Here's the latest news from across the state to start your day.
WEATHER
🌤️ Isolated showers are possible for southern Minnesota Thursday, but we’ll also see more sun and warmth. Temperatures will be warmer thanks to more sunshine with highs will be in the 70s for most.
💨 Northeast Minnesota will have reduced air quality Thursday and Friday due to wildfire smoke blowing in from Canada.
☀️ Friday will be more stable with sunnier skies and even warmer temperatures. Highs will be in the 80s for most of the state. Temperatures could reach 90 degrees Sunday and Monday.
A program in Duluth that provides a secure parking lot for people experiencing homelessness to sleep in their vehicles has been temporarily closed while the city council considers an appeal from neighbors with safety, privacy and other concerns.
Research shows that veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder have higher rates of drug and alcohol use disorders, and higher rates of suicidal ideation. A new sober house in southern Minnesota will address those difficult challenges head on.
NEWS ROUNDUP
🏒 Minnesota Frost fans celebrate back-to-back Walter Cup wins. Minnesota Frost fans gathered in St. Paul Wednesday to celebrate the Professional Women’s Hockey League team’s second championship win in two years. They defeated the Ottawa Charge Monday night in St. Paul.
🚨 Driver pleads guilty in Minneapolis hit-and-run crash that killed 16-year-old girl. The woman is accused of driving her SUV into a group of people near Fifth Street and Hennepin Avenue just after midnight on Sept. 14. She hit 16-year-old De’Miaya Broome, who died from her injuries. Five other people were hurt. 📝 Deadline approaching for filing claim in settlement over tax-forfeited property sales. Some Minnesotans whose property was seized because they didn’t pay property taxes stand to gain thousands of dollars. The settlement stems from a lawsuit involving a Minneapolis woman that went to the U.S. Supreme Court.
🏛️ Convicted human smugglers get prison sentences after Indian family’s deaths on Canada-U.S. border. More than three years after a family of four from India froze to death while trying to enter the U.S. along a remote stretch of the Canadian border in a blizzard, two men were given prison sentences.
🏀 Timberwolves season ends with 124-94 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Minnesota Timberwolves’ season is over. They were beaten by the Oklahoma City Thunder Wednesday night 124-94. The Thunder jumped out to a 30 point lead in the first half and were never threatened.
MUST LISTEN
🎧 ‘A broadcaster’s broadcaster.’ Newscaster Perry Finelli retiring after 39 years at MPR. Perry Finelli joined Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer for an exit interview. Listen to their conversation spanning Finelli’s start in radio during high school, intense days like the terrorist attacks on 9/11 and what motivated him to stay in news despite its challenges.
🎧 Art Hounds: War and healing, celebrating human creativity and a theatrical take on Virginia Woolf. Art hounds recommend a multimedia exhibition grappling with war and healing, an art-and-music night focused on human creativity over AI and a theatrical meditation on identity and gender, co-created by a Minneapolis father-daughter duo.
🎧 Appetites: New breakfast brands succeed even as consumer craving for cereal declines. Move over, Lucky Charms — new, healthier cereals are seeing sales surge while big-name cereals from companies like General Mills are seeing profit margins shrink as consumers move away from sugary, highly-processed foods.
