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Clean up and storm assessment continues after severe weather swept across Minnesota yesterday. We hope you were able to stay safe. Today is set to be cool and calm. Get the latest on Updraft. 
Knitting through COVID: One Minnesotan's journey
Robbinsdale resident Amy Fisher spent the last year knitting a blanket to represent COVID data in Minnesota. Her final product is nearly ten feet long.
 
What else we're watching:
Biden sees chance of 'rational' Republicans approach on guns. President Joe Biden said Monday that the “Second Amendment was never absolute” and that, after the Texas elementary school shooting,  there may be some bipartisan support to tighten restrictions on the kind of high-powered weapons used by the gunman. 

Farm vehicles now weigh almost as much as heaviest dinosaurs - here's why that is a problem.
The weight of animals or machines matters because soils can only withstand so much pressure before they become chronically compacted. They may not look it, but soils are ecosystems containing fragile structures – pores and pathways which allow air to circulate and water to reach plant roots and other organisms. Tyres, animal hooves and human feet all apply pressure, squashing the pores, not just at the surface but deeper down too.

The FDA is investigating a hepatitis A outbreak potentially linked to strawberries. The FDA is investigating 17 cases — 15 in California and one apiece in Minnesota and North Dakota. Canada's public health agency has identified 10 cases across two provinces: Alberta and Saskatchewan. HEB and FreshKampo strawberries were sold at a number of retailers, including Trader Joe's, Kroger, Safeway, Aldi, Walmart and HEB, according to the FDA.
--  Sam Stroozas, MPR News
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