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Showers will arrive in central Minnesota including the Twin Cities by Friday morning. Behind the front temperatures will be cool with highs in the 60s to near 70 Friday into Sunday. Get the latest on Updraft.
Minneapolis’ North High honors murdered quarterback during first game of season
People filled the bleachers for North High’s first football game of the season Sept. 2 in Minneapolis.

As is game day tradition, players walked together from the school to the football field up the street. Among them was junior linebacker Khalil Brown holding the jersey of his good friend, Deshaun Hill, number nine. Deshaun, the team’s quarterback, was shot and killed in February at age 15.

“It’s hard to wrap your mind around it,” Khalil said. “Day to day I get better and better with dealing with it. I say to myself, ‘I have to keep going and keep going for him.’”
New Minnesota documentary looks to be the 'Friday Night Lights' of hockey
Beyond the rink, “Hockeyland” features four senior players, including Montreal Canadiens prospect Blake Biondi. It explores the teens' struggles with their mental and physical well being, and gives a glimpse into their home lives. Scenes depicting dates, late night drives and family dynamics share the screen with ice time.

The film also features the coaches, and the role they play in developing the teens as players and as people.
 
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Minnesota Zoo reinforcing bird habitat as escaped magpies are still missing. Several dozen callers from the surrounding Twin Cities community have tipped off zoo officials to sightings of three missing birds who escaped the zoo’s tropical aviary in July but, unfortunately, none of these reports have panned out, zoo officials say.

Britain has an intricate plan that maps out the 10 days after Queen Elizabeth's death.  The British government dubbed the intricate protocol of handling Elizabeth's death "Operation London Bridge." It ranges from succession rules to the process of bringing the queen's coffin from Balmoral Castle in Scotland to London.

Cooler Friday, with rain at times; Southeastern Minn. has the best chance of Sat. showers. Much of northern and western Minnesota will have Friday highs in the 60s. There will be some 70s in southeastern Minnesota and parts of western Wisconsin. Out Twin Cities temp could be in the upper 70s at 1 a.m. Friday, with a high closer to 70 degrees during the daylight hours.
—  Sam Stroozas, MPR News
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