Good afternoon. Just in time for the arrival of summer late Tuesday is the list every Minnesotan has been waiting for -- the new State Fair foods of 2017. There's also an old favorite that won't be making a return this year: The 'original' cheese curd stand. Dick and Donna Mueller, who started the cheese curd craze at the Minnesota State Fair in 1975, had hoped to retire and hand the booth over to younger members of the family. But today the Muellers' son Tom posted a note saying the fight is done. | NewsCut | Forecast
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Good morning! Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms in central and southern Minnesota. Highs in the mid-60s to mid-70s. Today's rain is making us think back to five years ago, when over 10 inches fell in Duluth over a 24-hour period, nearly doubling the city's record for rainfall in a day. One of the hardest hit places was the Lake Superior Zoo. Kingsbury Creek, which runs through the zoo's grounds, flooded several exhibits, making them inaccessible. But it wasn't until someone reported seeing a seal in the middle of Grand Avenue in Duluth that zoo officials even knew it was flooding. | Forecast | Updraft weather blog
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Good afternoon! While dogs might be humankind's first domesticated animal, the history of pet cats goes way back. Researchers analyzed DNA from 209 ancient cats as old as 9,000 years from Europe, Africa and Asia, including some ancient Egyptian cat mummies. It's the latest glimpse into the complicated story of domesticated cats. | Forecast
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Jurors have found St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez not guilty on all counts tied to Yanez's July shooting of motorist Philando Castile during a traffic stop. | Live updates | Full coverage and podcast
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Good morning! You made it to Friday. Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. High in the mid-70s north, mid-80s south. | Forecast | Updraft weather blog
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Good afternoon. In a NewsCut post today, Bob Collins took a look at what the end of the road looks like in America's Dairyland: Yesterday, the auctioneer showed up in Arkansaw, Wisc., and by lunch, 62 cows at Patnode Lane Holsteins were gone. Weston and Jenni Patnode were out of business after four generations on the land. | NewsCut | Forecast
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Good afternoon! The storm system that knocked out power to 40,000 homes also spun up at least one tornado south of Hancock, Minn. Vincent Maciej, a local crop consultant and aspiring storm chaser, was out in his truck looking for funnel clouds when the tornado touched down. | Forecast
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Good morning! Cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms east. Highs in the 70s north to mid-80s south. Breaking news: A congressional aide says House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was shot at a congressional baseball practice this morning. Scalise is said to be in stable condition at George Washington University Hospital. Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., said several other people also were hit, including two law enforcement officers. Check mprnews.org for updates. | Forecast | Updraft weather blog
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Good afternoon! "What's another day in June without a yearbook controversy in the nation's schools?" writes MPR News blogger Bob Collins. At Wall High School in New Jersey a yearbook adviser has been suspended after at least three photos of students wearing pro-Trump shirts were censored. | NewsCut | Forecast
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Good afternoon! Power is still out for 15,000 customers in the west metro area, 24 hours after a line of strong thunderstorms swept across the region. Xcel Energy said power should be restored to about 10,000 of those customers by the end of the day, with the remaining 5,000 reconnected sometime Tuesday. | No power? Here are 10 tips to get you through | Forecast
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