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Minnesota on track for above average tornado season
Albert Lea Tribune - Minnesota
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July 3, 2025
Minnesota on track for above average tornado season Published 5:18 am Thursday, July 3, 2025 By Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton, Minnesota Public Radio News In the last few weeks, severe storms have spun up tornadoes across Minnesota, Iowa and...
Hot, humid end to week in Minnesota before rain returns over weekend
CBS 4 - Minnesota
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By Joseph Dames Joseph Dames Meteorologist Joseph Dames joined the WCCO team during the winter of 2022. He is currently the weekday morning meteorologist. You can also catch him putting together weather, science, and other environmental stories...
New Lane Splitting and Filtering Law Now in Effect for Minnesota Motorcyclists
Marshall Radio - Minnesota
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July 3, 2025
MARSHALL — A new Minnesota law that took effect July 1 now allows motorcycles to use lane splitting and lane filtering in certain traffic conditions — a change that Minnesota State Patrol Captain Casey Meagher says drivers should be aware of,...
Minnesota’s Haitian community at risk for deportation as Trump ends TPS designation
Sahan Journal - Minnesota
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July 2, 2025
Stay informed. Sign up for Sahan Sunday, our weekly newsletter with Minnesota news you need to know. This story is provided to you free of charge. We’re glad you're here! If fair, free journalism matters to you, please support us! Update: A...
“It doesn’t have to be this way” – Scientists confirm Iowa farm pollution is creating dire health risks
The New Lede - Washington D.C.
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July 2, 2025
Agricultural operations across Iowa are a leading cause of significant water pollution problems in the state, posing dire risks to public and environmental health, according to a new scientific report that is sparking heated debate in the key US...
US Northeast sees record tick season as climate crisis sparks arachnid boom
The University of Rhode Island
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July 2, 2025
Ticks have been flourishing recently in the United States. This year, as compared to recent years, there has been an increase in the reported number of blacklegged ticks, the number of such ticks that carry Lyme disease and visits to the emergency...
Talking agricultural research with University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
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Our state and our world depend on bountiful and safe food sources. At the same time, the nation’s agriculture industry faces unprecedented pressures, from shifting markets to disease concerns for both crops and livestock. Brian Buhr, dean of the...
Funding uncertain for electric vehicle charging stations on Minnesota highways
Minnesota Public Radio News
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July 2, 2025
NINA MOINI: There's a special kind of dread that comes from driving a car that's about to run out of gas or power. That may be why electric vehicle advocates say highways need to have more EV charging stations for people who make that switch to...
California misleadingly markets farm-generated methane as environmentally friendly—a falsehood now exported nationwide
Prism
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July 2, 2025
Take California’s Highway 5 two hours north of Los Angeles and veer right onto Highway 99. In 50 miles, you’ll reach Pixley, a small town of about 4,000 with one doctor’s office, no grocery store, and nearly 140,000 bovine neighbors. It’s only...
Green Visions: Minnesota Million Project
The North 103.3 - Minnesota
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July 2, 2025
At 6pm on Thursday, July 3rd, Dovetail Cafe is the location for an event for the Minnesota Million Project - an effort to reforest one million acres of state land in the next two decades. The free event (hosted by Cafe Sci Twin Ports) will be led...
ICE deports immigrant awaiting prosecution in fatal Minneapolis crash
Star Tribune - Minnesota
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July 2, 2025
An undocumented immigrant charged with killing a woman while driving drunk in Minneapolis last year has been deported to his native country before his fate in a Minnesota courtroom could play out. “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement removed...
Minnesota restaurant openings & closings for June 2025
Bring Me The News - Minnesota
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July 1, 2025
Patio season is in full swing, and Minnesotans can enjoy an array of new restaurants this summer. Here are the latest restaurant headlines: Openings Boardwalk Kitchen & Bar (1125 Shenandoah Drive, Shakopee): Spectators can enjoy a brand new way to...
National TV news largely failed to connect the record-breaking eastern U.S. heat dome to climate change
Media Matters For America
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Media Matters searched transcripts in the SnapStream video database for all original episodes of ABC’s Good Morning America and World News Tonight, CBS’ Mornings and Evening News, and NBC’s Today and Nightly News, as well as all original...
June was an active month for tornadoes in Minnesota
Go Watertown - South Dakota
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July 2, 2025
July 2, 2025 ST. PAUL, Minn. — June lived up to its reputation as the peak month for tornadoes in Minnesota. Pete Boulay of the State Climatology Office says there more last month than all of 2024. The preliminary count shows 39 tornadoes in June,...
4th Of July 2025 Gas Prices Across Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota
97.3 KKRC - South Dakota
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July 2, 2025
Travelers planning Independence Day road trips across Minnesota, Iowa, and South Dakota will see some higher gas prices. GasBuddy says the national average for a gallon of gas will be ticking up just a bit to around $3.17 a gallon on July 4....
Minnesota DNR officials discover school of invasive carp gathering near La Crosse
WKBT - Wisconsin
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LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says it's found a school of invasive carp gathering in Pool 8 of the Mississippi River at the confluence of the Root River. The DNR and its partners located the invasive fish after...
In Chicago, a Landmark Environmental Justice Bill Inches Toward Passage
Inside Climate News
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July 2, 2025
CHICAGO—Cheryl Johnson’s perspective on the Hazel Johnson Cumulative Impacts Ordinance is that it’s been a long time coming. It’s not just the two years that community groups collaborated with the city’s revived Department of Environment to craft...
US north-east sees record tick season as climate crisis sparks arachnid boom
The Guardian
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July 2, 2025
Ticks have been flourishing recently in the United States. This year, as compared to recent years, there has been an increase in the reported number of blacklegged ticks, the number of such ticks that carry Lyme disease and visits to the emergency...
Minneapolis Homeowner Uncovers Incredible Blast From the Past
Racket - Minneapolis
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July 1, 2025
Welcome back to The Flyover, your daily digest of important, overlooked, and/or interesting Minnesota news stories. House Siding Project Leads to Historic Find Surprise "discoveries" are rarely a good thing when working on home improvements. But...
5 things to know for July 2: USAID, Ukraine munitions, Trump megabill, Climate change, Paramount settlement
KRDO - Colorado
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July 2, 2025
By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — Tennessee teens who pick on their classmates may soon have to walk to school. A new state law that took effect this week will give courts the ability to suspend a minor’s driver’s license for up to a year if found...