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Stories from August 15, 2024

Partial sunshine with scattered showers; quiet weekend ahead

Partial sunshine with scattered showers; quiet weekend ahead

A low pressure center continues to move very slowly across northern Minnesota. Ongoing scattered showers and a few rumbles of thunder are possible for Thursday night. Temperatures remain slightly below our average to end the work week.
by Mandy Thalhuber

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Medicare drug prices; VP debate

Beginning in 2026, ten prescription drugs for Medicare recipients will be less expensive. And both major-party candidates for vice president have now agreed to at least one televised debate.
by Emily Reese

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Bridge collapse closes Ontario rail line, just north of Minnesota border

Bridge collapse closes Ontario rail line, just north of Minnesota border

A railway bridge in Ontario — just north of the Minnesota border — collapsed Wednesday, blocking rail and boat traffic. The span is known as the Five-Mile Bridge, and crosses a channel of Rainy Lake.
by MPR News Staff

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Robot delivery approved for the U of M campus

Robot delivery approved for the U of M campus

The Minneapolis City Council Thursday approved a one-year pilot program for personal delivery devices — small delivery robots that travel on sidewalks and road shoulders. Council members say they’re listening to safety and labor concerns as the project rolls out.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Minneapolis honors Bernadette Anderson with commemorative street on city‘s north side

Minneapolis honors Bernadette Anderson with commemorative street on city‘s north side

A north Minneapolis street will bear the name of Bernadette Anderson, an outspoken advocate for civil rights for African Americans. Anderson also had a reputation for offering tough love and for keeping an open door to young people who need help, including an upstart musician who went by the name Prince.
by Brandt Williams

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Minnesota Aurora women’s soccer team withdraws bid to go pro

Minnesota Aurora women’s soccer team withdraws bid to go pro

The Eagan-based women’s pre-professional soccer team has withdrawn its bid to join the professional level National Women's Soccer League. In three seasons, the team has gone undefeated in all regular season games, but they’ve yet to win a league championship.
by Peter Cox

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Two dead after Minneapolis apartment fire

Two dead after Minneapolis apartment fire

Two people are dead after a four-story residential apartment building caught fire Tuesday, officials with the Minneapolis Fire Department announced Thursday.
by MPR News Staff

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Minnesota child care providers put a pause on revising licensing standards

Minnesota child care providers put a pause on revising licensing standards

The Minnesota Department of Human Services is pausing the proposed rollout of new child care licensing standards for next legislative session. This comes after providers voiced their concerns with some of the revisions.
by Kyra Miles

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Wendell Berry veers from gratitude to yearning in ‘Another Day’

Wendell Berry veers from gratitude to yearning in ‘Another Day’

In his sequel to “This Day,” Berry’s themes, including bringing alive the joys and sorrows of hard-working rural Kentuckians are revisited in ways both familiar and fresh.
by Barbara J. King

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Minnesota‘s oldest Black newspaper celebrates 90 years in print

Minnesota‘s oldest Black newspaper celebrates 90 years in print

The Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder turns 90 this week. We spoke with one of their veteran reporters about how the paper has changed since he began working there over 30 years ago.
by Cathy Wurzer and CJ Younger

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Lynx pride in Paris: Coach Reeve reflects on Olympic basketball win as WNBA season resumes

Lynx pride in Paris: Coach Reeve reflects on Olympic basketball win as WNBA season resumes

“Not everything went perfectly, I can tell you that, but we have great players that have been in difficult moments, and they came through in the end,” Team USA and Minnesota Lynx Head Coach Cheryl Reeve said.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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5 people, including 2 doctors, charged in investigation into Matthew Perry's death

5 people, including 2 doctors, charged in investigation into Matthew Perry's death

U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada announced the charges Thursday, saying the doctors supplied Perry with a large amount of ketamine and even wondered in a text message how much the former “Friends” star would be willing to pay.
by The Associated Press

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10 expensive prescription drugs will cost less under Medicare

10 expensive prescription drugs will cost less under Medicare

Starting in 2026, the price of 10 expensive prescription drugs will drop by 38 to 79 percent. The ability to negotiate drug prices comes from the Inflation Reduction Act passed last year.
by Cathy Wurzer and Alanna Elder

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Wisconsin man convicted in killings of 3 men near a quarry

Wisconsin man convicted in killings of 3 men near a quarry

A Wisconsin jury has convicted a man in the shootings of three men whose bodies were found outside a quarry. The La Crosse Tribune reports that 37-seven-year-old Nya Thao was found guilty Tuesday of three counts of intentional first-degree homicide and one count of felon in possession of a firearm.
by The Associated Press

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Four killed in construction-zone crash in northeast Minnesota

Four killed in construction-zone crash in northeast Minnesota

Four people — including two children — died Wednesday when a semi crashed into stopped vehicles in a construction zone along a northeast Minnesota highway.
by MPR News Staff

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Love for the lost: A small exhibit at the Weisman reimagines a moment of Black history

Love for the lost: A small exhibit at the Weisman reimagines a moment of Black history

“Seeking for the Lost” displays sepia-toned portraits, reimagining individuals from historical ads in a Black newspaper, exploring family searches post-slavery and reclaiming Black identities from the Reconstruction era.
by Alex V. Cipolle

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Morning Announcements for Aug. 15

Morning Announcements for Aug. 15

Here are the morning announcements for Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024.
by MPR News Staff

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Lingering showers and instability Thursday and Friday

Lingering showers and instability Thursday and Friday

Showers will linger much of the morning for northern Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin. Pop-up storms are possible again Thursday afternoon and evening. The weekend looks dry. 
by Sven Sundgaard

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Anti-war protests call for state divestment from Israel. Walz says he's ready to debate Vance

CBS News says Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has agreed to a debate on Oct. 1. Republican JD Vance, former President Donald Trump's running mate, has not yet agreed to that date. And anti-war protesters gathered at a meeting of the State Board of Investment Wednesday to again call on Minnesota elected leaders to cut financial ties to Israel amid the ongoing war in Gaza.
by Phil Picardi

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FCC adopts an alert system for missing Indigenous people

FCC adopts an alert system for missing Indigenous people

The agency announced it is launching a new alert system similar to Amber Alerts for missing children. California and some other states have already adopted alerts for missing Indigenous persons.
by Jonathan Franklin

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Vice presidential campaign pulls Gov. Tim Walz away from Minnesota

Vice presidential campaign pulls Gov. Tim Walz away from Minnesota

The Minnesota governor appeared in half a dozen states since he was named to the Democratic ticket and that’s not expected to let up ahead of Election Day.
by Dana Ferguson

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Moorhead shelter faces financial crisis, possibility of cutting services to unsheltered

Moorhead shelter faces financial crisis, possibility of cutting services to unsheltered

A Moorhead shelter announced this week it needed to raise $200,000 by the end of the month or face closure. The shelter houses hundreds of people each year and provides food assistance to thousands through a food pantry.
by Dan Gunderson

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Art Hounds: Fantastic true stories from Carlisle Evans Peck

Art Hounds: Fantastic true stories from Carlisle Evans Peck

From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art. This week: Carlisle Evans Peck’s show “Iconoclasm,” folk music and poetry at MetroNOME Brewery and a reading by Andy Stermer.
by Emily Bright

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Indigenous Food Lab to debut new menu items at the Minnesota State Fair

Indigenous Food Lab to debut new menu items at the Minnesota State Fair

Nothing may excite more than the new foods that make their debut each year at the Minnesota State Fair. This year, the Indigenous Food Lab will introduce pre-colonial menu options that showcase a taste of the Americas with ingredients from close to home.
by Chandra Colvin

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‘Quit mowing’: Turning Minnesota lake homeowners into shoreline stewards, one lawn at a time

‘Quit mowing’: Turning Minnesota lake homeowners into shoreline stewards, one lawn at a time

A program born in the Brainerd Lakes Area to protect natural shorelines and curb pollution also wants to reset Minnesota’s lake culture. It’s led by property owners, including some who helped create the current environmental problems.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey proposes $1.88 billion budget

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey proposes $1.88 billion budget

Frey called 2025-2026 a “difficult budgetary cycle,” squeezed by “higher but necessary” labor costs, the absence of COVID-19 relief funds and a changed tax base as commercial property values have declined. 
by Cari Spencer

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