Good morning Minnesota!

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

WEATHER

⛈️ Storms will likely bubble up Wednesday in western Minnesota and cross into eastern Minnesota by Thursday.

⚠️ Keep an eye out for possible severe weather watches and warnings. Highs Wednesday will remain in the summery 80s ahead of the front. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

Minnesotans who lost their home to tax forfeiture may be entitled to money. Here’s how to claim it

The U.S. Supreme Court declared Minnesota’s process for handling tax-forfeited properties unconstitutional. Now, Geraldine Tyler and other affected Minnesotans stand to receive thousands of dollars as part of a legal settlement.

UW-River Falls adopts suicide prevention plan after 4 student deaths

River Falls leaders have unveiled their plan in the case of another student death, which they hope they’ll “never have to use.” The campus has been working on developing a “postvention plan” — a coordinated response among university officials, faculty and staff and some students — in the case of another student death on campus.

NEWS ROUNDUP

👩‍⚖️ Prosecutors drop shelter attack charges against ‘misidentified’ suspect. Prosecutors say a man arrested Friday was not the person who pistol whipped two women outside St. Anne’s Place on Sept. 5 and fired a shot into an unoccupied car during a dispute over street parking.

🗣️ Trump held his first campaign event since the apparent assassination attempt. Trump’s town hall in Michigan was shorter than his typical campaign rally, but he used the event to discuss everything from the failed attempts on his life to a promise to boost the auto industry.

🏛️ Senate Republicans again block legislation to guarantee the right to IVF. Republicans have blocked for a second time this year legislation to establish a nationwide right to in vitro fertilization, arguing that the vote is an election-year stunt after Democrats forced a vote on the issue.

🎤 Harris calls Trump’s remarks about Haitian immigrants in Springfield a ‘crying shame.’ Harris said Trump’s remarks about immigrants eating pets were lies rooted in racist tropes, and in some of her most forceful language yet about the debunked claim, insisted it “has to to stop.”

💸 The Federal Reserve is on the verge of cutting interest rates. Here’s what to know. The Fed is expected to start cutting interest rates on Wednesday — marking a milestone in the central bank’s long-running battle against inflation.

MUST LISTEN

🎧 Students, secretary of state partner to pre-register young voters. In Minnesota, you can register in person up to Election Day, but the online and mail registration deadlines are Oct. 15.

🎧 As Minnesota's population grows older, some push for new state department on aging. Minnesota's older population is aging quickly. Some are calling on a new state department for aging.

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

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