Here's the latest news from across the state to start your day.
WEATHER
It looks like a sunny start to the week. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds up to 5 mph shifting to the southwest in the afternoon.
Showers likely and chance of thunderstorms later Monday. Lows in the upper 50s to mid-60s, except in the upper 40s to mid-50s near Lake Superior. West winds up to 5 mph shifting to the southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
School districts across Minnesota are struggling to contain double-digit health insurance cost increases. Some officials say inflation and accelerating prescription costs, especially for new weight loss drugs, are to blame.
Trained wildlife rehabbers work to save injured and orphaned wildlife. Most get no pay. They scrape by on grants and help from local volunteers, doing the work for the joy of giving animals a chance to return to the wild.
NEWS ROUNDUP
🚑 Flash floods in Texas have killed at more than 80 people, many of them children. Heavy rains fell quickly in the predawn hours Friday in the Texas Hill Country, causing the Guadalupe River to rise 26 feet in just 45 minutes. Among the missing are 10 girls and a counselor from Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp. The July Fourth holiday weekend likely brought an influx of visitors to the area outside San Antonio,
making it difficult to track all the people who may have been in the area.
🛳️ Duluth scientists discover novel ‘Ship Goo‘ aboard Great Lakes research vessel. Researchers with the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Large Lakes Observatory have discovered a new microbe hidden deep
in the oily rudder shaft of its research vessel the Blue Heron. 🚧 Recovery efforts continue in Beltrami County. In the aftermath of last month’s destructive storm, Beltrami County’s landfill space has been operating at capacity.
🗳️Trump and GOP target ballots arriving after Election Day that delay counts and feed conspiracy fears. President Donald Trump and other Republicans have long criticized states that take weeks to count their
ballots after Election Day. This year has seen a flurry of activity to address it. 🏀 Collier scores 22 to lead Lynx over Valkyries 82-71. Napheesa Collier scored 22 points as the Minnesota Lynx defeat the Golden State Valkyries 82-71 on Saturday night
. The Lynx took control with a 15-4 run late in the third quarter and extended their lead in the fourth. 🚨 13-year-old Minnesota boy killed in fireworks accident. A 13-year-old boy died after being struck by a firework Friday night in Naytahwaush, Minn. The boy was identified as Michael Turner of Naytahwaush, which is located about 80 miles east of Fargo.
MUST LISTEN
🎧 ‘The beauty of sports is there‘s no script’ Most Mondays on Minnesota Now, MPR News listeners hear the voices of sports contributors Wally Langfellow and Eric Nelson. In this installment of our series Out to Lunch, we go out to the ballgame with these two longtime broadcasters to find out what drives their passion for sports. 🎧 Recipe scavenger hunt takes you to historic sites across the state. The Minnesota Historical Society has a new cookbook. But there’s a catch — all of the recipe cards are missing! So, where are they? All Things Considered host Clay Masters spoke with Jacob Rorem from MNHS
to get more information on the so-called recipe adventure. 🎧 Minnesota Now and Then: How Minnesotans celebrated the July 4, 1976 bicentennial. On July 4, 1976 the United States was celebrating its bicentennial, or 200 years. Next year will be the Untied States semiquincentennial, or 250 years. That year at MPR News, we aired a special program hosted by former MPR News host Gary Eichten
that looked at how Minnesotans across the state observed the milestone.
