⛈️ Rainfall patterns through Tuesday favor more rain across the northern half of Minnesota, but another line of storms will likely reach the Twin Cities Tuesday afternoon and evening. A cold front will spawn more storms later in the day with potential severe weather and heavy rainfall. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.
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☔There is a lot of rain coming down on Minnesota right now. MnDOT is closing some roads near Henderson, Chaska and Watertown. The city of Delano is bracing for the south fork of the Crow River to breach its banks. And there's an active flash flood warning in Polk County. After a balmy, dry winter, how prepared is Minnesota for flooding as severe storms sweep across the state? Ceil Strauss, state floodplain manager, joins us with answers.
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✊🏿 MPR News guest host Nina Moini talks with Kevin Lindsey, CEO of the Minnesota Humanities Center, about what the nonprofit organization is doing to mark Juneteenth and how better understanding the past can help address injustice today.
☎️ And we want to hear from you, too. What questions do you have for Kevin Lindsey? What do you want to know about the Minnesota Humanities Center? And, if you’re marking Juneteenth with a celebration or remembrance of Black history, what are your plans? Call 651-227-6000 or 800-242-2828 during the 9 a.m. hour.
One month ago Tuesday, two canoeists survived a harrowing plunge over a Boundary Waters waterfall. Two disappeared. For the next 16 days, members of the St. Louis County Rescue Squad searched for them.
Of the 95 members of the St. Louis County Rescue Squad, 61 took part in the Curtain Falls mission. Combined they worked almost 6,000 hours. For free. They’re all volunteers.
The St. Louis County Rescue Squad formed in 1958. Rick Slatten’s father was one of the charter members. His earliest memories are of his dad getting dressed for searches, and staying up past his bedtime to hear his stories when he returned.
“I have the search gene in my DNA,” Slatten stated.
Across the country, state legislatures are becoming more politically polarized. That’s led some moderate Minnesota lawmakers to step down.
Democratic Rep. Dave Lislegard, of Aurora, is retiring to spend more time with family. He said as a moderate DFLer, he’s worried about polarization taking hold in Minnesota.
“The fear is that the legislators down in St. Paul, and some of these areas, they’re being pushed farther left; Greater Minnesota is becoming further right,” Lislegard said. “When you have that it makes it very hard to govern. We need to tear down some of these walls, between Democrats and Republicans, between Greater Minnesota and the metro. We cannot survive in silos anymore.”
