Minnesota Now with Cathy Wurzer

Minnesota Now: Sept. 4, 2024

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Park Tavern in St. Louis Park is reopening at this hour after a drunk driving crash left two dead and nine injured. The man charged in the case makes his first court appearance Wednesday and he had a history of DWIs. MPR News looked at tools to stop people from getting behind the wheel while while intoxicated.

Shoreline erosion is exposing human remains at one of Duluth’s oldest cemeteries. But who is responsible for making sure bodies laid to rest, stay at rest?

Our Minnesota Now and Then segment explored how child welfare has evolved by looking at its beginnings in Owatonna, once home to one of the largest institutions for children in the country.

And we checked on the possibility for severe weather this evening with Meteorologist Sven Sundgaard.

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