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State Fair kickoff + Chippewa Tribe elections

April 2, 2024

Happy Tuesday! A major wintry storm will dump heavy snow in southeastern Minnesota and across much of Wisconsin. Highs will be mostly in the 40s across the state. Get more on Updraft.

Can’t wait for the State Fair? Summer kickoff event will return in May

The Minnesota State Fair is still almost five months away — but on Memorial Day weekend, fair fans can get an early taste of the festivities at the fourth annual Kickoff to Summer at the Fair.

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Minnesota Chippewa Tribe primary elections take place Tuesday

The six member nations of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe are voting in primary elections Tuesday. Two candidates from each race for leadership positions will advance to the general election in June.

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💉 ‘Overdue for action’: Pharmacists press for financial help, changes to prevent closures

DFL lawmakers at the Capitol are carrying legislation that would boost pharmacy reimbursement rates and replicate federal policy that let pharmacies test and vaccinate against more illnesses.

🚏 Community service officers will enforce fares on Metro Transit buses

Community service officers are riding Metro Transit buses to ramp up fare enforcement efforts. The move is an expansion from the officers riding light rail trains last December, following new transportation legislation.

🚨 Feds indict drug-trafficking ring targeting Duluth, announce a new Duluth-based prosecutor

Federal prosecutors have indicted eight people for allegedly dealing fentanyl and meth in Duluth. Meanwhile U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger said his office has for the first time hired a full-time prosecutor based in Duluth.

🌔 When and how to watch the solar eclipse in Minnesota, where it’ll be about 75 percent visible

While Minnesota won’t be in the path of totality on Monday, an eclipse in any form is still “the most unearthly experience you can have on the earth,” according to longtime UW-La Crosse Planetarium Director Bob Allen. Here’s how and when can you can safely look skyward to witness the cosmic event.

📝 Testimony continues at trial for man charged in Apple River stabbing

Testimony continued Tuesday in the murder trial of a Minnesota man charged in the fatal stabbing of a teenager during a tubing trip in western Wisconsin in the summer of 2022.

🏛️ Final three defendants plead guilty in Minnesota murder case taken away from local prosecutor

In a plea agreement, Erick Haynes pleaded guilty Monday to one count of first-degree murder in the 2022 death of Zaria McKeever. Eriana Haynes and Tavion James pleaded guilty to one count each of aiding an offender after the fact for helping to cover up the shooting.

📇 High-demand Spanish immersion classes face cuts as Minneapolis Public Schools grapples with shortfall

From Sahan Journal: The proposal to cut seven classrooms in the dual-language program comes as the district has seen a surge of students who speak Spanish as their home language.

– Nicole Johnson, MPR News

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