MPR News Update

Election Day toolbox and live blog; Xcel Energy seeks a rate hike; Medtronic and Boston Scientific battle in SCOTUS

We also have a conversation with one of the skydivers involved in that mid-air collision over Wisconsin. Minnesota's corn harvest is now ahead of the five-year average for the first time this season. And by bedtime, you may be looking out the window at the first real snow of the year.

Mixed reaction from Minneapolis voters to the city's long ranked-choice ballot Share your voting story with MPR News Skydiver recounts dramatic mid-air plane collision Bad news for Minnesota sugar beet farmers Winter weather possible today; MnDOT ready Xcel Energy seeks rate hike for wind investments, grid improvements MSP considering Terminal 2 expansion Medtronic, Boston Scientific to argue patent dispute before SCOTUS Mankato history village now center of flood fight Fargo man gets 30 years for killing wife U hopes online game will help sell public health careers IQ2 debate: Do Red States Have a Better Future? Toronto mayor admits he smoked crack, vows to stay on Five ideas for better cities Ethanol plant sold to Green Plains Renewable Energy What is Google building out in San Francisco Bay? Al-Qaida going strong after bin Laden's death Gay rights bill clears first hurdle in Senate