Good morning, and happy Friday to you. It turns out the Vikings could not win in Philadelphia, and the UAW did go on strike. 

Minnesota is one of four states whose National Guard will use new cargo carrying aircraft from the military. MPR’s Tim Nelson reports : Minnesota’s Air National Guard has been selected to get the military’s newest cargo aircraft — an upgrade of the C-130, the U.S. Air Force said Thursday. The placement of new C-130J Super Hercules planes at the Twin Cities-based 133rd Airlift Wing is pending the completion of an environment assessment. The C-130J planes offer upgraded avionics, can carry more weight at nearly twice the speed, can use shorter runways and fly with fewer crew than the aging C-130H, the Air Force said. The C-130s are the primary airlift planes for the U.S. military. National Guard units, including the 133rd Airlift Wing, fly about half of the country’s C-130 fleet.

Who says there’s no bipartisanship anymore? Everybody's taking credit for those planes.  “As governor, I’ve always fought to ensure the Minnesota National Guard has the resources they need to protect our homeland and support missions abroad and at home,” said DFL Gov. Tim Walz. And Republican Rep. Tom Emmer issued a statement, too. “For years, we’ve worked with the congressional delegation and the Minnesota National Guard to secure these planes and I’m thrilled to have played a part in this effort,” Emmer said. And Republican Rep. Brad Finstad had a statement, too. “As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, I was proud to join my colleagues in advocating for these new transport planes for the 133rd, which will improve and modernize their fleet, and ensure that they have the best resources available to continue carrying out critical missions,” Finstad said. DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar took to Twitter: “I advocated for this to bolster our national security and military readiness,” she wrote and said in a statement that she “worked across the aisle to help secure these aircraft for Minnesota’s 133rd Airlift Wing.”

Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt said Thursday her office is increasing its focus on the dangers of fentanyl as county health officials said nearly all the opioid deaths they’re seeing involve the powerful synthetic drug. The Star Tribune reports: As officials detailed their ongoing efforts to battle a drug that led American overdose deaths to crest to 100,000 people in 2021 — then increase again in 2022 — Witt beseeched Minnesotans to take the fentanyl crisis as seriously as the gun-violence crisis. "It is easy to try to ignore it: Out of sight, out of mind," Witt said. "But last year fentanyl took several times as many lives as gun violence. We talk about gun violence almost on a daily basis. We need to be talking about the effects of fentanyl on a daily basis." As Witt spoke, a group of families held photographs of loved ones killed by fentanyl: Joey Nash of Hugo, who loved fishing and skateboarding and had been sober eight months before dying of an overdose at age 28; Tyler Hein of Lindstrom, a Marine and avid outdoorsman who died of an overdose at 23; and Seth Carlson of Bloomington, whose mother, Tabbatha Urbanski, wore a T-shirt emblazoned with his face and the words, "Fentanyl Stole My Future."

More than 100 University of Minnesota students at the Twin Cities campus have been forced to stay in hotels with limited resources or travel long commutes from home to get to school after a new apartment complex in Dinkytown has pushed off opening by a month. Some of the students brought their concerns to state lawmakers this week. MPR’s Nicole Ki reports student renters say Identity Dinkytown won’t let them out of their leases, even though the building hasn’t officially opened to tenants yet. Identity Dinkytown is a mixed-use apartment complex being built on land steps from campus that was previously occupied by a McDonald’s. The building has amenities including a sauna, coffee lounge, tanning beds and study rooms. Renters were first informed on Aug. 2 that the building would not be ready for its original Aug. 27 open date and instead would open Sept. 15, even after tenants paid rent on Aug. 1. Identity has confirmed the planned move-in date for the fourth, fifth and sixth floors is Sept. 29 and the remaining floors will move in three weeks later in mid-October. But they don’t have the city’s approval to let people move in yet, and renters are worried about the potential for more delays. Students began moving into U residence halls on Aug. 27 and classes began Sept. 6. 

Rep. Dan Wolgamott, DFL-St. Cloud, who pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol, was sentenced this week for the July incident. KSTP reports: Wolgamott was given two years of supervised probation with a stayed sentence of 45 days in jail, in line with his expected sentence following his guilty plea. Wolgamott was also ordered to remain law-abiding and attend a Mothers Against Drunk Driving impact panel within 90 days and provide proof to the probation office. He was also fined a total of $485 by the court.

Hunter Biden was indicted Thursday on gun charges. Here’s the New York Times story: Biden, the president’s son, was charged on Thursday by federal prosecutors with lying about his drug use when he purchased a handgun in 2018 and with illegally possessing the weapon, setting up the potential for a trial coinciding with his father’s re-election campaign. The indictment came as House Republicans stepped up their efforts to use Hunter Biden’s work abroad to build a case for impeaching President Biden. And it puts the Biden Justice Department in the remarkable position of prosecuting cases against both the president’s son and former President Donald J. Trump, the current front-runner for the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nomination.