MPR News PM Update
Dec. 3, 2019

One more post-storm perk tomorrow. Minnesotans deserve this nice, sunny December weather, don’t we? Well, expect to have a warm, sunny day tomorrow, with highs in the mid-30s across the state. The northeastern part of the state may see scattered snow showers with partly cloudy sky.

It’s too early to have fun on lakes, officials say. Satellite images show there is still a lot of open water on Minnesota lakes; some lakes in southern Minnesota are yet ice-free. Ice that has formed already isn’t safe across the state, our chief meteorologist Paul Huttner says. “Ice is never 100 percent safe!” state officials warn.

A day before House Judiciary Committee hearing, Democrats released Ukraine impeachment report. That came a day after Republicans opened the bidding with a salvo of their own defending President Trump. The report by Democrats mainly focuses on the "scheme" of the Ukraine affair and on obstruction. 

A Minnesota couple who’d been together for almost 70 years, laid to rest just 1 day apart. Bob and Corrine Johnson got married as teens and had lived at their farm near St. Peter until recently. “As soon as Mom died, he went downhill and died in a day. It's hard to imagine it's a coincidence,” one of the couple’s seven children, Bruce Johnson, said.

Minnesota’s medical marijuana program began in 2014 and has been gradually adding conditions that can be treated with cannabis -- chronic pain and age-related macular degeneration have now been added to that list. Do you use medical cannabis? Share your thoughts and questions about Minnesota’s program here!

Jiwon Choi andSara Porter, MPR News

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