What’s happening in Minnesota Today
🗳️ It's Monday. And we're one day away from Election Day.
Here's the latest news from across the state to start your day. ☕ | |
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☁️ A cold front approaching from the Dakotas will bring clouds and another opportunity for sporadic rain showers on Monday. Highs will be in the low to mid-60s in the southeast and the lower 40s in the northwest.
🥶Expect cooler temperatures for Election Day. It will be mostly cloudy with another chance for rain. Highs will be in the upper 40s.
Get the latest weather news on Updraft. | |
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| | In Thief River Falls, electoral issues range from local to national |
In northwestern Minnesota, about 70 miles south of the Canadian border, sits the Pennington County seat of Thief River Falls. With a population of just under 9,000, it’s home to industry behemoths Arctic Cat and Digi-Key — two of the area’s largest employers. For election season in this heavily conservative part of the state, national politics are taking a back seat to a local hot-button issue that crosses political divides. | |
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🗳️ A Native-led nonprofit hopes for record turnout at the polls. As the Native vote gets more attention, organizers with the Make Voting a Tradition campaign help community members l earn about the issues, register to vote and hear from some of the candidates running for office.
⚡ Public input sought on major powerline proposed for southwest Minnesota. Xcel Energy wants to build the roughly 170-mile power line from Garvin in Lyon County to Becker in central Minnesota. It would connect solar and wind energy from southwest Minnesota to the electrical grid.
📺 Harris appears on 'Saturday Night Live' as mirror image of Maya Rudolph with election looming. Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live,” briefly stepping away from the battleground states where she’s been furiously campaigning. Harris appeared in a mirror opposite Maya Rudolph's impression of her.
🎤 Trump talks about reporters being shot and says he shouldn't have left White House in 2020. On the final Sunday of a rollercoaster presidential contest, Republican nominee Donald Trump is asking voters in Pennsylvania again to make him leader of a “failed nation” while also unleashing a profane, conspiracy-laden rant asserting U.S. elections are not legitimate in the first place.
👩👩👧👧 Women sharing personal stories about abortion bans have become a political force. Women who have suffered unnecessarily after being denied abortions are talking about it publicly, and to support candidates. Could these stories have a political impact in the upcoming election?
💥 Israel says it carried out ground raid into Syria, seizing a Syrian citizen connected to Iran. The Israeli military said Sunday it carried out a ground raid into Syria, seizing a Syrian citizen involved in Iranian networks. It was the first time in the current war that Israel has announced sending troops into Syria.
🏈 Darnold throws 3 TD passes in 2nd half as Vikings overcome 3 turnovers to beat Flacco, Colts 21-13. Wherever this strong start to the season winds up leading the Minnesota Vikings, it's clear that belief and resilience will be responsible for a significant measure of their success. |
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