MPR News PM Update

Oct. 27, 2022

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The latest U.S. Drought Monitor report, released Thursday, is largely unchanged from a week ago as dry conditions persist for most of Minnesota.

The only real change is the area of severe drought expanded from 15 percent to 16 percent of Minnesota. Extreme drought continues to grip much of the Twin Cites into south-central and southwestern Minnesota.

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Power down: Explosives topple landmark former power plant in Granite Falls
Demolition experts leveled a decommissioned power plant in western Minnesota on Thursday, using explosives to bring down two giant smokestacks and the nearly century-old building in Granite Falls.
 
Art Hounds: Add some theater to your Halloween weekend
Cabarave combines theater and circus performance with a Halloween-themed nightclub atmosphere this Friday and Saturday night in Minneapolis. Drag performer Roxie Manacoochi performs a Halloween cabaret at Austin Country Club and the Twin Cities Film Fest has a full lineup of shows through Saturday night.
 
Listen: The man who may be the next chief of police in Minneapolis answers our questions
O’Hara sits down live with Cathy Wurzer to talk about his past experience as a police officer and public safety director in Newark, New Jersey his record and his plans for the Minneapolis force.
 
Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura endorses Walz
Ventura, Minnesota’s third-party Reform Party governor from 1999 to 2003 and current independent, said he doesn’t believe in the two major parties but this year's election is too important not to weigh in.
 
Remember the Halloween blizzard of 1991? Grab those photo albums
Better yet, do you have photographic evidence of it? We want 'em. 📸 Send those decades-old snowy (and maybe dusty) photos to our digital producer, Sam Stroozas, at sstroozas@mpr.org.
— Amy Felegy, MPR News
 
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