Here's the latest news from across the state to start your day. ☕
WEATHER
☀️ Friday will be brighter and warmer. Highs will be in the 50s for most of central and southern Minnesota. Saturday will bring similar temperatures — maybe even a couple degrees warmer.
☔ A weekend system will graze northern Minnesota with a few rain and snow showers, though moisture doesn’t look particularly significant. Snow is possible next week.
Organizers at Minnesota’s food shelves say they are still experiencing a growing demand for their services. They blame higher costs — not just for food but for housing.
Andrena Seawood was a poll judge on Election Day in a Twin Cities suburb that heavily favored Trump. She said it was challenging: voters refused to sign required oaths or take ballots from her, instead turning to her white colleagues for help. She said some also made sure to tell her they were voting for Trump, though it’s prohibited for election judges to even ask.
📷 Codebreakers, fighter pilots and artists: A new photography book features local centenarians. Valérie Jardin’s project, “One Century,” features black-and-white portraits of over 20 centenarians in the activities that bring them joy, celebrating their lives, resilience and stories; her book and exhibition open Nov. 16 at the Praxis Gallery in Minneapolis.
🗳️ Two Carlton County races end in ties — winners determined by chance. A tie vote in any election is rare. But two in a single election, in a single jurisdiction? That’s what officials in Carlton County south of Duluth are navigating after two local races last week ended in dead heats.
🍖 Meatpacking company to pay $2 million penalty for alleged child labor violations at Minnesota plant. The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry said Thursday that it found Smithfield Foods illegally employed at least 11 teenagers — some as young as 14 — at its plant in St. James between April 2021 and April 2023.
