Sept. 15, 2023

Saturday afternoon highs will also be in the lower 70s across southern Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin. Get the latest on Updraft.

Rosh Hashanah begins Friday night and many Jewish families around the world will be celebrating with apples and honey to usher in a sweet new year.

Adejoke Adedeji, owner of Nexus of Hope, started the psychiatric clinic after a personal experience with mental illness. Now, she serves as a vital resource for Minnesota Nigerians and other people of color seeking culturally inclusive mental health care.

Vikings, Mattison condemn racist messages

The Minnesota Vikings issued a statement Friday saying they were “sickened” by racist slurs directed at running back Alexander Mattison after Thursday night's game in Philadelphia.

The meeting included about 20 agencies as the state explores ways to respond to the months-long dry pattern. This week’s U.S. Drought Monitor update showed about 99 percent of Minnesota is in formal drought status.

Twin Cities drivers will have to contend with a pair of freeway closures this weekend, affecting stretches of Interstate 35W and Interstate 94.

At the time, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) forensic scientists obtained DNA from the remains but it did not match to anyone in the missing persons or convicted offender databases. Despite exhaustive investigative efforts over the years, who she was and how she died remained unknown.

Newly-released tests of the boosters so far suggest it is largely effective against the most commonly circulating COVID-19 variants (EG5 and FL 1.5.1) as well as the emerging BA.2.86 variant, even though it was specifically designed to combat a variant that has since waned (XBB.1.5).

Beginning Oct. 2, the rail service will make three southbound trips each weekday morning, and three southbound trips each weekday afternoon.

- Sam Stroozas, MPR News

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