The Minnesota House passed a bill Tuesday placing restrictions on social media accounts for children 15 and younger, WCCO-TV reported. Some of the safety features in the bill include requiring parental consent for children signing up for social media accounts; setting privacy settings to the strongest levels by default; prohibiting targeted ads; and limiting addictive features such as infinite scrolling and video autoplay.
“This bill is going to do a lot to protect our kids, and there’s a lot more going forward that we can do,” Rep. Peggy Scott, R-Andover, said. In a letter to a House committee, NetChoice, a group representing tech companies like Meta and Google, argued that Minnesota’s bill puts “minors’ sensitive data at risk,” and infringes on the First Amendment rights of users as well as the social media platforms themselves.
Two people have died following separate boating accidents on Minnesota lakes Tuesday, MPR News reported. A 19-year-old man in Crow Wing County died after his paddleboat capsized on Little Emily Lake, FOX 9 reported. In St. Louis County, one man died and three others were hospitalized with injuries, including one person who was airlifted to a Duluth hospital, after a boat crash involving multiple people on Lake Vermilion, the Mesabi Tribune reported.
The Minnesota Department of Health is monitoring a resident who may have been exposed to an MV Hondius passenger who tested positive for hantavirus while traveling overseas, the Star Tribune reported.
The Cokato Town and Country Club is offering $2,000 for information leading to vandals who cut down a century-old tree on its golf course grounds overnight into Friday and Saturday, WCCO-TV reported Wednesday.
Gianrico Farrugia, president and CEO of the Mayo Clinic, will step down from the position at the end of 2026, KTTC reported Wednesday. The Mayo Clinic’s Board of Trustees has already begun a leadership transition process and expects a new president and CEO to be elected in November.
After 33 years on air, KDWB host Dave Ryan is retiring, KARE 11 reported Wednesday. His last day is May 22.
The family of George Floyd is speaking out after the controversial comedian Tony Hinchcliffe joked about Floyd during Netflix’s roast of Kevin Hart, telling TMZ they believe Hinchcliffe, who described Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage” at a rally for Donald Trump in 2024, is a “racist comedian.”
“We are trying to rebuild things for our community and make things better in our community,” Travis Cains, a spokesperson for the Gianna and George Floyd Foundation told TMZ. “Let’s try to be a little bit more positive.”

