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🎧Coming up at 12 p.m., Jane Smiley’s newest novel, “A Dangerous Business,” is murder mystery lite, topped with a hefty dollop of feminist energy. This Friday, on Big Books and Bold Ideas, MPR News host Kerri Miller talks with Smiley about her book. Here's what else we have planned today.
Wind chill warnings are in effect and will cover most of the northern United States at some point through this weekend. Wind chills in the minus 30s and minus 40s will cover much of the Upper Midwest. The wind chill factor may hit minus 50 Friday in the Dakotas. Get the latest on Updraft. | |
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 | | Descendants of executed Dakota 38+2 ride to Mankato to honor ancestors |
For what may be the last time, Dakota riders on horseback are braving bitter December weather to travel hundreds of miles to honor 38 men hanged in the largest mass execution in U.S. history. The ride also remembers the many others who died as a result of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. MPR News reporter Hannah Yang and visual Journalist Ben Hovland tagged along. | |
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 | | Blizzard conditions lead to highway closures in Minnesota | | Highways across a large swath of southern Minnesota were shut down overnight amid whiteout conditions. “Winds will increase later this morning. Don’t let your guard down today,” the Weather Service’s Twin Cities office cautioned early Friday. | |
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