The Prairie Island Nuclear Plant runs safety drills, cyberattacks affect 30 water systems across the state, and dragon boat races make a splash in Bemidji
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Producer: Xan Holston

Reader scripting: Tracie Wells Collier, Xan Holston 

Image:  Racers prepare in Lake Bemidji [credit: Bemidji Dragon Boat Festival]
Audio credit: Bemidji Dragon Boat Festival Instagram 

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Some Boundary Waters sections reopen for overnight permits, the last of the "Minnesota 15" is arraigned in federal court, and Medtronic workers are called back to the office.
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Producer: Xan Holston

Reader scripting: Tracie Wells Collier, Xan Holston 

Image:  Governor Tim Walz and state and federal partners provide an update the July Lightning Event in Ely Monday morning. 

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Health officials warn of warm water-related issues from fish kills to brain-eating amoebas, overnight permits for the Boundary Waters may return this week, and Minnesota’s Liberians celebrate the 197th anniversary of the country’s independence.
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Producer: Xan Holston

Reader scripting: Tracie Wells Collier, Xan Holston 

Image:  Naegleria Fowleri — an amoeba contaminating some warm, freshwater lakes and rivers, that can cause fatal brain infections. [credit: Centers for Disease Control]

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Esta semana, una tragedia sacude a las familias del centro del estado. Y la comunidad somalí responde a los comentarios del sheriff del condado de Ramsey.
 
This week, a tragedy rocks families in the central part of the state. And the Somali community responds to comments made by the Ramsey County she

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Productor/Producer: Victor Palomino
Voiceover: Rito Ayala
Pie de foto: Los incendios forestales podrían obligar a realizar cortes de electricidad para los evacuados. [Crédito fotográfico: Minnesota DNR]
Image: Wildfires could force power cuts for evacuee [credit: Minnesota DNR]

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Vance Boelter is sentenced to two life sentences plus 40 years, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and Wilderness will allow some day permits, and North Minneapolis gets a new jazz festival.

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Producer: Xan Holston

Reader scripting: Tracie Wells Collier, Xan Holston 

Image:  map of accessible entry points in the BWCA for day trips starting Monday [credit: US Forest Service]
Audio credit: A short section of Minneapolis drummer Kevin E Washington’s “Journey to the Light.”

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This week, a tick-borne illness that creates a rare meat allergy is raising new concerns. And we’ll look at how to stay safe while enjoying Minnesota’s outdoors and waterways.  

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Executive Producer: Victor Palomino 

Producers: Jules Yaeger 
Anchor: Victor Palomino, Britt Aamodt 

Reader scripting: Victor Palomino 

Fact checking: Joel Glaser 

Editorial support: Emily Krumberger 

Production Coordinator: Britt Aamodt 

Mixing & mastering: Emily Krumberger

Image credit: Public Domain, Wikipedia

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Power cuts for wildfire evacuees, four years of the state’s suicide and crisis hotline, and Chaska celebrates 50 years of River City Days.
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Producer: Xan Holston

Reader scripting: Tracie Wells Collier, Xan Holston 

Image: Wildfires could force power cuts for evacuees. [credit: Minnesota DNR]
Audio credit: The Fabulous Armadillos

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St. Paul community supports an effort to revoke a foundry’s air permit, Somali leaders look for common ground with law enforcement, and Vance Boelter is due for federal sentencing for the murders of the Hortmans.
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Producer: Xan Holston

Reader scripting: Tracie Wells Collier, Xan Holston 

Image:  An updated map of the June Lightning Incident fires. [credit: US Forest Service]

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Brainerd confronts bullying and copes with the loss of two young students to suicide, the source of this spring’s Flanders Fire is identified, and a free museum day for kids to learn about Somali culture.
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Producer: Xan Holston

Reader scripting: Tracie Wells Collier, Xan Holston 

Image:  An aerial view of the Flanders Fire [credit: Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office]
Audio credit: KAXE Radio

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Seasonal workers in the Boundary Waters look for work, some relief for tornado victims in Becker County, and an Albert Lea firefighter makes new state and regional records.
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Producer: Xan Holston

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Image: A map of part of the BWCA fires on Sunday [credit: US Forest Service]
Audio credit: Public News Service

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