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Friday will see a return of normal to even above normal temperatures with highs well into the 70s and even 80s. Some patchy rain is expected to spread across Minnesota on Saturday and continue into Saturday evening. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

🎙️Coming up on Morning Edition: Evictions in Olmsted County are moving faster than housing advocates expected this year. That's putting a strain on emergency services available to people facing eviction. MPR News reporter Catharine Richert tells us what's happening in Rochester is a microcosm of a statewide trend.

🎧 Coming up at 11 a.m.:  This week on Big Books and Bold Ideas, Minnesota novelist Julie Schumacher joins host Kerri Miller in the studio for a rollicking and candid conversation about how she channels her character Professor Jason Fitger, why she hopes he’s likeable in spite of all his faults and the frustrations she shares with him about the future of academia. 
 
Black developers revitalize Lake St. landmark torched after Floyd murder

It’s been more than three years since the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the civil unrest that followed. Now several Black entrepreneurs aim to bring business owners of color back to a hard-hit part of the city.

They’re revitalizing an historic retail building that was nearly lost to arson, with the hope that their success will encourage others to follow suit.

 
The State Fair hopes this was your last year throwing stuff off the SkyGlider

For people riding the SkyGlider during this year’s Minnesota State Fair, there’s a good chance many riders saw a familiar yet surprising sight — a colorful array of bras, underwear, countless scrunchies, stuffed animals and even a VHS tape decorating the roof of the Kemps Little Farm Hands exhibit. 

No one seems to know how the tradition began, but year after year, the roof ends up being a display the public curates for the fair.

The Little Farm Hands staff usually waits until the fair ends to clear the roof of the items, according to media stories in prior years. But this year was different — the State Fair cleaned it off in the middle of the fair.

 
What else we're watching:
Minneapolis festival celebrates monarch’s fall migration to Mexico. The festival honors the monarch’s annual fall migration, a 2,300-mile journey, as well as other connections between Minnesota and Mexico. 

Rochester eviction rates show no sign of slowing. Evictions in Olmsted County are moving faster than housing advocates expected this year. That's putting a strain on emergency services available to people facing eviction. The city is a microcosm of a trend playing out statewide.

In Minnesota, thirsty crops put ground water levels at risk. To help us understand the state of groundwater in Minnesota, MPR News host Cathy Wurzer spoke with Department of Natural Resources Hydrologist Ellen Considine, as well as Bob Shimek, an extension educator with White Earth Tribal and Community College who is active with water issues. 

Deaths of 3 people at Breezy Point resort deemed murder-suicide. Investigators concluded that Michael Charles Toner, 59, of Maple Grove, shot his partner and her daughter before shooting himself.

— Sam Stroozas, MPR News
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