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Stories from September 8, 2021

Best weather weeks of the year ahead for Minnesota?

Best weather weeks of the year ahead for Minnesota?

Sunny mild days and pleasantly cool nights. This time of year can be the best in Minnesota.
by Paul Huttner

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Hmong Cultural Center Museum hit with white supremacist vandalism

Hmong Cultural Center Museum hit with white supremacist vandalism

Police are investigating after vandals damaged the front of the Hmong Cultural Center Museum in St. Paul early Wednesday morning and spray painted a slogan associated with a white supremacist group.
by Matt Sepic

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The state's highest profile Republican gets into the governor's race

The state's highest profile Republican gets into the governor's race and school bus woes continue and school transportation woes continue as districts are forced to get creative. This is an evening update from MPR News, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.

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Appetites: The art of charcuterie gets a boost from Instagram

Appetites: The art of charcuterie gets a boost from Instagram

Kelsey Basset has always loved making charcuterie boards, and after enough encouragement from friends and family, she decided to launch The Board Loon and sell her creations online.
by Tom Crann and Lindsay Guentzel

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Managing the pandemic that never seems to end

Managing the pandemic that never seems to end

Remember June, when we talked about “post-pandemic” life? Now it’s fall, and we’re back to masks and rising COVID-19 cases. Host Angela Davis talked with an infectious disease doctor and a therapist about managing the ongoing uncertainty of the pandemic.
by Angela Davis, Maja Beckstrom and Alex Cheng

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Ramsey County ends felony prosecutions from low-level stops

Ramsey County ends felony prosecutions from low-level stops

Ramsey County Attorney John Choi said Wednesday he will no longer prosecute cases that stem solely from traffic stops unrelated to public safety such as for a broken tail light or expired tabs, ending a practice he said disproportionately affects people of color.
by The Associated Press and Peter Cox

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COVID-19 surge in the U.S.: The summer of hope ends in gloom

COVID-19 surge in the U.S.: The summer of hope ends in gloom

The summer that was supposed to mark America's independence from COVID-19 is instead drawing to a close with the U.S. more firmly under the tyranny of the virus, with deaths per day back up to where they were last March.
by The Associated Press

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Writer Maggie Nelson asks what it means to feel free

Writer Maggie Nelson asks what it means to feel free

In “On Freedom's” allusive, blunt, funny essays, the author of “The Argonauts” and “The Art of Cruelty” tries to imagine freedom as it exists in the contemporary contexts of art, sex, drugs, and climate.
by Annalisa Quinn

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Report: Solar could power 40% of U.S. electricity by 2035

Report: Solar could power 40% of U.S. electricity by 2035

A new federal report say solar energy has the potential to power up to 40 percent of the nation's electricity within 15 years — a 10-fold increase over current solar output. But it would require massive changes in U.S. policy and billions of dollars in federal investment to modernize the nation's electric grid.
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota sees mostly sunny skies into the weekend

Minnesota is back in a drier trend, with only limited rain chances into early next week. Meanwhile, temperatures go from slightly below average midweek, to 80s by the end of the week.
by Nicole Mitchell

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Virginia cuts Confederate Gen. Robert Lee statue into pieces

Virginia cuts Confederate Gen. Robert Lee statue into pieces

A crowd erupted in cheers and song Wednesday as work crews hoisted an enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee off the giant pedestal where it has towered over Virginia’s capital city for more than a century.
by The Associated Press

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Alabama's first Black poet laureate takes a personal approach to 'Reparations'

Alabama's first Black poet laureate takes a personal approach to 'Reparations'

Ashley M. Jones is Alabama's youngest and first Black poet laureate. Her new book “Reparations Now!” discusses America's history of Black oppression, and asks for more than monetary repairs.
by Jeevika Verma

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Cooler, but less windy for Wednesday

Winds stay breezy Wednesday, and most of the state sees sunshine, with the exception of wet weather in the Arrowhead.
by Nicole Mitchell

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GOP's Gazelka makes it official: He's running for governor

GOP's Gazelka makes it official: He's running for governor

GOP state Sen. Paul Gazelka formally announced his run for governor Wednesday, saying Minnesota’s future was at a “crossroads” as he took aim at DFL Gov. Tim Walz.
by Brian Bakst

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Trial of 20 men accused in 2015 Paris attacks begins

Trial of 20 men accused in 2015 Paris attacks begins

In a custom-built secure complex embedded within a 13th-century courthouse, France on Wednesday began the trial of 20 men accused in the Islamic State group’s 2015 attacks in Paris that left 130 people dead and hundreds injured.
by The Associated Press

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Mpls. council revises ballot language on policing after judge’s order

A judge has struck down ballot language that would replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a new agency, saying the wording was misleading and unworkable. The City Council drafted new language, which was submitted to the county minutes before the deadline. This is an MPR News morning update for Wednesday, September 8, 2021. Hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Our theme music is by Gary Meister.

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Kernza farmers see a market for earth-friendly grain

Kernza farmers see a market for earth-friendly grain

Production of Kernza is growing in Minnesota and a Kernza cereal will be on store shelves starting this week. The perennial grain has been in development for decades and has several environmental benefits.
by Dan Gunderson

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