Fresh food in schools + lowering car thefts
Fog rolls in (again) on little cat feet. But unlike the Carl Sandburg poem, it doesn't move on, it just keeps coming back. We'll have mostly cloudy skies with that silent patchy fog in the morning. Highs will be in the mid 40s. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.
Coming up on Morning Edition: We revisit a story from 2017 by Dan Kraker when Crow Wing County opened a park dedicated to 41 miners who were killed more than 100 years ago. For people in Crosby with ties to that day, the painful stories are still fresh.
Coming up at 9 a.m.: It’s been a warm and weird winter. Most of Minnesota right now doesn’t have any snow and the ice is melting fast. Angela Davis talks about how the wimpy winter is messing with winter recreation and businesses that depend on it.
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| | Scratch cooking, local ingredients serve up a school lunch revolution in Minnesota |
A steady stream of funding from last year’s school meals legislation is helping remake the way lunch is done across Minnesota. At schools like Roseville High, the shift away from heat-and-serve is delicious.
“We’re really on a mission to get back to more scratch-cooked food,” said Angela Richey, nutrition services supervisor for Roseville Area Schools. “Each year, we include more and more recipes, and we take off another processed item.” | |
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| | How one city took on rising car thefts — and brought the numbers down |
Vehicle thefts have risen across the U.S., largely due to an increase in Kia and Hyundai thefts. But that's not what's happening now in St. Paul, where car thefts have fallen dramatically. Local officials say a focus on prevention and youth intervention likely has made the difference. | |
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