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Thursday brings a breezy but comfortable day with temperatures in the 80s across most of Minnesota. Tomorrow, get ready for another blast of 90-degree heat as we move into September. Another unseasonably hot weather pattern is setting up over the Upper Midwest this weekend. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

🎙️Coming up on Morning Edition: Stadium events and state fairs can be a little less joyous when you've got allergies and can't indulge in all the fried food goodness. But at the Great Minnesota Get-Together, options for gluten-free fairgoers are growing. Morning Edition is scoping out what you're having for breakfast at the fair this year. Today, Producer Gracie Stockton takes us to a beacon for those with dietary restrictions: Auntie M's Gluten Free.

🎧 Coming up at 9 a.m.:  Minnesota has a vibrant agricultural heritage. But farming has often been inaccessible for non-traditional growers. The last USDA census found that less than 1 percent of Minnesota farmers were people of color. So how do we fix the gap? How can Minnesota achieve more agricultural equity?

Those were the questions MPR News host Angela Davis took to the biggest celebration of agriculture in our state — the Minnesota State Fair. During a special North Star Journey Live conversation on Tuesday, she talked with a panel of experts about what's working to get emerging farmers in the field, and what barriers are still in their way. Listen in to hear what they had to say.

Today at the Minnesota State Fair: You're going to want to join us at the MPR booth at the state fair today at 2 p.m. Our MPR News arts team will be out there with a very special guest: the celebrated chef Sean Sherman. It's a chance to hear about his restaurants and what's inspiring him these days, and we'll also have some State Fair trivia from our arts team, Alex V. Cippole and Jacob Aloi.
 
Then and now at the Fair: Architecture of the miniature city

Think of the Minnesota State Fair as a miniature city. Like a city, the fairgrounds have been built up over more than 150 years, says Dingliang Yang, an assistant professor of architecture at the University of Minnesota.

As a result, the structures of the State Fair manifest in a wide range of architectural styles and eras.

“You can see buildings from the 1920s, buildings from the 1970s, or even buildings from the 19th century,” Yang says. “So, it's a collection of different styles reflecting different ideas.”

We toured the fairgrounds with Yang to learn more about the myriad architecture styles of the miniature city. And MPR News photojournalist Ben Hovland used film as he shot the current-day images to compare with when the structures were new.
Latino businesses thrive at the Minnesota State Fair

We are on the threshold of September, known as Hispanic Heritage Month, and for the first time La Raza Radio, Minnesota’s top Latino radio station, will host an event called Pan-Latino Day at the State Fair. Pan-Latino Day is part of the 2023 new attractions and it will be held at Dan Patch Park starting at 9 a.m. Saturday. 

But you can get a taste of Latin America every day at the fair. From Mexico to Ecuador, here are some of the Latino voices making the 2023 Great Minnesota Get-Together diverse and special.

 
What else we're watching:

Still no strong 2024 GOP challenger for Klobuchar. As DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar prepares to seek a fourth term next year, a strong Republican challenger has yet to emerge.

Triking with a tuba in tow, from delta to headwaters. Anyone in marching band who carried a tuba around had a more physically demanding job than most. Now, imagine pulling a tuba behind you while traveling the length of the Mississippi River — by tricycle. Jon Hodkin is a tuba player from Scotland and he’s in Minnesota nearing the end of just such a journey.

Out-of-pocket prescription costs for Minnesotans to decrease in next few years. The federal government is moving ahead with plans to give Medicare a seat at the bargaining table when it comes to negotiating prices for prescription drugs. Here's what it could mean for Minnesotans.

Idalia extends its destruction along the southeastern U.S. coastline. The storm initially slammed into Florida's Gulf Coast as a Category 3 hurricane with 125 mph winds.


— Sam Stroozas, MPR News
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