MPR News Update

MPR News Update for May 15

Good morning! Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon in southern Minnesota. Highs in the mid-60s north, mid-70s south. Now that we're in the season of graduations and college acceptance letters, can you remember what you wrote in your college essay? It probably wasn't as good as what Jonathan Abably of Blaine wrote. His essay on work, money, and class was good enough to get printed in the weekend New York Times. | Forecast | Updraft weather blog

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