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Temperatures will be relatively mild still Monday but with cloudy skies. A cold front will bring a chance of rain and snow showers late Monday into Tuesday. Much colder air will arrive by Thanksgiving. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

Coming up on  Morning Edition: With winter on its way a non-profit called MAHUBE-OTWA is working to winterize homes throughout northwest and central Minnesota. The organization formed in the mid-1960s as part of President Johnson's "War on Poverty" and is still meeting the challenge. Reporter Mathew Holding Eagle III tagged along with one of the organizations energy auditors.

Coming up at 9 a.m.: 40 years ago, Ann Bancroft and Jan Malcolm met on a basketball court and became close friends. That was long before Malcolm went on to serve as Minnesota Health Commissioner under three Minnesota governors and guide the state through the COVID-19 pandemic. It was also before Bancroft became the first woman to reach the North Pole by foot with dog sled. It's the latest in Angela Davis' Power Pairs series.
 
Rosalynn Carter, transformative former first lady and mental health advocate, dies

Rosalynn Carter, the wife of former President Jimmy Carter and a longtime mental health advocate and humanitarian, died on Sunday in her home in Plains, Ga., surrounded by family, according to the Carter Center. She was 96.

The Carter Center announced Rosalynn Carter was in hospice care on Friday. Her family said earlier this year that she was diagnosed with dementia. Jimmy Carter, who is 99, has been in hospice care since February.
 
Agency combats poverty one energy audit at a time

With winter fast approaching, a nonprofit called MAHUBE-OTWA is working to winterize homes throughout northwest and central Minnesota. The organization was formed in the mid-1960s as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson's “War on Poverty” and is still meeting the challenge.

As a community action agency, MAHUBE-OTWA is part of a national network that since its creation has assisted over 40 million people living in poverty. Currently, the Detroit Lakes-based agency has a budget of more than $17 million.

Its name sounds like it’s rooted in an Indigenous language, but it's actually an acronym for the five counties it serves: Mahnomen, Hubbard, Becker, Otter Tail and Wadena.
 
What else we're watching:

MnDOT to tap into wireless alert systems for highway closures. With the impending possibility of winter weather shutting down highways, the Minnesota Department of Transportation has a new capacity this year to send an alert straight to your phone.

Black-led community center aims to address diabetes health disparities in Minnesota. The Sabathani Community Center in Minneapolis kicked off its “Better Together” initiative on Saturday, a collaboration with the Hue-Man Partnership and United Healthcare, designed to address health disparities in diabetes care and prevention.

Karl-Anthony Towns' 29 points and late scoring leads Timberwolves past Pelicans 121-120. Towns capped a 29-point performance with a running floater off the glass with 5 seconds left, and the Minnesota Timberwolves overcame a 14-point deficit in the final 7:32 to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 121-120.

K-12 schools improve protection against online attacks, but many are vulnerable to ransomware gangs. Some K-12 public schools are racing to improve protection against the threat of online attacks. But lax cybersecurity means thousands of others are vulnerable to ransomware gangs that can steal confidential data and disrupt operations.

Scientists turn invasive carp into traitors to slow their Great Lakes push. State and federal wildlife agencies have developed a new weapon to slow down invasive carp across the Great Lakes region: traitor fish. Over the last five years, agencies have worked to capture invasive carp in Lake Erie and the Illinois and Mississippi rivers and implant them with transmitters.
— Matt Mikus, MPR News


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