A paddlefish, photographed in Missouri's Osage River in 2008. Photo: Brent Frazee/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
🐟 The Minnesota DNR is studying the return of paddlefish to state rivers and discovering large communities living on the Minnesota, St. Croix and Mississippi. (MPR News)
The prehistoric species, native to Minnesota, can grow to to 5-7 feet long and weigh 60-80 pounds.
🩺 A Plymouth woman is suing Allina Health, alleging a doctor at Abbott Northwestern removed her healthy kidney when he was supposed to remove her infected spleen. (Star Tribune)
Allina told the paper that "the court filings don't accurately reflect the full picture of the patient's condition or the life-saving medical care provided."
Former DFL U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips is publicly questioning whether the timing of former President Biden's prostate cancer announcement was meant to deflect renewed scrutiny into Biden's health as president and decision to run for a second term. (New York Times)
"I don't think it's coincidental that this was announced this week," Phillips, who centered his own failed presidential primary bid on concerns about Biden's age, told the Times.
Biden spokesperson Chris Meagher declined to comment to the Times.
