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$2M for Rondo bridge; eagle cam egg breaks

March 1, 2023

Happy meteorological spring!
Phew, Fargo-Moorhead: How are we feeling? Snow totals tallied around 12" overnight here, 7"ish in Duluth amid these winter storm warnings. That should be the worst (or best — it's pretty pretty!) of it for now. Get the latest on Updraft.

Feds give $2M to plan Rondo 'land bridge' above I-94 in St. Paul

Nonprofit ReConnect Rondo is working to reestablish the torn community. That includes a proposal to build a deck over part of the interstate and restore some of the amenities razed during 1960s road construction — getting $2 million to do so.

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DNR eagle cam finds broken egg in the nest; second egg intact

For the first time in 10 years of streaming, an egg has broken in the nest of the Minnesota DNR's EagleCam. A second egg remains intact and the chick that hatches from it will now have a greater chance of survival.

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⚖️ Teen gets 24 years for murder outside Richfield school

Fernando Valdez-Alvarez, 19, of Minneapolis, admitted in court to shooting and killing 15-year-old Jahmari Rice and wounding another 17-year-old last year outside the South Education Center in Richfield. "Just the fact of him saying that he didn't intend to kill my son, but you shoot two kids in the chest. Well what do you think is going to happen?"

🚰 Inver Grove Heights reports elevated radium levels in city water

The city said testing by the Minnesota Department of Health, reported to the city in January, found the level of combined radium at the city’s water treatment plant was 6.0 picocuries per liter (pCi/L). The allowable standard for drinking water is 5.4 pCi/L.

🧠 How to help kids and teens with their mental health, students weigh in

Last year, nearly a third of Minnesota students reported they struggle with long-term mental health problems. Rates of depression and anxiety have skyrocketed. And there aren't enough mental health professionals to help. Schools are on the front line of this fight, and many say this crisis could usher in a new way of looking at education.

💧 DNR: Elko New Market bottled water plant doesn't need environmental review

Some residents are worried about the impacts on the region's groundwater after a proposed bottled water plant in Elko New market. They petitioned the DNR to require an environmental assessment worksheet. But the DNR has rejected that request, saying they didn't provide evidence that the project would have significant impacts on groundwater or nearby water bodies, such as the Vermillion River.

🖼️ Peyton Scott Russell on graffiti as fine art and legacy of Floyd mural

“It needs to be seen, it doesn't need to be in my studio doesn't need to be in storage. You know, and I don't want the piece to go to a museum, because museums only cater to a certain demographic of people."

🍺 St. Paul company brings craft to non-alcoholic beer

The non-alcoholic beverage industry is exploding right now, thanks in part to a St. Paul business . In 2017, ABV Technology set out to create a non-alcoholic beer that “actually tasted good." The tech had already been around for a long time, but not at a price point that let craft brewers join the market with their more refined brews.

- Amy Felegy, MPR News

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