High temperatures Friday afternoon should be in the 30s in the north to mostly 40s in the southern half of the state. Parts of southern Minnesota could warm into the 50s. Some snowfall is possible for the northern half of the state late Friday into Friday night. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.
Coming up on Morning Edition: Officials in Stearns County are facing some big decisions in the coming months. The central Minnesota county needs to replace its outdated jail and expand its court space. It also needs to decide whether to keep the facilities in downtown St. Cloud. As Kirsti Marohn reports, other Minnesota counties with aging jails are facing similar costly choices.
Coming up at 11 a.m.: Hmong author Kao Kalia Yang concludes her family trilogy by sharing her mother’s remarkable story in the new memoir, “Where Rivers Part.” Yang joins host Kerri Miller on this week’s Big Books and Bold Ideas to share what it was like to record the unvarnished truth of her mother’s life and why she couldn’t write this book until now.
For Women’s History Month, MPR News highlighted influential Minnesotans. From athletes to politicians, here are the Minnesota women making a difference.
Around 400 new U.S. citizens from more than 70 countries waved the American flag and sang along to the national anthem at a naturalization ceremony held in Brooklyn Center recently, marking a new milestone in a long journey to Minnesota.
One of them is 32-year-old Shalom Mugisha who was born in Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
“I feel so excited that we have to get citizenship in this country with a lot of opportunities,” said Mugisha. “So blessed and so excited. I’m very happy.”
Stearns County officials face some major decisions on replacing its outdated jail and sheriff’s office, while adding more court space. Other Minnesota counties are facing similar costly choices, as their jails reach the end of their life expectancies and expectations of care change.
“It’s seen its age, obviously,” Sheriff Steve Soyka said. “We’ve pretty much outgrown it from a staff standpoint, but also just looking into the future.”
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