What’s happening in Minnesota Today
Good morning, Minnesota. Happy snowy Thursday!
Here's the latest news from across the state to start your day. ☕⛄ | |
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❄️ Snow will continue much of Thursday with the heaviest of it falling during the morning hours. Lighter snow will taper off by evening into the early overnight Thursday night.
🥶 Friday and Saturday will both be chilly but also with some sunshine. Highs will be mostly in the teens.
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🎸 Minnesota native Slim Dunlap of The Replacements dies at age 73. Dunlap joined the band in 1987, replacing its original lead guitarist Bob Stinson and earning him the moniker "the replacement Replacement." Dunlap would go on to record the 1989 album “Don't Tell A Soul” and their 1990 album “All Shook Down.”
🏫 St. Paul schools set to pick next superintendent. After more than six months of searching, St. Paul school board members are expected to announce the district’s next superintendent Thursday night. The three finalists all have experience running school systems and all are women of color.
🚨 Police arrest suspected driver in Minneapolis car crash that killed two. A 38-year-old woman has been arrested in connection to a car crash that killed two people and injured three others Monday morning in Minneapolis.
🧑⚖️ Man pleads guilty to stalking UConn basketball star and Minnesota native Paige Bueckers. Robert Cole Parmalee, 40, who had an engagement ring and lingerie with him when he was first arrested in August, received a one-year suspended sentence and three years’ probation on Wednesday.
🎨 The M’s New Wing and exhibition glow after $14M renovation and expansion. Newly commissioned Native works and a broad range of historic and contemporary art are displayed together in the expanded New Wing.
📝 Report: Minnesota gun deaths declined in 2023. The report relies on data from state death certificates and found 530 people died from gun-related incidents in 2023. In 2022, that number was 569 and 570 in the previous year.
😷 The CDC has confirmed the first severe case of bird flu in a human in the U.S. California's Governor has declared a state of emergency in response to the spread of bird flu among dairy cattle. And a person in Louisiana has been hospitalized with a case of bird flu that's been linked to wild birds and poultry.
📦 About 10,000 Amazon workers authorize plan to strike Thursday. Workers authorized a strike as they seek better pay, safer conditions and longer breaks. Workers in New York City, Atlanta, California and Illinois are joining the picket line. Warehouse workers and drivers at other facilities are prepared to strike, as well.
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