Wednesday's temperatures will still be well above normal, with highs in the low 60s across southern Minnesota and 50s and 40s in the north. Clouds will increase ahead of a system that could bring significant rain to parts of southern Minnesota. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.
Coming up on Morning Edition: Later this spring, Allina Health says it will relocate Mercy Hospital's ICU and surgical services from Fridley to Coon Rapids due to low patient volume and high renovation costs. It's also dissolving its pediatric services entirely in Coon Rapids, citing a decline in its pediatric patients there.
Health care providers facing layoffs are holding a press conference this afternoon to share how the closures will impact the north metro community, including disrupted patient care. Dr. Taylor Dalsing is a pediatrician at Mercy Hospital in Fridley, and she will join MPR News host Cathy Wurzer to tell us more.
Coming up at 9 a.m.:You probably don’t think much about your nose, unless it’s stuffed up. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with two doctors about the wonders of how our nose works, common nasal and sinus problems and how to treat them.
Since it was first discovered in a St. Paul neighborhood in 2009, the invasive emerald ash borer has slowly munched its way northwestward across the state and has now reached the doorstep of the largest stretch of ash forest in North America.
That has researchers scrambling to learn more about how the invasive pest is faring in Minnesota’s quickly warming winters, and preparing for what might follow an ash borer invasion in the state’s northern forests.
Amid growing amounts of discarded packaging materials, lawmakers ask: Who should pay to deal with it and how to slim the pile? A bill before the Minnesota Legislature puts that onus on packaging companies.
“Individual action to decide to recycle something and put it into a recycle bin rather than a trash can really matters,” Eureka Recycling co-president Katie Drews said. “But we really need that policy to actually move the needle forward.”
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Minnesota-grown technology helps scientists track wildlife around the globe. Much of the research conducted around the world on hundreds of species of wildlife — from large mammals including moose and wolves, to birds and fish and reptiles, even insects — relies on technology developed, in part, in Minnesota. Climate solution or pipe dream? Carbon capture and coal power plants. An electric cooperative that serves customers in Minnesota and North Dakota wants to build one of the worlds largest carbon capture facilities. Skeptics doubt Project Tundra will work, but the Biden administration has thrown its support behind the nearly $2 billion project. Proposed bill would ban legacy admissions at all Minnesota colleges. State Sen. Clare Oumou Verbeten, DFL-St. Paul, introduced a bill on Tuesday that would prohibit Minnesota colleges and universities from considering a person’s legacy status or relationship to a donor in admissions.
