We're already soggy. And this week is about to get soggier with more rain. Flood watches are posted and severe storms with heavy rain are adding to our already-saturated ground.

A 22-year-old inmate at the Stillwater prison died Saturday after being found unresponsive in his cell. Investigators are exploring a possible connection to synthetic drugs.

And attorneys are asking a judge to delay the second Feeding Our Future trial amid an investigation into jury tampering at the first one. 

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Minnesota corrections officials investigate inmate death, possibly drug-related

Severe thunderstorm watch through 10 a.m. for southern Minnesota

Expert: Prosecutors may litigate Feeding Our Future fraud case like mob scheme

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