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Morning Announcements | Weather chats with Mark Seeley

Want to be mayor? Move to one of these places
In dozens of cities around Minnesota, no one has stepped up to run for mayor, city council or other offices on November's ballot. That puts power in the write-in vote or leaves the choice up to appointments by the remaining members of municipal leadership.
Writer Porter Fox managed to hitch a ride on one of the freighters that haul goods throughout the Great Lakes, along the roughly 2,000-mile-long Saint Lawrence Seaway.
Dixie Chicks to play two Grandstand shows
It's the first year a group has played two shows at the Grandstand since the band Alabama headlined in the '80s. Coincidentally, Alabama will also be playing the Grandstand this year.
MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with University of Minnesota climatologist Mark Seeley about a hot and wet August and what's to come this fall.
Ties that bind: It's Minnesota State Fair time again
The fair has been a special place for millions of Minnesotans since 1859. Heartfelt stories and wide smiles were easy to find Thursday morning as the gates swung open on Day One, 2016.
'Come Go with Me' by the doo-wop group the Del-Vikings was originally recorded 60 years ago this year.