Thick fog will blanket most of southern Minnesota Friday morning, with some dense fog creeping into central Minnesota. Much of the Twin Cities may hover just above freezing again, but areas just north and west could see more freezing fog and drizzle, making roads icy again Friday morning. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.
Coming up on Morning Edition: There's a push at the Minnesota Capitol to allow adults with terminal illnesses to end their own lives. The proposal has lots of provisions, but advocates say it gives Minnesotans the option to die with dignity instead of in pain and suffering. Dr. Joanne Roberts is a retired hospice director who is now facing her own terminal illness. She joins MPR News host Cathy Wurzer Friday morning.
Coming up at 11 a.m.On this week’s Big Books and Bold Ideas, former poet laureate Tracy K. Smith shares a deeply personal portrait of her family, America’s history and her path to sobriety in “To Free the Captives.”
Following a historic legislative session that delivered a big boost in funding, Minnesota lawmakers say the coming session will focus on adjustments to legislation on literacy, school meals, civics education and school resource officers.
Last session, the DFL-majority Legislature dedicated close to $23 billion to the state K-12 education budget, with sweeping investments in raising the per-pupil formula, launching a change in the way reading is taught and spending on libraries, school support staff and menstrual products in school restrooms.
The Art Shanty Projects has transformed from a solitary shanty in 2004, to a thriving annual winter arts festival. Twenty years later, one shanty has become a village, and a circle of artist friends became an arts nonprofit — Art Shanty Projects — annually programming two weeks of free art events on ice.
Now on Lake Harriet, Jan. 27 to Feb. 11, the frozen lake becomes a temporary arts community with about 20 shanties, each with a different theme, which host live performances, yoga sessions, and a polar bear (“Lady Bear”) that walks the grounds.
What else we're watching:
Better wellness visits, healthier kids: Minnesota pediatricians try a new approach. Some pediatricians in the Twin Cities and St. Cloud are experimenting with a program they say is improving basic kid wellness visits and may lead to better outcomes for some of the youngest, neediest Minnesotans.
Skate punk ceramics: Tetsuya Yamada at Walker Art Center. Tetsuya Yamada's exhibit “Listening” blends traditional ceramics with skate punk culture, reflecting his unique artistic journey.
♨️ Welcome to the MPR Steam Stream! Your soundtrack to warm winter bliss. This year, MPR is bringing the ultimate winter Minnesota moment to the Sauna Village at Malcom Yards duringThe Great Northern Festival from Jan. 19 - Feb. 4! Join us to recharge, rejuvenate and celebrate Minnesota’s bold, creative winters.
