Minnesota Today

Police on Friday arrested a teenager in connection with a threat made Thursday at Edina High School. Authorities say the 17-year-old boy took a Snapchat video of himself in the school's parking lot with a handgun and extended magazine in his lap.

And the Twin Cities Air National Guard base is slated for a major upgrade of its transport planes.

Those stories and more in today’s evening update from MPR News. Hosted by Hannah Yang. Music by Gary Meister.

Relatives of a man who died in the custody of Faribault police are calling for the immediate release of video from the incident. The Light Rail’s Blue will be extended through neighborhoods from Target Field up to Brooklyn Park. This is an MPR News morning update, hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Music by Gary Meister.

Minnesota's Air National Guard gets a reprieve from potential fleet cuts by the Air Force and an Eden Prairie man has been arrested for allegedly smothering his 7-year-old brother. This is an evening update from MPR News, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.

Mayors of cities along the Mississippi River are expected to vote Thursday on whether to support an agreement to prevent water from being sent to other parts of the United States. Ten states are represented at the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative annual meeting in Bemidji.

A young St. Paul man is the first person to buy a home using the city’s Inheritance Fund. The goal of the new program is to rebuild intergenerational wealth for the descendants of people in the historically Black Rondo Neighborhood who lost their homes and businesses to Interstate 94 in the 1950s.

This is an MPR News morning update, hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Music by Gary Meister.

Drought is taking a serious toll on Minnesota's fall harvest, pasture land, and law enforcement is pressing the issue of new law on restraints by law enforcements in schools. This is an evening update from MPR News, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.

Bipartisan Trump opponents think Minnesota law will keep him off the state ballot next year and Minneapolis officials say there has to be an alternative to continued homeless encampment evictions. This is a morning update from MPR News, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.

Opponents file suit to keep Donald Trump off Minnesota's presidential ballot, citing Civil War era ban on insurrection, and torrential rains scour Duluth’s Hillside neighborhood. This is an evening update from MPR News, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has released the state's 2022 Uniform Crime Report. Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey has appointed the new head of a city office with broad oversight of police, fire and other public safety operations. This is an MPR News morning update, hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Music by Gary Meister.

The Minnesota 9/11 tribute concert, that has long been held at Lake Harriet Bandshell, has been cancelled this year. The chair of the group that has put on the concert, wrote on Facebook that volunteers and donations have been steadily declining over the past few years….

In a news release late Saturday, the department said Commissioner Paul Schnell is ordering the testing to “assure staff and incarcerated individuals that the water is safe for drinking.” This is an MPR News morning update, hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Music by Gary Meister.

Housing advocates say eviction rates around Minnesota are increasing at a troubling pace, and gas prices have spiked in parts of Minnesota over the past day... now back over $4 dollars a gallon at some stations. 

These stories and more in today’s evening update from MPR News. Hosted by Emily Bright. Music by Gary Meister.