Minnesota Today

This is the evening update from MPR News. Hosted by Emily Reese. Music by Gary Meister.

3M will be required to remove forever chemicals from the water it discharges from its Cottage Grove plant. And former President Donald Trump is campaigning in western Wisconsin Thursday evening.

Storm-weary Minnesotans will get a respite from any wild weather today, but there will be another chance for strong storms across much of the state tomorrow afternoon and evening.

And utility crews are back out today across the Twin Cities and surrounding areas, as 25,000 Minnesotans remain without power in the wake of storms earlier this week.

Those stories and more in today’s evening update. Hosted by Kelly Bleyer. Music by Gary Meister.

The Blue Earth County Board has voted to remove the Rapidan Dam and to replace a nearby bridge. State Sen. Mitchell is entering a plea of not guilty in a felony burglary case. And Minnesota Sen. Klobuchar talks about her reelection prospects.

It’s been a day of cleaning up on the grounds of the Minnesota State Fair, after not one but two rounds of severe storms pummeled the Twin Cities.

The fair gates usually open at 7:00 each morning, but fair officials delayed today’s opening until 9 a.m. to give time to assess and clean up damage from this morning’s severe storms.

That story and more in today’s evening update from MPR News. Hosted by Kelly Bleyer. Music by Gary Meister.

Severe storms Monday night downed trees, dropped torrential rain and knocked out power to more than 100,000 homes and businesses across Minnesota. And the St. Paul Police Department renames a building after an officer killed 30 years ago.

The Minnesota appeals court sided today with Life Time Fitness over a candidate for governor in a free-speech case.

And COVID-19 has been on the rise since the Fourth of July in Minnesota and that has some Minnesota pediatricians concerned as the new school year draws near.

Those stories and more in today’s evening update from MPR News. Hosted by Elena See. Music by Gary Meister.

Cooling centers in the Twin Cities metro are open to the public amid dangerously hot weather Monday. And Minneapolis police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old girl on Saturday.

The estranged wife of Department of Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell, Julie Myhre-Schnell is accused of giving their adult disabled son a high dose of anti-anxiety medication. Also, state officials continue to investigate two mysterious sheens on the Mississippi River northwest of downtown Minneapolis.

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The Democratic National Convention is over and party leaders say the focus now turns to getting the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz ticket across the finish line in November. Harris called on Americans to join her to “chart a new way forward” as she accepted the Democratic nomination on Thursday.

Xcel Energy is modifying its controversial proposal to charge customers more for electricity used during peak times of the day. The initial proposal would have charged roughly seven times more for using electricity during summer peak hours than off-peak periods.

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Kamala Harris at DNC summons Americans to reject divisions and defeat threat of Trump's candidacy

After feedback, Xcel changes plan to charge more for electricity during peak hours

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Authorities say a second sheen was spotted on the Mississippi River in the northern Twin Cities metro area yesterday.

And the Minnesota State Fair opened this morning, and visitors are getting the first tastes of the new foods. Fairgoers joined long lines at Lulu's Public House to try the new deep-fried ranch.

Those stories and more in the evening news update from MPR News. Hosted by Emily Reese. Music by Gary Meister.

Gates at the Minnesota State Fair open Thursday in Falcon Heights. Hundreds of thousands of people will stream through those gates over the next 12 days.

The Minnesota Supreme Court has decided not to review the environmental lawsuit against Minneapolis’ 2040 Comprehensive Plan. The plan increases housing density in the city and ends single-family zoning. The lawsuit filed by two citizen groups alleges that city leaders failed to do the required environmental review. 

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Minnesota State Fair 101: Your guide to the Great Minnesota Get-Together for 2024

2040 plan continues after Minnesota Supreme Court decides not to look into lawsuit

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Gov. Tim Walz has a big speech to deliver tonight at the Democratic National Convention.

And work on the state's next two-year budget and other policy provisions continues behind the scenes while Walz is on the campaign trail.

Those stories and more in today’s evening news update. Hosted by Emily Reese. Music by Gary Meister.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz takes center stage at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Wednesday night. Walz and his wife Gwen this week detailed their use of a fertility treatment to grow their family.

And the former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted of murdering George Floyd has been moved to another prison.

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‘Lunch pail kind of guy’: Walz aims to hone image as GOP paints different picture of VP hopeful

Gov. Tim Walz and wife Gwen Walz detail experience with fertility treatment, explain it wasn’t IVF

Ex-officer convicted in George Floyd's killing is moved to new prison

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As Democrats celebrate top leaders including Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Republicans in the state want to remind voters of Walz’s record of what they term excessive spending and regulations. Meanwhile, get out the vote campaigns ramp up.

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Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan helped gavel in the Democratic National Convention Monday night in Chicago. And one of the officers who held George Floyd down while Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck is being released from prison Tuesday. Thomas Lane will be under the supervision of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections for a year through a contract with Minnesota's corrections department.

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Ex-cop convicted in Floyd killing set for release

Democratic National Convention kicks off in Chicago, with a spotlight on Minnesota

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Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan is set deliver the first of the welcoming remarks to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago as Gov. Tim Walz prepares to accept the party’s nomination for vice president. Flanagan is one of the co-chairs of the convention. And, Minnesota remembers George Latimer, who served as mayor of St. Paul from the late 70s to 1990. Latimer was 89.

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The Democratic National Convention gets underway Monday in Chicago. With Gov. Tim Walz as Kamala Harris' vice presidential candidate, the Minnesota delegation will get preferred seating and a lot more attention than it otherwise would.

And Hennepin County Commissioners are planning to take a vote Tuesday on a more modest pay increase after public criticism of its previously proposed 49 percent pay bump. Commissioners are now proposing to increase their own salaries by five percent for each of the next two years. 

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Minnesota gets front-row role in Democratic National Convention with Walz on presidential ticket

Hennepin County commissioners withdraw proposal to give themselves a 49 percent pay bump

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The overall number of reported violent crime in Minnesota last year was lower than the previous year, according to the latest data released today by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

And investigators suspect that a semi-truck driver was under the influence of drugs or alcohol when he struck four other vehicles near Duluth this week and killed four people.

Those stories and more in today’s evening update from MPR News. Hosted by Emily Reese. Music by Gary Meister.

Southbound I-35E will be closed from the I-35 split in the northern Twin Cities to I-694 over the weekend. And the Minneapolis City Council has approved a $275,000 settlement with a man who alleged he was choked and punched by a police officer in 2020.