What’s happening in Minnesota Today
Good morning, Minnesota. Happy Friday!
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🌡️ Record-breaking temperatures will push into southern Minnesota Friday afternoon. Highs will be in the 70s across southern Minnesota.
⛈️ Storms will pop into southern Minnesota Friday evening. While most storms will weaken, some could remain strong to severe, producing large hail and damaging winds.
🌨️ The weekend brings a winter storm watch for all of western Minnesota from the Red River Valley to the Iowa border. Near-blizzard conditions are likely late Friday night through Saturday morning.
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🪖 Minnesota National Guard members receive email instructing those with gender dysphoria to voluntarily separate. The email said service members who have gender dysphoria who don’t receive a waiver will be processed for administrative separation in accordance with existing Army policy.
⚖️ Bock acknowledges fraud at Feeding Our Future, denies taking part. Bock continues to deny that she took part in an alleged $250 million scheme to defraud taxpayer-funded child nutrition programs. After taking the stand in her own defense, Bock faced rapid-fire questions Thursday from the prosecution.
🔩 Hibbing manufacturer responds to Trump's steel, aluminum tariffs. Canada is the biggest supplier of steel and aluminum for the U.S. The metals are used for products like nuts and bolts, sheet metal, machining and beer cans. Will those levies be a problem for Minnesota companies?
📜 Retired Minnesota flag could receive ‘historic’ designation under new bill. Some state legislators say it’s important to commemorate the former flag. Others say problematic imagery and the old flag’s depiction of Indigenous Minnesotans is inappropriate.
🏛️ Fired federal worker from Minnesota appeals Trump administration job cuts. Chris Wicker was deputy director of the Minnesota district office for the U.S. Small Business Administration before being let go in February. He was part of the widespread layoffs of probationary employees in federal agencies.
🏫 Minnesota, 21 other states sue to halt dismantling of U.S. Education Department. The lawsuit claims the Trump administration’s massive reductions in the Education Department are unconstitutional and usurp congressional authority. It seeks a court order to halt the shutdown.
🎣 DNR: Mille Lacs Lake anglers can keep two walleye this summer. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says after years of tighter fishing regulations, the lake’s walleye population appears to be at healthy levels.
🚓 Monitor: Minneapolis police likely to make most court-enforced changes on time. The Minneapolis Police Department is on track to finalize most of the policies that require revision under a court-enforced agreement with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, according to the independent monitor group supervising the process.
🏛️ No action taken after ethics panel deadlocks on complaint against Sen. Nicole Mitchell. The complaints filed against the DFLer from Woodbury mirror actions Republicans brought against her last year following an arrest and filing of burglary charges.
💰 Minneapolis will pay $450,000 in attorneys fees from Pro-Life Action Ministries lawsuit. The Minneapolis City Council signed off on the agreement to pay the attorneys at the Thomas More Society, which represented Pro-Life Action Ministries. |
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MPR News and the Minnesota Star Tribune are heading back to Duluth on May 1 for a special Talking Volumes with author Peter Geye and hosted by award-winning MPR News journalist Kerri Miller.
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