Your P.M. update

5 months ago

Html
Text

Flooding update + Leech Lake land transfer

June 20, 2024

☔ Scattered showers will develop Thursday for portions of central and southern Minnesota. Heavier rain and storms are possible Friday and Saturday. Get the latest on Updraft.

St. Louis County declares state of emergency amid flooding, city of Cook underwater

The county reported more than 40 roads closed due to flooding several roads in the county are washed out. Downtown Cook is underwater and YMCA Camp du Nord is reportedly cut off due to a road washout.

Read here

U.S. Forestry Service moves forward with Leech Lake land transfer agreement

Former President Donald Trump signed the Leech Lake Restoration Act in December of 2020. The act compensates Leech Lake for approximately two-thirds of land erroneously transferred in the 1940s and 50s.

Read here

🏊🏾 V3 Sports aquatic, recreation center looks to bridge racial gap in north Minneapolis

V3 Sports is at the gateway of north Minneapolis, on the corner of Plymouth and Lyndale Avenues. And its founders hope it will be a gateway to access for swimming and recreation for the community.

🧑🏽‍🌾 Heavy rains and climate change troubling for agriculture industry, emerging BIPOC farmers

“It has been a tough season,” Marcus Carpenter, founder of an organization that supports emerging BIPOC farmers, said. “When you have farmers of color who have very little acreage to deal with in the beginning, having an entire washout can be detrimental for them, both economically … and from a community perspective.”

⚾ Rays stop Twins' winning streak at 6 with 3-2 victory, after Royce Lewis' 10th-inning throwing error

Randy Arozarena scored for the Tampa Bay Rays on a throwing error by Minnesota 's Royce Lewis with two outs in the 10th inning in a 3-2 victory that ended the Twins' six-game winning streak on Wednesday.

🎬 Donald Sutherland, the towering actor whose career spanned ’M.A.S.H.’ to ’Hunger Games,’ dies at 88

Kiefer Sutherland, the actor’s son, confirmed his father’s death Thursday. No further details were immediately available.

⛹️‍♀️ Collier scores 16, Carleton 14 as Lynx win fifth straight 68-55 over Atlanta; Howard injured

Napheesa Collier scored 16 points and the Minnesota Lynx used a balanced attack to defeat the Atlanta Dream 68-55 on Wednesday night for their fifth-straight win.

☀️ Millions of Americans are under heat advisories as high temperatures roast the U.S.

A multi-day heat wave is still beating down on millions of people from the Midwest to the Northeast, with officials in multiple states declaring heat emergencies and urging people to take precautions as temperatures remain high.

– Madelyn Bonkoski, MPR News

Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe today!

Preference Center ❘ Unsubscribe

This email was sent by: Minnesota Public Radio
480 Cedar Street Saint Paul, MN, 55101

Share on

Other newsletters from Mprnews.org

The Thread Mprnews.org
Yesterday at 21:27
Capitol View for November 22 Mprnews.org
Last Friday at 13:34
Minnesota Today: Queer couples marry at new LGBTQ+ center in Uptown Minneapolis after Trump win Mprnews.org
Last Thursday at 13:01

More newsletters from Mprnews.org

Your P.M. update

Share on

Other newsletters from Mprnews.org

Related newsletters