Matson Strong News Today

Matson's journey will begin on St. Paul Island.

Legislation to strengthen penalties for assaulting a police officer with a dangerous weapon, authored by a pair of local legislators and named for a Waseca police officer critically wounded in the line of duty, is included in the Legislature’s comprehensive judiciary and public safety budget agreement. The Matson Strong bill — inspired by and named after Waseca Officer Arik Matson who was shot while responding to a report of a suspicious person call in January 2020 — will increas...