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Temperatures will plunge well below freezing across most of Minnesota Wednesday morning. Blizzard warnings have been issued in western Minnesota and a winter weather advisory includes the Twin Cities. Get the latest on Updraft.

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New app will help preserve and teach Dakota language one word at a time

A new app, which creators say is one of the largest dictionaries of its kind, will preserve and expand the use of the Dakota language one word at a time.

The dictionary app Dakhóta Iápi Wičhóie Wówapi has over 28,000 words, with more to come in future updates and editions. It’s a “talking dictionary” with nearly 40,000 audio files to listen to women and men speak Dakota terms.

It also includes conjugations and verb changes from first-person to second-person to first-person plural. After five years of planning and development, it has finally launched on iOS.

 
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Blizzard conditions close highways, schools in western Minnesota. Light snow and northerly winds gusting to nearly 50 mph were creating near-zero visibility at times. MnDOT said Interstate 94 remained closed between Fergus Falls and Moorhead early Wednesday.

16-year-old charged with murder in St. Paul Harding High stabbing. The teen was charged Tuesday by juvenile petition. The Ramsey County Attorney's Office said it's seeking to have him tried as an adult.

Activists say diversifying police forces not best answer to cop misconduct. There’s been a drive for decades to diversify the nation’s mostly white police forces, including in the Twin Cities. But the recent fatal beating of a Black man by five Black Memphis police officers has renewed questions about the role police officer diversity plays in reducing officer misconduct or brutality.

How Minnesota’s school funding leaves the most in-need districts behind. Minnesota’s funding for public K-12 schools is above the national average, but data analyzed by Minneapolis Schools Voices reveals the aggregate picture obscures significant inequities in the state’s funding system. 

Appetites: Drown your winter sorrows in a bowl of this bright, creamy parsnip soup. Beth Dooley’s parsnip soup with cumin and black pepper has a creamy consistency smooth enough to make you think you’re indulging. And a hit of lime and apples adds a little brightness during these cold, dark days.

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