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☁️ Thursday will see cooler temps with the increased cloud cover and some instability-driven, pop-up showers and storms later in the day.

☀️ The weekend looks dry and pleasant with highs near 80 and plenty of sunshine. 

Get the latest weather news on Updraft.
 
Coming up on Morning Edition

🏀 The Minnesota Lynx resume their season tonight at Target Center in Minneapolis after a break for the Paris Olympics. The U.S. Women's Basketball team won a record eighth consecutive gold medal, led to victory by Lynx Coach Cheryl Reeve. Reeve is no stranger to world stages. And, back from France, she joins MPR News host Cathy Wurzer to talk about the Summer Games and resumption of the WNBA season.

✈️ As Gov. Tim Walz jets around the country to campaign for the Democratic presidential ticket, his absence is starting to get noticed in Minnesota. From routine duties to formal meetings to annual festivals he usually attends, the governor is beaming in remotely or having others fill in for him. MPR News political reporter Dana Ferguson reports.

🌊 And we continue our series "Trouble by the water: Minnesota's vanishing natural lakeshores." MPR News correspondent Kirsti Marohn reports about a growing effort to reward property owners who quit mowing — and keep their shoreline natural.
 
Coming up at 9 a.m.
 
🎥 Sound design immerses us in a story. It can make us feel things. Who could forget the whir of the light sabers in the “Star Wars” movies? MPR News host Angela Davis takes a peek behind the scenes of our favorite movies, television shows and live theater productions.

📞 And we want to hear from you, too. What questions do you have about sound in movies, television and theater? Or maybe you’re a sound designer in the industry — what do you love about it? What’s challenging? Call 651-227-6000 or 800-242-2828 during the 9 a.m. hour. 
 
‘Quit mowing’: Turning Minnesota lake homeowners into shoreline stewards, one lawn at a time

A program born in the Brainerd Lakes Area to protect natural shorelines and curb pollution also wants to reset Minnesota’s lake culture. It’s led by property owners, including some who helped create the current environmental problems.
 
Indigenous Food Lab to debut new menu items at the Minnesota State Fair

Nothing may excite more than the new foods that make their debut each year at the Minnesota State Fair. This year, the Indigenous Food Lab will introduce pre-colonial menu options that showcase a taste of the Americas with ingredients from close to home.
 
Minnesota State Fair 101: Your guide to the Great Minnesota Get-Together for 2024

The Minnesota State Fair is nearly here. If you’re working on your game plan to fit in as many Pronto Pups, Sweet Martha’s chocolate chip cookies and corn-themed seed art pieces as you can, then you’ve come to the right place. Here’s what you need to know to make the most out of your visit.
 
What else we're watching:

🗳️ Vice presidential campaign pulls Gov. Tim Walz away from Minnesota. The Minnesota governor appeared in a half-dozen states since he was named to the Democratic ticket and that’s not expected to let up ahead of Election Day.

💰 Moorhead shelter faces financial crisis, possibility of cutting services to unsheltered. A Moorhead shelter announced this week it needed to raise $200,000 by the end of the month or face closure. The shelter houses hundreds of people each year and provides food assistance to thousands through a food pantry.

🏛️ Court disbars Twin Cities attorney after misconduct investigation. The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday banned veteran Twin Cities attorney Michael B. Padden from practicing law in the state after an investigation found a lengthy pattern of misconduct. An investigator found that Padden had forged a client’s signature on a contract and urged another client to skip a sentencing hearing.

📺 Walz agrees to date for vice presidential debate. Republican Sen. JD Vance, former President Donald Trump’s running mate, has not yet agreed to the Oct. 1 date. The first presidential debate between Vice President Harris and Trump will be on Sept. 10 on ABC.

🎨 Art Hounds: Fantastic true stories from Carlisle Evans Peck. From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art. This week: Carlisle Evans Peck’s show “Iconoclasm,” folk music and poetry at MetroNOME Brewery and a reading by Andy Stermer.

💸 Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey proposes $1.88 billion budget. Frey called 2025-26 a “difficult budgetary cycle,” squeezed by “higher but necessary” labor costs, the absence of COVID-19 relief funds and a changed tax base as commercial property values have declined.

— Sam Stroozas and Anna Haecherl, MPR News
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