Good morning, Minnesota. Happy Monday!

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

WEATHER

🥶 Expect a very cold start to the week. Extreme cold warnings and cold weather advisories persist through late Monday morning with extreme cold warnings in effect again tonight into Tuesday morning, statewide.

Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

Trump moves on budget, policy cast shadow over Minnesota Legislature

The policies and priorities of President Donald Trump can be seen in St. Paul as lawmakers consider the spilldown effects. Meanwhile, protests of Trump across the country are planned with one happening in Minnesota on President's Day.

In rural Minnesota, a longtime township clerk puts his faith in neighbors

Loren Ingebretsen has been a politician for 45 years at the most grassroots level of American politics, the township board. It's vital work across Minnesota that rarely gets noticed.

Community event: My family's immigration story — and yours

How do we remember the journeys that brought us to Minnesota? And why do those stories matter, now more than ever? Join immigration reporters Sarah Thamer from MPR News and Katelyn Vue from Sahan Journal on Feb. 20 for an evening of arrival stories, inspiration and advice on preserving your own family's history and culture. Get more information and register at MPREvents.org.

NEWS ROUNDUP

🚨 Gas station TVs throughout the Midwest will show missing Bemidji teen's poster in attempt to generate leads. Jeremy Jourdain was last seen at a family member's Bemidji home on Halloween in 2016. He was 17 at the time. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children partnered with gas station video company GSTV for a new campaign.

🪧 Protests are set to take place on Presidents Day. These demonstrations are being organized by the 50501 Movement, which stands for "50 protests. 50 states. 1 movement."

🏛️ Courts block Trump's DOGE actions - chaos, panic not proving to be best legal strategy. The Trump administration and its Department of Government Efficiency team continue to crash into more federal agencies- shutting down ongoing work and firing thousands of federal employees.

🗯️ German chancellor slams Vance's call for Europe to be inclusive of far-right parties.

Olaf Scholz rebuked U.S. Vice President JD Vance for suggesting that far-right parties should not be shut out of government. Germany's other political parties have refused to work with the far-right AfD.

💉 How changes to a CDC vaccine panel under Kennedy could reshape policy. A committee of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is critical in setting national vaccine policy. It's also vulnerable to political interference.

☁️ Trump officials signal potential changes at NOAA, the weather and climate agency. Federal workers at the home agency for the National Weather Service are concerned about a potential overhaul by Trump officials focused on cutting government costs.

MUST LISTEN

🎧 Timberwolves dancer who became Minneapolis 'Love Is Blind' contestant takes us inside the pods. Among the cast members is Yemi Ajagbe, a product sales manager and dancer for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

🎧 Meteorologist travels to Antarctica to witness ice loss. MPR News meteorologists Paul Huttner and Sven Sundgaard talk about Antarctica, and how rising temperatures are changing the environment for wild on land and sea.

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