MPR News PM Update
July 2, 2019
As you make plans for the holiday weekend, there's a new way to get MPR News weather alerts and outdoors content sent straight to your phone. Outside in MN , a new app by the Water Main from Minnesota Public Radio, provides timely weather updates, events and how-to guides to prepare you for your next outdoor adventure. It's free on the App Store and Google Play.
 
Trump country farmers feel the heat as feds intensify immigration crackdown
Morrison County is overwhelmingly Trump country. It's also a place where small farmers rely on Hispanic labor, and the president's national push to catch unauthorized workers has started to bite. A rise in farm worker arrests has Little Falls on edge. 
 
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U.S. powers to women's World Cup final after defeating England 2-1
It was the battle of unbeatens at this Women's World Cup. Both teams were 5-0. The U.S. — the defending and three-time World Cup champion — and England — which was ranked third in the world but had never advanced past the semifinals. The game in Lyon, France, lived up to its billing with the U.S defeating England 2-1 to advance to Sunday's final.
 
In Minneapolis, hundreds protest 'cruel' immigration holding facilities
Hundreds of people demonstrated outside the Minneapolis office of Sen. Amy Klobuchar, urging the Minnesota Democrat to lead the charge to improve conditions at immigrant holding facilities on the southern border that they largely blame on the Trump administration.

 
Drying out Tuesday; daytime storms on July 4
Here's your holiday forecast and the latest weather from our Updraft weather blog.
 
 
Good dog: Ramsey County taps retriever to ease courthouse stress
More than 200 so-called courthouse dogs around the country are being used to help dial down some of the pressure of what can be a very adversarial and stressful process.
 
Who'll stop the rain? Rivers swell as southern MN braces for more storms
Minnesota's wet spring is spilling into summer, especially in the southeast. Storms are forecast through the rest of the week, including Independence Day.

 

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