Temperatures will be briefly back above normal for southern Minnesota Wednesday. Colder air moves in Wednesday night, making for a cold Thanksgiving and into the weekend. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.
Coming up on Morning Edition: The panel set up to pick Minnesota’s new state flag got a step closer to pinning that down last night. Members settled on six finalists for the next state flag and five for the state seal that they’ll spend the next few weeks refining. Politics reporter Dana Ferguson brings us the story.
The 43rd annual Hmong New Year festival returns to St. Paul RiverCentre Nov. 25-26. At its center is the Miss Hmong Minnesota pageant, which is rooted in pageants from the Vietnam War in Laos.
Since it started in 1980, St. Paul’s Hmong New Year celebration has grown to be one of the biggest Hmong events in the U.S. The pageant became a staple program of St. Paul’s New Year events in 1984.
Commercial fertilizer and manure applied to crop farms is a major source of nitrate in Minnesota’s water. A new report finds planting crops that keep the soil covered year-round benefits both the environment and farmers.
Last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency told state agencies they need to take action to address nitrate in southeast Minnesota's karst region to protect public health.
A program founded 30 years ago in Minneapolis is now helping single moms out of poverty in nine cities across the country. The Jeremiah Program supports single mothers getting an education while offering early childhood education for their children.
“It’s incredible to watch, and walk alongside the moms that I work with and see all the things they've overcome,” said Megan Thompson.
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Southwestern Minnesota celebrates completion of Highway 14 expansion project. The $84 million project — including a $22 million federal grant received in 2020 — comes after years of trying to improve safety along this stretch of highway. It should also make for quicker travel. Newest member of Minneapolis City Council sworn in early. The newest member of the council was sworn in Tuesday. Aurin Chowdhury took the oath of office at City Hall to fill out the remainder of the term of outgoing council member for Ward 12 Andrew Johnson. He resigned his seat before the end of the year to take on a new job.
Black man's request for jump start in Minneapolis escalates to arrest, civil rights lawsuit . A Minneapolis man alleges in a civil rights lawsuit filed Tuesday that two police officers assaulted him after he asked another driver for a jump start. Said Abdullahi, who’s of Ethiopian descent, said that his car broke down early last year on a side street near Franklin and Cedar Avenues and he asked a white man in another vehicle for help.
