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WEATHER
🍂 The leaves are out. As we approach mid-October, vibrant hues of yellow, red and orange begin to peak. Central through northern Minnesota is at 75-100 percent peak color, while the Twin Cities is not quite there, only 25-50 percent.
🥶 Temperatures will fall below our average highs as much cooler air moves in and stays through the weekend.
Napheesa Collier’s turnaround jumper with 8.8 seconds left lifted the Minnesota Lynx to a 95-93 win over the New York Liberty in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals.
Teachers at Bloomington Kennedy High School are taking a practical view on artificial intelligence, teaching students how to use the technology and helping them understand where it can spin out of control, a sort of driver’s ed approach to AI.
Joe Pohlad, the team’s executive chair, said Thursday his family wants “to find an ownership group who all of us can be proud of” but didn’t say whether he’s talked with any prospective buyers. The Pohlads have owned the team for 40 years.
NEWS ROUNDUP
🐈 After swimming to a Minnesota angler, stray kitten now has a new fur-ever home. Erik Koffski made an unlikely friend while fishing when a light orange kitten emerged from dead vegetation and swam to his paddle board.
🗳️ Minnesota’s ‘uncommitted’ voters go into election unsatisfied over lack of cease-fire, conflicted over Harris. “I’ll be voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz,” delegate Sam Doten said. “I don’t feel good about it.”
