Fresh on the heels of President Donald Trump announcing a new $15 billion steel plant in Iowa, Republicans and Mesabi Metallics say Minnesota will have to reform its permitting process if it wants a larger slice of the steel manufacturing pie.

The Detroit Lakes school board voted Monday night to alter the language of a resolution banning rainbow stickers from schools. They rescinded the ban and are now considering a new policy that does not specifically mention rainbow stickers. But the board members would not state whether the intention was still to ban them.

The parents of Harper Moyski, a 10-year-old killed in the Annunciation Catholic Church and School mass shooting last year, were among advocates for gun violence prevention who joined a canvass last weekend in a competitive legislative district.

Minnesota U.S. Senate candidates Peggy Flanagan and Michele Tafoya disagreed on a range of issues during an hour-long debate on MPR News Friday. Flanagan, the Democrat, accused Tafoya of trying to distance herself from President Donald Trump after receiving his endorsement earlier this week. Tafoya, the Republican, criticized Flanagan’s record as lieutenant governor and pointed to fraud, education and crime. It was the candidates’ first and only scheduled debate before Election Day on November 3.

More than 200,000 Minnesotans have already voted in this year’s election. The Secretary of State’s office says most of those ballots were returned by mail, while more than 80,000 people have voted in person. Four years ago, about 673,000 Minnesotans cast ballots before Election Day.

The offices of U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon were sent suspicious mail. A threatening letter and white powder addressed to Simon’s office was intercepted before it arrived, and suspicious mail was also intercepted before reaching Klobuchar’s Minnesota office. The FBI is investigating suspicious mailings sent to senators and election offices in multiple states.

Authorities have identified all six people who died in a plane crash in Wisconsin earlier this week. All six were from western Wisconsin. The victims included members of a family returning home from a high school volleyball game in southeastern Wisconsin. Federal aviation officials say the pilot reported ice on the plane’s wings as it passed through a thunderstorm before crashing near Wisconsin Dells.

A Minnesota nonprofit accused of defrauding food assistance programs for children is set to dissolve and pay the state more than $18 million. That's part of a settlement announced Thursday between Attorney General Keith Ellison and Partners in Quality Care.

Minnesota is considering changes to its annual K-12 academic testing procedures. Students and teachers spend time each spring on the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments, which measure how schools are helping students progress in reading, math and science.

New Richland city officials say 10 to 12 homes in the small southern Minnesota community are expected to be total losses from last weekend's flooding.