Minnesota Today

With a dry forecast, the National Weather Service predicts that the water level on Rainy Lake — which is threatening hundreds of properties east of International Falls — will rise by only a couple inches over the next seven days. That compares to some days in the past couple weeks where the lake rose that much in a single day, swollen by a heavy winter snowpack and then spring rains.

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

DFLers in the MN Senate say they want to take action on guns soon, in the wake of the Uvalde massacre. Also, applications for Minnesota’s front line worker bonuses open tomorrow. This is an evening update from MPR News, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.

More than a year in the making, a $500 million bonus program for Minnesota workers who took on tough assignments during COVID-19 is about to go live.

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

The last of the trials for the death of George Floyd have now been moved to 2023, and St. Louis Park is trying to sort out it’s second catastrophic water main break. This is an evening update from MPR News, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.

Many residents of suburban Saint Louis Park are reeling after a second watermain break this weekend flooded basements with tens of thousands of gallons of water. Dimi Lalos is a homeowner who is losing patience after his finished basement was flooded a second time.

Prosecutors are seeking more than three years in federal prison for a former Minneapolis police officer convicted of stealing drugs from citizens during illegal searches.

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

A Buffalo, Minnesota man faces life in prison after a jury on Thursday convicted him of first-degree murder in a mass shooting last year at a medical clinic. Jurors found 68-year-old Gregory Ulrich guilty of killing a staff member and wounding four others at the Allina Health clinic. This is an evening update from MPR News, hosted by Hannah Yang. Music by Gary Meister.

A jury in Wright County Thursday took about six hours to convict Gregory Ulrich on all charges in a mass shooting last year at an Allina Health clinic in Buffalo, Minnesota.

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

Governor says he's still hoping for a deal for a special session to pass spending bills, and hundreds of homes have been damaged by flooding along Canadian border. This is an evening update from MPR News, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.

A federal judge in Minneapolis on Wednesday sentenced another member of a far-right extremist group to prison on terrorism charges.

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