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Phillips' POTUS run; Spooky car washes

Oct. 26, 2023

🌨️ Rain and snow divide Thursday. The precipitation will continue to fall as snow in northwest Minnesota. Huge temperature contrast with highs from just the mid-30s in the northwest to upper 60s in southeastern Minnesota. Get the latest on Updraft.

Rep. Phillips set to file paperwork for presidential run Friday in New Hampshire

Minnesota U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, a Democrat now in his third term in Congress, has been exploring a primary challenge to President Joe Biden. He faces long odds beating an incumbent for the party nomination.

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Scary and sudsy: Spooky car washes pop up across Minnesota for Halloween

Developers of Tommy’s Express Car Wash pride themselves on their design: open, bright and soothing for people with autoplenophobia — fear of car washes. But it’s Halloween season, which is all about fear. So this weekend, Tommy’s washes across Minnesota and the country are switching things up.

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🚨 A suspect in the fatal shooting of 18 in Maine is still at large. Residents are sheltering in place

Authorities have launched a massive search for a U.S. Army reservist who they say fatally shot 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in Maine. The shootings in the city of Lewiston on Wednesday night sent panicked patrons scrambling under tables and behind bowling pins.

🏗️ Minnesota builds new emergency management operations center in Blaine

The new $41 million building will replace the current operations center, which is located in downtown St. Paul. It’s expected to be completed sometime in 2025.

💼 Workers with autism make connections at St. Paul job fair

A job fair for adults with autism drew about 350 attendees to the State Services for the Blind office in St. Paul on Thursday. The fair was meant to facilitate the job hunt — something that can be hard for autistic workers.

🌱 Minnesota tree nursery plans big expansion to meet demand

Minnesotans are planting more trees. Efforts to mitigate climate change are driving the demand. The outdated state tree nursery in northern Minnesota is undergoing major renovations so it can grow millions of new seedlings each year.

🗳️ Minneapolis City Council president faces strong challenge in 'bellwether' contest

Minneapolis City Council President Andrea Jenkins and challenger Soren Stevenson share similar views on major issues. However, Jenkins, a self-titled “pragmatic progressive,” isn’t progressive enough for some.

Minnesota man charged in connection with fatal shooting of 2-year-old boy by another child

A southwest Minnesota man faces charges including second-degree manslaughter, child endangerment and negligent storage of a loaded firearm in connection with the fatal shooting of a 2-year-old boy by another child earlier this month.

🦌 Watch: Deer charges through crowded Wisconsin restaurant

People go to Noodles & Company to save a buck, not to have one interrupt their meal. But that’s what happened in Beloit, Wis., on Tuesday when a deer came crashing through a restaurant window.

- Nicole Johnson, MPR News

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