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Adoption birth record changes; Minnesota's leaders respond to Supreme Court decision

Many thousands of state birth records become available to adopted people for the first time Monday. Minnesota’s congressional delegation is politically split over the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision today to provide former President Donald Trump more legal protection against criminal charges.
by Emily Reese

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Sen. Mitchell hearing postponed. President Biden declares disaster for flooding

President Joe Biden has declared a major disaster in Minnesota, ordering federal aid to assist with flood recovery. A court hearing set for Monday for State Sen. Nicole Mitchell on burglary charges has been postponed. In April, she was arrested at her stepmother’s home in Detroit Lakes. 
by Phil Picardi

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Minnesota reaction to presidential debate

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz still expects Pres. Joe Biden to be the Democratic nominee after his performance heightened anxiety within the party. And authorities in North Branch say a police officer fatally shot a woman last night.
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Flooding emergency funding; U of M no confidence vote

The peacetime emergency declared by Gov. Tim Walz has been extended. Minnesota's Executive Council voted to extend the emergency from five to thirty days due to severe flooding. And the University of Minnesota's faculty senate gave a vote of "no confidence" yesterday to interim president Jeff Ettinger and provost Rachel Croson in protest of their actions regarding the hiring of a director of the U's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.

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Flooding crisis continues, Primary voting begins

Early absentee voting kicks off for legislative and congressional primaries across Minnesota. Governor Walz seeks federal emergency aid for severe flooding, extending the state’s peacetime emergency. Hear from the Hruska family, who lost their Rapidan home to the Blue Earth River’s destructive path.
by Phil Picardi

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Officials watch Rapidan Dam for structural damage. Prosecutors aim to safeguard jurors

County, state and federal officials continue to monitor the Rapidan Dam near Mankato, as the rain-swollen Blue Earth River carves a wider channel around the structure. And Minnesota's U.S. attorney Andrew Luger says federal prosecutors will take steps to safeguard juror identities after an attempted scheme to bribe a juror in a recent Feeding Our Future fraud trial. 
by Phil Picardi

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Juror bribery charges; State funding for climate change preparations

Federal prosecutors have charged five people in connection with a plot to bribe a juror to sway a verdict in a major nutrition aid fraud case. And eight small Minnesota cities will receive state funding to prepare for extreme weather caused by climate change.
by Emily Reese

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Southwest Minnesota continues to fight back flooding. E-bike rebates return July 2

Officials in the southwestern Minnesota community of Windom are dealing with flooding on the Des Moines River. The house perched over the eroding Blue Earth River near the Rapidan Dam fell into the rain-swollen river Wednesday night. And Minnesotans will have another shot at applying for an electric bicycle rebate next week.
by Phil Picardi

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Flooding update; Lino Lakes development moratorium

Officials in Blue Earth County say the Rapidan Dam on the Blue Earth River upstream from Mankato remains under threat of failure. But they also report the water flow around the structure is down slightly from yesterday. Highway 60 through Windom is among many southern Minnesota highways closed due to flooding. And the Lino Lakes City Council last night backed a one-year development moratorium that would temporarily stall a proposed housing development that includes a mosque.
by Emily Reese

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Rapidan Dam still facing floodwaters. State park closes mine tours due to flooding

As of 6 a.m. Tuesday morning, a house was still teetering on the edge of the newly-cut channel of the Blue Earth River by the Rapidan Dam. And Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park has closed tours to the mine due to flooding. 
by Phil Picardi

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