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Thursday brings a stronger push of warmer air. Highs should reach the lower 80s in the Twin Cities and highs in the mid-80s look likely for southwestern Minnesota on Thursday afternoon. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

🎙️Coming up on Morning Edition: A young St. Paul man is the first person to buy a home using the city’s Inheritance Fund. The goal of the new program is to rebuild intergenerational wealth for the descendants of people in the historically Black Rondo Neighborhood who lost their homes and businesses to Interstate 94 in the 1950s. Matt Sepic reports.

🎧 Coming up at 9 a.m.: Angela Davis talks about the popularity of pickleball, its growing pains and its future. And we want to hear from you, too. Do you play pickleball? What do you enjoy about the game? And if you’ve been playing a while, what changes have you seen since you started? Call 651-227-6000 or 800-242-2828 during the 9 a.m. hour. 

 
First Rondo descendent buys home using St. Paul's Inheritance Fund

Many Rondo residents were paid a pittance for their homes and businesses. A 2020 study found that collectively, the former Rondo residents lost as much as $157 million in equity, adjusted for inflation, wealth they were unable to pass on to subsequent generations.

 
The entrance to a food lab
With origin stories and modern Indigenous cuisine, a new chef comes to Minneapolis

Chef Sean Sherman has gained national recognition for lifting the profile of Indigenous food. Now he’s launching a residency program to lift up other Indigenous chefs. It’s part of his non-profit, North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems or NĀTIFS.  

 
What else we're watching:
"It would be the biggest compact ever": Proposal looks to protect Mississippi River. A proposed compact between the 10 states along the Mississippi River could prevent water diversion and protect the corridor.

Art Hounds: Finding wonder in Bigfork. Terry Leinbach’s abstract show “Wonder” lives up to its name at the Edge Gallery in Bigfork. “The (Almost) Complete and (Mostly) Accurate History of Alcohol” offers laughs and food for thought at Bryant Lake Bowl in Minneapolis. Poets & Pints marks its 100th poetry reading on Sept. 20 at Sisyphus Brewing in Minneapolis.

Minnesotan Connie Wang explores mother-daughter relationship in new memoir. “Oh My Mother!: A Memoir in Nine Adventures” shares the stories of Connie Wang’s relationship with her mother growing up in suburban Minnesota.

"Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom" designers explain why latest hit won't get a follow-up. NPR interviewed Tears of the Kingdom designers Eiji Aonuma and Hidemaro Fujibayashi on the game's success and the Zelda series' future.

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