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Stories from September 4, 2024

2024 Minnesota State Fair bus usage broke transit records

2024 Minnesota State Fair bus usage broke transit records

Minnesota State Fair attendance was up this year — and so were the number of people using buses to get there, Metro Transit and the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority report.
by Lisa Ryan

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Park Tavern re-opens; Minnesota lottery funds on the ballot

The Park Tavern in St. Louis Park reopened today following a deadly crash on the restaurant's patio last weekend. And environmental groups are raising awareness for a constitutional amendment on November ballots that would continue earmarking Minnesota Lottery funds for natural resources projects.
by Emily Reese

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Scattered showers, thunder overnight; much cooler to end the week

Scattered showers, thunder overnight; much cooler to end the week

A cool front will spawn scattered showers and some thunderstorms overnight. Behind the front, northwest breezes will start to cool things off Thursday but especially Friday. 
by Sven Sundgaard

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JD Vance’s Catholicism helped shape his views. So did this little-known group of Catholic thinkers

JD Vance’s Catholicism helped shape his views. So did this little-known group of Catholic thinkers

Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s 2019 conversion to Catholicism helped shape his political worldview. It also put him in close touch with a Catholic intellectual movement known as postliberalism. 
by The Associated Press

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Park Tavern reopens after deadly crash, as driver makes first court appearance

Park Tavern reopens after deadly crash, as driver makes first court appearance

The driver who allegedly drove his vehicle across a St. Louis Park restaurant patio Sunday, killing two people and injuring nine others, made his first court appearance on Wednesday, as the Park Tavern reopened its doors for the first time since the crash.
by Cathy Wurzer, Aleesa Kuznetsov, Elizabeth Shockman, Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Cari Spencer

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Law enforcement had prior warning about suspect in fatal Georgia high school shooting

Law enforcement had prior warning about suspect in fatal Georgia high school shooting

“Obviously what you see behind us is an evil thing today,” Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith said as he stood in front of Apalachee High School. A suspect was taken into custody, authorities say.
by Bill Chappell and Jonathan Franklin

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U.S. accuses Russia of using state media to spread disinformation before the November election

U.S. accuses Russia of using state media to spread disinformation before the November election

The Biden administration announced wide-ranging actions Wednesday meant to call out Russian influence in the upcoming U.S. presidential election, unsealing criminal charges against two employees of a Russian state-run media company and seizing internet domains used by the Kremlin to spread disinformation.
by The Associated Press

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Lottery-related ballot measure awaits Minnesota voters

Lottery-related ballot measure awaits Minnesota voters

A group of 130 environment, conservation and business groups is working to raise awareness about the measure, which seeks to extend the distribution framework for proceeds first authorized decades ago.
by Dana Ferguson

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These Alaska moms couldn’t find a Yup’ik children’s book. So they made one themselves

These Alaska moms couldn’t find a Yup’ik children’s book. So they made one themselves

Yup’ik is the most spoken Native language in Alaska, but finding Yup’ik books for young children can be almost impossible. These moms created their own — and now they’re fielding nearly 1,000 orders.
by Julie Depenbrock

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Minnesota Now and Then: Remembering the Owatonna state school, Minnesota‘s early approach to child welfare

Minnesota Now and Then: Remembering the Owatonna state school, Minnesota‘s early approach to child welfare

About 11,000 children spent time at a state-run institution in Owatonna from 1886 to 1946. It was a precursor to what became our current child welfare system.
by Cathy Wurzer and Ellen Finn

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Parents are facing alarming levels of stress

Parents are facing alarming levels of stress

Last week, the U.S. Surgeon General released a warning about the mental health of parents. MPR News host Angela Davis talked about why parents and caregivers are facing overwhelming stress and what can be done by individuals and through policies to better support families.
by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

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Myon Burrell convicted of felony drug, weapon charges 4 years after prison sentence commuted

Myon Burrell convicted of felony drug, weapon charges 4 years after prison sentence commuted

A judge last week found Myon Burrell guilty of felony drug and weapon possession after Robbinsdale police found a loaded handgun and drugs in his car during a traffic stop. Burrell was released from a Minnesota prison in 2020 after an investigation led to his sentence for a 2008 murder being commuted.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Morning Announcements for Sept. 4

Morning Announcements for Sept. 4

Here are the morning announcements for Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024.
by MPR News Staff

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Wildflower Chasers: Ditching the highway for off-road gems

Wildflower Chasers: Ditching the highway for off-road gems

Setting out on a mission to find a flower, means looking for them anywhere. Including walking through the dewy tall grass of a highway ditch early in the morning. “There’s nothing like a good, rich ditch,” said Wildflower Chaser Kelly Povo.
by Cathy Wurzer and Lukas Levin

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Man who crashed car into outdoor patio and killed 2 people charged. Air quality warning for northwest Minnesota

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office on Tuesday charged 56-year-old Steven Frane Bailey with criminal vehicular homicide and other charges following a fatal crash Sunday evening at a St. Louis Park restaurant. And Minnesota officials say wildfire smoke will be in the unhealthy range for sensitive groups in northwestern Minnesota this week. 
by Alex Simpson

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Warm and breezy Wednesday with thunder late. Fall chill for the end of the week

Warm and breezy Wednesday with thunder late. Fall chill for the end of the week

Wednesday will be our warmest day of the week with highs in the 80s in southern Minnesota. Thunder is possible late and into the night Wednesday ahead of cool air for the end of the week. 
by Sven Sundgaard

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Here are the new books we’re looking forward to this fall

Bad news: Summer’s over. Good news: Fall books are here! We’ve got a list of 16 titles — fiction and nonfiction — you’ll want to look out for.
by Andrew Limbong

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Tampa Bay Rays top the Minnesota Twins 2-1

Tampa Bay Rays top the Minnesota Twins 2-1

Jeffrey Springs pitched a season-high six innings, Logan Driscoll hit a run-scoring single in his big league debut, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Minnesota Twins 2-1.
by The Associated Press

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Here’s why many election experts aren’t freaking out about certification this year

Here’s why many election experts aren’t freaking out about certification this year

Watchdog groups and pundits are sounding the alarm about the potential for mischief when it comes to certifying vote tallies, but election experts have confidence in the system's guardrails.
by Miles Parks

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Meet the evangelicals trying to make a case for VP Harris

Meet the evangelicals trying to make a case for VP Harris

More than 80% of white evangelicals supported Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020, but a new group is trying to push some of those voters to the camp of Democratic nominee vice president Kamala Harris.
by Jason DeRose

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Virtual hearings transform housing courts around Minnesota

Virtual hearings transform housing courts around Minnesota

While the COVID-19 pandemic threw life into disarray, one good thing to come out of it was improved court proceedings for people facing eviction. All sides agree, putting hearings on Zoom has made the hearings much more accessible for low-income households in Minnesota.
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Tell us: Are you going to college for free with Minnesota’s new North Star Promise program?

Tell us: Are you going to college for free with Minnesota’s new North Star Promise program?

MPR News wants to hear your stories. Let us know if the North Star Promise Scholarship Program was a game changer for you — or someone you know — in the decision to attend college or trade school this fall.
by Feven Gerezgiher

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Volunteers help save rare plants across Minnesota

Volunteers help save rare plants across Minnesota

Minnesota has more than 300 rare native plant species. In many locations, plants were last documented decades ago. A new program is using volunteers to help search for the plants and collect seeds to preserve genetic material.
by Dan Gunderson

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Evening Update for Tuesday, September 3, 2024

This is the evening update from MPR News. Hosted by Emily Reese. Music by Gary Meister.
by Emily Reese

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