Good morning,
After some hot ones, September-like weather returns. Mostly sunny today with highs in the 60s. Time to break out that light jacket? And speaking of fall...
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Andrew Krueger | MPR News |
Presenting: The ultimate guide to a Minnesota fall. The season in Minnesota is spectacular but short, so time is of the essence. Using your suggestions, we're creating a list of what to see and do before autumn is over.
Categories include:
1) Peep the fall foliage
2) Find the apple of your eye
3) Get scared on purpose
4) Run the Twin Cities Marathon (or cheer them on)
5) Camp among the changing trees
6) Pick (and carve) a pumpkin
7) Shop local fall farmers markets
8) Cheers with a seasonal brew
9) Serve up your own seasonal treats
10) Watch our feathered friends fly south
11) Help grow Minnesota's forests
Check out the full guide with suggestions in every category, and let us know what we're missing here.
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| Despite occasional loud protests and objections to COVID-19 restrictions, a new statewide poll from MPR News/Star Tribune/FRONTLINE/KARE 11 shows only 30 percent of registered Minnesota voters said coronavirus restrictions have gone too far. | | |
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Forty-three percent say the restrictions have been about right, and 26 percent said they haven’t gone far enough. Those who haven't been vaccinated are almost universally against vaccine mandates.
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Half of poll respondents oppose vaccine requirements for attend a bar or restaurant, while 44 percent support. Forty-nine percent oppose vaccine requirements for returning to workplaces, while 43 percent support it. Opinions shifted some when it comes to vaccination requirements to attend crowded events.
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Minnesotans offered an even more supportive view of mask requirements in schools. Of those polled, 59 percent said they support requiring teachers and students to wear face masks, compared to 35 percent who are opposed.
The poll shows strong confidence in the vaccine. Seventy-two percent were either very or somewhat confident of the vaccine’s ability to protect against variants of the virus. Another 26 percent were either not too confident or not at all confident.
More on this poll from Tim Pugmire.
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Small business help: More than $64 million is available in grants for small businesses in Minnesota hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic. Businesses have through Sept. 29 to apply. The “Minnesota Main Street COVID relief grants” range from $10,000 to $25,000, depending on the size of the business. Companies with up to 200 employees are eligible to apply for the program.
Happened in St. Paul: Four Twin Cities-area residents found shot to death in an abandoned SUV in rural Wisconsin were killed in St. Paul, St. Paul police said Monday as they announced they were taking over as lead investigators. Two suspects are in custody.
Questions in Cold Spring: July iis the first time the Cold Spring Police Department reported a racially-motivated crime in 2021, after a vehicle with a block of granite on the accelerator crashed into the home of a multiracial family. That's raising questions, as property damage on May 4 and May 10 allegedly involving the same suspect and the same family were not reported to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension as motivated by bias, a newspaper investigation found.
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