raymond James Stadium after the Vikings squeaked out a 23-16 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. There’s a reason the 24-year-old receiver was smiling. He had been dreaming of this moment. Literally. As he went through his preparation leading up to the game, Price said he had a dream that he returned a punt for a touchdown. He had a similar dream while taking a nap before kickoff.

By Ed White WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Sept 29 (Reuters) - As a US ban on many Canadian alcohol imports takes effect on Tuesday, John Cote had hoped to boost domestic sales of his Black Fox artisanal whisky and gin by tapping a wave of "buy Canadian" sentiment during the trade war with the United States. But it won't be easy for him to ship bottles from his Saskatchewan distillery to shelves across the nation.

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Caroline Pelo, Worthington, was named to Southern New Hampshire University's Summer 2026 Dean’s List. The summer terms run from May to August. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.5 to 3.699 for the reporting term are named to the Dean's List. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits over each 16-week term or paired 8-week terms grouped in fall, winter/spring, and summer.

After initially cutting at the end of training camp, then signing him to the practice squad, the Minnesota Vikings have now signed quarterback Max Brosmer to the active roster, a source confirmed to the Pioneer Press. This move was widely anticipated after the Vikings traded quarterback J.J. McCarthy to the New York Giants earlier this week. The decision will allow Brosmer to be inactive in games moving forward and still dress as the emergency quarterback.

BALATON — When Blair Hellewell talks about farming, he does not talk only about sheep. He talks about family, traditions and the journey that brought him from a sheep farm in New Zealand to southwest Minnesota. That journey began long before Hellewell Lamb and Wool existed. Blair grew up on a sheep farm in New Zealand, where his family raised roughly 3,000 to 4,000 ewes.

GRAND FORKS — Over 100 years ago, officers in Grand Forks enforced moral decency laws, allowing them to break into hotel rooms to catch adulterers in the act or arrest people for abandoning their families. Cpl. Brian Samson of the Grand Forks Police Department poured through the agency’s historical records and said he was most fascinated by these laws. “I think we’re more free to be ourselves and just express ourselves now,” Samson said.

ST. PAUL — The news is worse than initially hoped for Minnesota Wild defenseman Brock Faber. On Tuesday morning, general manager Bill Guerin revealed that Faber suffered a fractured skull as a result of the puck he took to the head in the Wild’s last exhibition game versus Dallas, and he will be out of the lineup for an indefinite period. “He had surgery on Sunday that was successful,” Guerin said, adding that at some point he will provide an update on Faber’s potential return to play.