MPR News PM Update

March 11, 2022

Our recent sun-splashed days have been nice, but temperatures have been well below average for this time of year. Low temperatures early Saturday morning will range from the teens below zero in most of northern and central Minnesota, with single digits below zero in the Twin Cities metro area and southern Minnesota.

The good news: Temps are still expected to rebound Sunday.

Get the latest forecast and climate news on The Updraft. — Ron Trenda, MPR News 

 
Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Hospital needs fall, viral spread recedes
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Russian strikes hit western Ukraine as offensive widens
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For the first time, victims of the opioid crisis formally confront the Sackler family
The Sacklers, who own Purdue Pharma, maker of Oxycontin, have maintained they did nothing wrong. People who lost loved ones and years of their lives to opioid addiction believe otherwise.
 

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