MPR News PM Update

Oct. 8, 2022

Here it comes, Minnesota.

Tuesday brings a balmy air mass and what could be the last 80-degree day for the Twin Cities and parts of southern Minnesota. Enjoy the red shades across southern Minnesota on Tuesday’s high-temperature map. We may not see them again for a few months.

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Protesters camp in front of Minneapolis City Hall to fight encampment evictions
Activists set up the protest on Sunday night. By Monday morning it had grown to five tents, a couple canopies and banners, including one draped in front of a statue of former Minneapolis Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey, which read “Stop the sweeps. No evictions on stolen land.”  
Opera of a trans woman's coming of age opens this week in Duluth
Lyric Opera of the North opens its season with a groundbreaking opera, “As One.” Companies around the world have performed the chamber opera. In Duluth, the lead role of will be played by two singers, a baritone and a mezzo-soprano.
Which Indigenous lands are you on? This map will show you
Native Land Digital, a Canadian nonprofit, offers resources for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to learn more about the land and its history. It hopes its map will be just a part of that journey.
 
L'etoile du Gourd! Massive Minnesota pumpkin squashes U.S. record
A horticulture teacher from Minnesota has set a new U.S. record for the heaviest pumpkin after raising a giant gourd weighing 2,560 pounds. Travis Gienger, of Anoka, Minn. won an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California Monday. 
MPCA settles lawsuit with longtime employee who raised petroleum complaints
In the agreement reached last month, the MPCA agreed to pay Mark Toso $159,000 plus mediation fees, but did not admit any wrongdoing.  
— Kaila White, MPR News
 
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