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Storms knock out power + Jamal Mitchell funeral

June 17, 2024

☂️You can expect high temperatures and humidity tonight with rain starting around 9p.m. Storms will continue Tuesday afternoon, so don't put those umbrellas away yet! Get the latest on Updraft.

Strong storms knock out power to thousands across Minnesota; rivers on the rise

As of 1 p.m. Monday, Xcel Energy was reporting outages affecting nearly 2,000 of its Minnesota customers. That number was down from nearly 13,000 earlier in the day.

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Family holds hometown funeral for fallen Minneapolis police officer Jamal Mitchell

Mitchell lived in New Haven until 2018, when he moved to Minnesota. Mitchell and his long-term partner were raising four children in Maple Grove.

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🌈 How Minnesota has led the way for rural community pride events despite pushback

Itasca Pride in Grand Rapids is facing pushback as they get ready for their first ever celebration this weekend. But despite that, rural pride events are still successful in Minnesota.

🏛️ Gov. Walz responds to audit critical of administration’s handling of Feeding Our Future fraud

A report from the legislative auditor last week says “actions and inactions” by the Department of Education opened the door for fraud in taxpayer-funded child nutrition programs.

🚓 911 call transcripts provide more insight into what happened on May 30 shooting in Minneapolis

While there are still many unanswered questions, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has asked the Minneapolis Police Department to hold off on releasing body camera video, which could help fill in some of the gaps.

🚗 Uber and Lyft are fighting minimum wage laws. But in this state, the drivers won

In Minnesota, the campaign was particularly aggressive. Interviews with drivers and lawmakers, along with internal emails and documents obtained by NPR, show that Minnesota was the target of an intense operation.

⚾ Miranda hits home run in 8th as Twins win 8-7 to take doubleheader from A's for four-game sweep

Jose Miranda hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning and the Minnesota Twins beat the Oakland Athletics 8-7 Sunday night to take both games of a split doubleheader and finish a sweep of the four-game series.

🩺 Half of U.S. military bases in the country are in ‘health care deserts’

An NPR analysis found that 50 percent of active duty military installations stand within federally designated health professional shortage areas (HPSA). Those are places where medical services are hard to find — commonly called “health care deserts.”

📱 Tobacco-like warning label for social media sought by U.S. surgeon general who asks Congress to act

In a Monday opinion piece in the The New York Times, Dr. Vivek Murthy said that social media is a contributing factor in the mental health crisis among young people. Murthy said that the use of just a warning label wouldn’t make social media safe for young people, but would be a part of the steps needed.

– Madelyn Bonkoski, MPR News

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