Heavy snow and howling winds are in the forecast for Minnesota over the coming days. Up first, a storm late Thursday into Friday that’ll bring mainly rain for southern Minnesota with strong northwest winds statewide. They could gust to more than 60 miles per hour tonight.

A federal judge in St. Paul heard arguments Thursday from the state of Minnesota and the Trump administration over a halt of $259 million in Medicaid payments to the state.

Those stories and more in today’s evening update. Hosted by Emily Reese. Music by Gary Meister.