Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is hitting the road this weekend on the first leg of a national tour to hold town halls in Republican districts where representatives aren’t holding public meetings of their own.

Walz has publicly committed to holding public town halls in congressional districts where Republican representatives refuse to hold town halls.

The fields for the NCAA basketball tournaments are set, and while the Minnesota men won't be dancing, some other local teams have punched their ticket.

The wait is over. Selection Sunday has given the Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team their NCAA Tournament seeding, opponent, and bracket.

The women's NCAA Tournament tips off this week, and two in-state teams now know their destinations. Tip-off times and TV channels will be announced later. Iowa, of course, is making its first trip to the NCAA Tournament in the post-Caitlin Clark era.