Good morning, Minnesota. It's Monday! Welcome to March!
Here's the latest news from across the state to start your day. ☕
WEATHER
🌤️ Very mild temps are back for Monday. A big spring storm system will bring a variety precipitation types including heavy wet snow for many Tuesday into Wednesday.
😎 We’ll see highs in the 50s across southern Minnesota to near 60 for some. Northern Minnesota will see highs well into the 40s.
Minnesota lawmakers will get a key update this week that will inform debates about the next two-year budget. But it won’t include much on a variable likely to shake up their plans: President Donald Trump.
Legislators are already weighing the ways they might have to bridge budget gaps if federal officials cut funding streams to Minnesota. A new economic forecast is released on Thursday.
Drawn by a love of literature and learning, eight women met in Blue Earth in 1883 to form the town’s Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle. That tradition continues to this day, driven by the ethos: “The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”
NEWS ROUNDUP
⚖️ Hennepin County Attorney's Office refuses to press charges against man allegedly possessing illegal drugs and gun. Video of the arrest — in which two Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office deputies are seen striking the man in the head while holding him down — has been circulating on social media.
⚽ Photos: Fans celebrate the home opener for Minnesota United. Minnesota United fans kicked off the season at home with a win for the Loons. Kevin Yeboah scored a goal in the 69th minute to help Minnesota United beat CF Montreal 1-0 in St. Paul on Saturday.
🏆 The 2025 Oscars: Heavy on speeches, light on politics and one big winner. Director Sean Baker’s film "Anora," the story of a sex worker who marries a former client and gets mixed up with some Russian oligarchs, became his breakout on the Oscar stage.
🏀 NBA fines Timberwolves' Edwards $35K for lingering after ejection, tossing ball into stands; season total at $320K. Minnesota guard Anthony Edwards was fined $35,000 by the NBA for failing to leave the court in a timely manner following his ejection from a recent game and throwing the ball into the stands.
🚨 One man dead after shooting at Brooklyn Park apartment complex, another wounded. One man is dead and a woman is recovering from injuries after a shooting that took place on Friday morning at a Brooklyn Park apartment building. Brooklyn Park Police say the shooting was “domestic” in nature.
MUST LISTEN
🎧 RFK Jr. canceled flu vaccine meetings. What does that mean for fall shots? Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm, the head of the University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, joined Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer to talk about the implications of axing the meeting. 🎧 Life-saving medical care in jeopardy as USAID cancels contracts with Minneapolis agency. Severely malnourished kids in Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan may lose access to life-saving nutrition with the cancellation of three USAID contracts managed by Minneapolis-based Alight. Alight CEO Jocelyn Wyatt spoke to MPR News host Cathy Wurzer about the agency’s work.
🎧 Ask a Bookseller: ‘Notes from the Porch: Tiny True Stories to Make You Feel Better About the World.' Elizabeth Bluemle of The Flying Pig Bookstore in Shelburne, Vt., recommends a book of very short essays by author Thomas Christopher Green. She said this book portrays “life at a human pace. And it does make you feel good about the world."
