Scattered rain and snow showers will continue to move across Minnesota Friday. Much of central and northern Minnesota will see snowfall Friday night into early Saturday. Farther south, snowfall is less likely to accumulate to anything significant. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.
Coming up on Morning Edition: You may have heard of Betty Whiteout, Ctrl Salt Delete, Sleetwood Mac or Plowy McPlowface — past winners of MnDOT's Name a Snowplow Contest — but what about Ičamna or Giiwedin? Some plow drivers are hoping it’s an opportunity to keep Indigenous languages alive — one truck at a time.
Coming up at 11 a.m.:At an event for MPR members earlier this fall, poet Major Jackson, host of APM’s daily poetry podcast The Slowdown, told Kerri Miller that writing poetry is a physical, sometimes even violent, experience. At 11 a.m., listen to their whole conversation.
In Minnesota, tax-forfeited properties generate millions of dollars that local governments use to run their operations, according to an analysis of public records by MPR News, APM Reports and the APM Research Lab.
The practice is now in question after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in May. The court ruled that Hennepin County violated the constitutional rights of 94-year-old Geraldine Tyler when it sold Tyler’s Minneapolis condominium for $40,000. Since Tyler owed the county $15,000 in unpaid taxes, interest and penalties, the court ruled she’s entitled to the remaining proceeds from the sale.
They’re down to colors, star shapes and other finer points to punctuate a new Minnesota flag. Members of the State Emblems Redesign Commission are set to reconvene Friday with just a few finalists left to drive the discussion.
They must make their selection before the end of the month and seem inclined to create a hybrid of three submissions that made it this far before sending one up the proverbial flagpole.
A Facebook Marketplace listing for a $150 casket in Minneapolis, humorously “tested” by Thomas Edison Hicks, a multi-talented local figure, reveals his spirited approach to life and death, culminating in a unique “FUN-eral” celebration and the use of AI to preserve his legacy.
The family offered to make AI Tom available to answer questions from MPR News. So we asked: What is your advice for those who fear death? You''ll have to read the article to find out.
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Behind the data: A look at Minnesota counties that profited from tax forfeited properties. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this summer that counties can no longer profit from the sale of tax-forfeited properties. We analyzed data from the state’s most populous counties and found local governments pocketed millions. This analysis examines the data underpinning this MPR News Story.
