Good morning, Minnesota. Happy Tuesday!

Here's the latest news from across the state to start your day. ☕

WEATHER

🥶 Dangerous wind chills are expected Tuesday morning with cold weather advisories posted across the state.

🧊 Highs Tuesday will just barely get above zero for southern and eastern Minnesota. Then we'll have another subzero night for most of the state again.

Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

From territory to today: Mapping Minnesota's Black history

In celebration of Black History Month in February, MPR News is highlighting Black history throughout the state. From a fur trader believed to be one of the first African descendants in a territory that is now Minnesota, to streets and parks renamed in 2024 after Black community leaders, these sites span the state and the centuries.

An Ely group agrees on the value of the Boundary Waters — but they can't agree on mining

Whether they're conservative or liberal, people in Ely seem to agree on one thing: they love the Boundary Waters. What they can't seem to agree on, though, is whether copper-nickel mining would endanger those beloved lakes.

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NEWS ROUNDUP

💧 Water-guzzling data centers spark worries for Minnesota's groundwater. A single large data center can use millions of gallons of water a day, as much as thousands of homes. But pinpointing exactly how many are being built and how much water they'll use can be a challenge, even for state regulators.

🏛️ Republicans put fraud, measures to stop it in spotlight as they take Minnesota House reins. The newly formed House Fraud Prevention and State Oversight Policy Committee was a GOP requirement in the deal that brought Democrats back to the Capitol.

📱 Minnesota weighs cell phone ban in elementary, middle schools. A new proposed law seeks to prohibit cell phones and smart watches in elementary and middle schools and restrict usage in high school classrooms.

⚖️ New felony count added to charges against Sen. Nicole Mitchell. Becker County Attorney Brian McDonald added a second burglary charge Monday against state Sen. Nicole Mitchell focusing on items she had with her when police encountered her stepmother's home in April 2024 in Detroit Lakes.

🏀 Timberwolves and Lynx sale to Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez back on track after arbitration ruling. The binding ruling issued Monday granted Lore, an e-commerce entrepreneur and investor, and Rodriguez, the former Major League Baseball star, a 90-day extension to finish the acquisition.

📜 Minneapolis moves forward on proposal to shift violence prevention programs to the county. After a long and sometimes heated discussion Monday, the City Council agreed to shift around $1.2 million to Hennepin County so that it can temporarily take over the management of two city violence prevention programs.

MUST LISTEN

🎧 Minnesota nonprofits ride waves of tumult from Trump's spending freeze attempts. President Donald Trump's federal spending freeze was recently blocked by a judge, but the tumult leaves Minnesota's nearly 9,000 nonprofits and tax-exempt entities that receive federal money wondering what's next.

🎧 Minnesota woman's book uses her personal experience to help sexual assault survivors. Cheyenne Wilson turned to a wide range of experts — including lawyers, detectives, therapists and other survivors — to learn about reporting sexual violence, pursuing justice and healing.

🎧 Listen to today's headlines on our Minnesota Today podcast.