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Friday into the weekend will see seasonable temperatures with a chance for some spotty storms developing Saturday for portions of Minnesota. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

🎙️Coming up on Morning Edition: Minneapolis’ new community safety director is out, just a year after being appointed. Cedric Alexander announced he is retiring as the city sits at the precipice of a federal consent decree over the Minneapolis Police Department. We'll have that and all the day's news.

🎧 Coming up at 11 a.m.: Don’t miss this week’s Big Books and Bold Ideas, where host Kerri Miller talks with Max Porter, author of “Grief is the Thing with Feathers” and his new novel, "Shy." It’s a conversation that ranges from parenting teenage boys to junglist music, to the importance of literacy and the essentialness of trees.
 
Program partners with schools to help reduce number of homeless families in Hennepin County

Studies show students who experience homelessness or housing instability are more likely to be chronically absent and less likely to complete high school and continue in their education. Now — a local program is aiming to find permanent solutions to the problems families experiencing homelessness may face.

 
What else we're watching:
What we know: How, when, where you’ll be able to get recreational weed. Recreational marijuana becomes legal in Minnesota in under two weeks. Beginning Aug. 1, people 21 and older can possess, use and grow cannabis in limited amounts. Purchasing marijuana, on the other hand, is a bit more complex — at least for now.  

Think you have talent? You could win $10,000 at the Minnesota State Fair. The Minnesota State Fair celebrates its 50th amateur talent show this year, featuring various prize categories with nightly awards. Registration closes 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 26.

Hennepin County treatment court graduates commit to long-term recovery at first ceremony since COVID. “I knew sitting in a box, in a cell, was not going to help solve the root issue, which was my addiction, and deeper than that, the pain that I was masking,” Azaria said. “I never thought I'd graduate and get sober and remain sober.”

MPCA: American Crystal Sugar Company didn't follow wastewater rules. A prominent sugar and agricultural producer has been found responsible for pollutants in nearby bodies of water in northwestern Minnesota.

Leaked groundwater containing tritium may have reached Mississippi River in Monticello. Xcel Energy says groundwater containing radioactive tritium may have reached the edge of the Mississippi River in Monticello, but at very low levels that don’t pose a risk to human health or the environment.

— Sam Stroozas, MPR News
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