A system is clipping southeast Minnesota with rain and snow showers Friday. The rest of the state will be cooler with decreasing clouds ahead of a sun-filled weekend. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.
Coming up on Morning Edition: There's a big boom in women's sports popularity in Minnesota. Nicole Lavoi, director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport, joins MPR News host Cathy Wurzer to talk about what's led to the popularity and a rapidly growing and dedicated fanbase. Coming up at 11a.m.:Tommy Orange joins MPR News Host Kerri Miller on this week’s Big Books and Bold Ideas to discuss how he weaves stories that are both historical and modern in an attempt to highlight the importance of family and honoring ancestors as a way to rebuild identity and belonging.
The outbreak has now sickened 15 people. Health investigators believe the source is the city’s water distribution system. Grand Rapids does not regularly disinfect its water supply with chlorine, which health officials say can help control Legionella bacteria.
Using genome sequencing, investigators linked that bacteria to patients’ respiratory samples. They determined the people who got sick had only one thing in common: They were all exposed to the city’s water.
Is love truly blind? We may never know, but it is definitely coming to Minnesota. The local gossip mill has been spewing all things “Love is Blind” since it was announced last year that a season would be filmed in Minneapolis.
Minneapolis resident Adriana Holley said it best: “It’s just been in the back of my mind constantly. I’m always thinking about ‘Love is Blind.’"
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After fierce testimony, lawmakers pump the brakes on return of White Earth Forest land return bill. After at times emotional testimony, the Senate Environment, Climate and Legacy Committee on Thursday voted to table a proposal to transfer White Earth State Forest land to the White Earth Nation, a tribal nation located east of Fargo.
Judge rejects wrongful death suit over Brooklyn Park police shooting. U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank dismissed Dimock’s suit. He ruled that the officers are entitled to qualified immunity, a legal doctrine that protects police and other officials from civil lawsuits unless they knowingly violate “clearly established law.”
