Minnesota Today

Gymnast Suni Lee's road back to the Olympics will start in Minneapolis next summer, and this spring has had some of the least severe weather in Minnesota in years. This is an evening update from MPR News, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.

Minnesota has a new child tax credit for families whose incomes make them financially insecure. Advocates predict it will make a big dent in child poverty, although how that is measured matters. This is an MPR News morning update, hosted by Phil Picardi. Music by Gary Meister.

Minnesota is putting millions into new full service community school initiative, and Windom awaits the fate of a major business development as pork plant sale closes. This is an evening update from MPR News, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.

Blackout plates — set white letters and numbers against a black background — are among the newest in the lineup of specialty license plates that Minnesota vehicle owners can choose from. State lawmakers authorized them in the new budget, and those who pick them will pay an additional $30 per year on top of standard registration fees and taxes. They will be available for plates issued as soon as January. This is an MPR News morning update, hosted by Phil Picardi. Music by Gary Meister.

A Fillmore County sheriff's deputy found the body of Madeline Kingsbury, 26, on Wednesday wrapped in a bedsheet and tape along an isolated gravel road just north of the Iowa state line. The father of Kingsbury's children, Adam Fravel, 29, is charged with second degree murder.

This is an MPR News evening update for June 9, 2023, hosted by Matt Sepic.

Our theme music is by Gary Meister.

Billy Williams was born in the Rondo community in St. Paul in 1877 and was the only African American player and captain on the Saints' team. Williams was a star on and off the field -- as he went on to work at the Minnesota State Capitol for Governor John A. Johnson in 1905. He worked for fourteen governors until he retired in 1957. This is an MPR News morning update, hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Music by Gary Meister.

Investigators find missing Winona woman's remains, but say little about how she might have got there, and Minnesota is slipping quickly back into drought. This is an evening update from MPR news, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.

The father of a missing southeastern Minnesota woman’s children is in custody at the Winona County Detention Center. The Winona Police Department posted that a body had been found based on information from the investigation into the disappearance of Madeline Kingsbury. This is an MPR News morning update, hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Music by Gary Meister.

Feds pull back a key copper-nickel mining permit for planned open pit mine near Babbit, and a federal judge declines to stop motorized towboat operations on the edge of the BWCA. This is an evening update from MPR News, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.

The 15-story building was evacuated Friday afternoon after a structural engineer alerted authorities. Engineers are examining the entire structure now. Officials will have a better idea of timelines when that work is done, the city said Tuesday. This is an MPR News morning update, hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Music by Gary Meister.