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The blustery winds switch from the northwest into Wednesday bringing in an October reality check. Temperatures will be mainly in the 50s to near 60 Wednesday but just 40s and low 50s Thursday and Friday. Get the latest on Updraft.
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For some, online learning is just the right fit
Online learning got a bad rap during the pandemic. But at a new virtual school in Rochester, some students are finding the right fit. “I found a niche, I found a place where I can really be of service,” said teacher Kim Hill. “Because I'm doing something for some kids that needed that and needed to be seen.” 
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Minnesotans! We want to see your fall foliage
MPR News senior visual journalist Kerem Yucel is looking for the best fall photos of the state. Email your name and location to him along with your best photo at kyucel@mpr.org
 
What else we're watching:
Labor Department proposal could change gig worker and company rules. The U.S. Department of Labor has published a new proposal on how workers should be classified saying that thousands of people have been incorrectly labeled as contractors rather than employees, potentially curtailing access to benefits and protections they rightfully deserve.

Listen: No longer just a kid thing: more women diagnosed with ADHD later in life. We revisited a conversation associate producer Lindsay Guentzel had with Dr. Lidia Zylowska, a psychiatrist at the University of Minnesota Medical School and M Health Fairview, back in March. In May, Guentzel — who was diagnosed with ADHD in 2021 when she was 34 — launched her own podcast that explores the neurodiversity and for ADHD Awareness Month, she is sharing a different ADHD story every day throughout the month of October.

What questions do you have for DFL Attorney General Keith Ellison and his Republican challenger Jim Schultz? Mike Mulcahy will moderate a live debate Friday between the two candidates at noon.
— Sam Stroozas, MPR News
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