And pandemic bonus notices include personal note from Walz
| Oct. 5, 2022 The Twin Cities recorded just .24” of rain last month. That’s the driest September on record going back to the late 1800s. And most Midwest locations have recorded a top 10 driest September on record according to the Midwest Regional Climate Center. If we don’t receive widespread heavy precipitation before the ground freezes in late November or early December we could have troublesome drought issues next spring. Get more weather news on Updraft. Subscribe to our Minnesota Today podcast to get up-to-date news twice daily. | |
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| Pandemic bonus notices include personal note from Walz | Email notices alerting more than one million people of their pandemic front-line worker bonuses prominently feature DFL Gov. Tim Walz’s name and role in authorizing them. The notices sent Wednesday begin with “A MESSAGE FROM GOVERNOR TIM WALZ” in bolded letters and offer a personal thank you. The notes go on to say that he “was honored to sign a bill to recognize workers like you for being on the front lines of the pandemic” and how he is “inspired by your work.” | |
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| Minnesota congressional candidate Paula Overby dies | Paula Overby, the Legal Marijuana Now candidate for Congress in Minnesota’s 2nd District, died Wednesday. Overby’s son Tyler told MPR News she had a heart valve problem and had been hospitalized for the past two weeks, but that he had expected her to recover. | |
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Minnesota sues Fleet Farm over ‘dangerous’ firearm sales | Attorney General Keith Ellison said Wednesday that the state has filed a civil lawsuit against retailer Fleet Farm, alleging that stores in the state missed red flags and negligently sold firearms to people who intended to resell them illegally.
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