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In southwestern Minnesota a reported shooting in a Mankato neighborhood sent a neighboring hospital and a clinic into lockdown Friday morning.

Public safety officials lifted the lockdowns by early afternoon as police searched for a suspect in the shooting. 

This is an evening MPR News update, hosted by Hannah Yang. Music by Gary Meister.

Gov. Walz and Lt. Gov. Flanagan will receive their updated COVID-19 booster shots on Friday. The new boosters, which better protect against the highly infectious omicron variant, are being rolled out ahead of a potential fall surge of the virus.  This is a morning MPR News update, hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Music by Gary Meister.

Members of the Minnesota Nurses' Association at 15 hospitals in the Twin Cities and Twin Ports walked off the job Monday over contract negotiations. Next, they will see if the walkout will help at the bargaining table. This is a morning MPR News update, hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Music by Gary Meister.

My Pillow CEO is drawn further into election intrigue as FBI stops him in Mankato, and rail traffic is already slowing in Minnesota ahead of a threatened nationwide railworker strike. This is an evening update from MPR News, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.

Thousands of Minnesota nurses are in the third and final day of a strike affecting more than a dozen hospitals in the Twin Cities and Twin Ports. The union and hospital management remain at odds over pay and staffing concerns. This is a morning MPR News update, hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Music by Gary Meister.

Nurses picket for a 2nd day as replacements come and go from Minnesota hospitals and a Stearns County man is convicted of racial bias in attacks on Cold Spring family. This is an evening update from MPR news, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.

Asked what happens if the 15-hospital strike ends Thursday without a deal, union president Mary Turner told reporters that nurses would return to work and continue the contract fight. This is a morning MPR News update, hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Music by Gary Meister.

Thousands of nurses walk out in what union says is one of the biggest nurse strikes ever, and a Hopkins man gets life in prison for a series of drug overdoses linked to his illicit online drug dealing. This is an evening update from MPR News, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.

The strike at 16 Twin Cities and northern Minnesota hospitals is scheduled to last until early Thursday morning. The nurses have been in negotiations since March, and working without a contract since June. This is a morning MPR News update, hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Music by Gary Meister.

A Hennepin County judge on Friday sentenced an Isanti, Minn. man to life in prison for a nearly 30-year-old cold case killing. A jury convicted Jerry Westrom in August in the murder of Jeanne Ann Childs. This is the afternoon MPR News update for Sept. 9, 2022. Hosted by Dan Kraker. Theme music by Gary Meister.