Attorney General Keith Ellison may be tied up with a certain high-profile murder trial at the moment, but that hasn’t stopped his office from taking care of other business.
Case in point: On March 8 and March 10, the AG’s office announced settlements with two businesses that it took to court for violating the governor’s COVID-19 emergency executive orders.
The first of them was reached with the Plainview Wellness Center and its parent company, House of Iron, L.L.C.
The gym, which was the subject of a Dec. 2 temporary injunction, has agreed to pay a $5,000 fine and comply with any of Gov. Tim Walz’s current or future executive orders that apply to fitness centers.