MPR News PM Update

June 18, 2024

🌪️ Expect strong to severe storms to move east across Minnesota Tuesday evening. The most likely window for storms in the greater Twin Cities is between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Get the latest on Updraft.

Tornado watch: Severe storms could produce tornadoes across much of Minnesota

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Storm Prediction Center has issued a tornado watch for much of Minnesota until 8 p.m. A watch means conditions are favorable for the development of tornadoes in and close to the watch area.

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White Earth Nation pauses enforcement of water use ordinance

The White Earth Nation is pausing enforcement of a water use ordinance and will form a regional task force to study water quality and quantity issues. They also repealed the five-mile buffer area around the reservation for water use regulation.

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🚨Retired Sartell police chief dies after bicycle hit by semi
A former central Minnesota police chief died last week when the bicycle he was riding was hit by a semitruck. Seventy-four-year-old Robert Ringstrom was police chief of Sartell until he retired in 2004.
📱Apple just made your app obsolete? You've been 'Sherlocked'
TapeACall is one of the most popular call recording apps. But now the app has competition from one of the richest and most powerful companies in the world: Apple.
🗳️Thousands registered to vote since launch of Minnesota’s automatic voter registration system
Since automatic voter registration launched in late April, the state says some 15,000 eligible Minnesotans have been registered to vote while renewing a state-issued ID, like a driver’s license.
🏊‍♀️A night for familiar names at U.S. swim trials. Ledecky, Murphy, King and Grimes win
American backstroke star Ryan Murphy is headed to his third Olympics. So is breaststroke queen Lilly King. And the most prominent name of all, Katie Ledecky, locked up a second individual race in Paris.
🏒Minnesota youth hockey camp creates Adam Johnson Memorial Scholarship to honor the late alum
A Minnesota youth hockey camp has announced the creation of the Adam Johnson Memorial Scholarship, honoring the 29-year-old player who died in October from a skate cut to the neck while playing in a game in England.
🚓Singer Justin Timberlake arrested and accused of driving while intoxicated on New York’s Long Island
Timberlake was released from custody later in the morning after being arraigned in Sag Harbor, on the eastern end of Long Island. He was charged with one DWI count, with his next court date scheduled for July 26, the Suffolk County district attorney’s office said.
– Madelyn Bonkoski, MPR News
 

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