Stormy weather heading into the weekend. Two more severe storm waves will likely cross parts of Minnesota through Friday. The first event cranks up tonight in northwest Minnesota and could rumble into the Twin Cities after midnight. More on the Updraft weather blog.
National battle over mail and absentee ballots will have a legal skirmish in St. Paul next month. The Minnesota Supreme Court has agreed to speed up consideration of a legal challenge around absentee ballot rules for the November general election. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a requirement that people voting remotely get a witness to certify their eligibility has been suspended.
The latest on COVID-19 in Minnesota: 7 new deaths; school guidance map shifts.The death toll has been inching up slowly, and is now at a 7-day average of 7 fatalities, the highest it's been since the first week of July. It’s still just a fraction of the dozens of deaths a day reported in May. Due to rising cases in the area, elementary school students in Ramsey and Dakota counties would no longer be recommended to attend school in person — if school started this week. You can get more of the latest news, in less than five minutes, via the Minnesota Today podcast.
Mike Forcia from New Brighton helped put a rope around the statue’s neck and led the group that pulled down the bronze figure in June, as state troopers looked on. Charges filed in Ramsey County District Court say he admitted as much in an interview with state investigators, saying it was part of a larger effort to point out racial inequities.
President Trump told Fox Business Network that he plans to block additional funding and election assistance for the U.S. Postal Service in order to sabotage efforts to expand mail-in voting.
Noel King speaks to music therapist and musician Julie Be of the group Ants on a Log about a new all-star children's album that celebrates kids who are transgender and nonbinary.
Attorney General Keith Ellison on Wednesday filed a memo arguing that evidence against the four is similar and that a single trial would spare witnesses and family members from the trauma of multiple trials.
The Art Hounds have a lot to share this week: Theater and visual works focused on the pandemic, artists of color and Black Lives Matter, a stream by the Illusion Theater, a St. Paul artist’s portfolio available on Facebook, and the student-led StoryArk Festival.
