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Punishing heat Monday, perfect MN State Fair weather follows
Monday could be one of the hottest days of 2024, but the heat will not last all week.
In the Twin Cities, the National Weather Service predicts high temperatures in the 90s with a heat index up to 105 to account for sun and humidty. Southern Minnesota will be even steamier, and could see heat indexes of up to 107 degrees in Mankato and Red Wing.
Heat expected Sunday was moderated by cloud coverage. As of Sunday afternoon, the temperature at the National Weather Service’s fairgrounds monitoring station was 85 degrees with a 93-degree heat index — almost 10 degrees lower than the predicted heat index, NWS meteorologist Joe Calderone said.
“Tomorrow’s going to be the worst day,” Calderone said, and the most potentially dangerous. Calderone suggested getting in air conditioning for at least part of the day, and avoiding strenuous activity.
The heat will break early Tuesday with a cold front, Calderone said, “a pretty potent one.”
The cold front could bring severe storms early Tuesday, he said, with the possibility of damaging straight-line winds. But the cold front will be a harbinger of great State Fair-going weather later in the week.
Wednesday will see high temperatures down in the 80s and lower heat indexes, as will Thursday, though Calderone said it could rain Thursday.
Labor Day weekend will have highs in the 70s, he said.
LAFAYETTE, Wis. — About 25 children and adults were injured Wednesday when a wagon carrying them overturned at a western Wisconsin apple orchard.
The children, parents and chaperones were on a field trip to the orchard in Lafayette when one of two wagons being pulled by a tractor turned sideways and rolled over, Chippewa County Sheriff Travis Hakes told reporters. Hakes said the tractor was traveling at a low speed when the wagon rolled over while going downhill.
Three people suffered critical injuries, while injuries to five others were considered serious. Authorities didn’t say how many of the injured were children.
The elementary school-age children attend a school in Eau Claire. Lafayette is northeast of Eau Claire.
After about five minutes and several warnings that students participating in the protest would be suspended,, the protesters exited Northrop and Cunningham continued her speech. They later gathered outside on the mall afterwards to shout, “Cunningham, you will see, Palestine will be free.”
Cunningham recounted the story of Norman Borlaug, the U alumnus and agronomist whose research in wheat saved millions from starvation, and said she would prioritize keeping a college education affordable for students.
Cunningham actually took over presidential duties on July 1, replacing Interim President Jeff Ettinger. She oversees a budget of more than $4 billion to run the university’s five campuses, which enrolled more than 68,000 students and employed 27,000 people during the last academic year.
She was chosen for the job last winter over two other candidates: Laura Bloomberg, president of Cleveland State University and former dean of the U’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs, and James Holloway, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of New Mexico. She is the U’s second woman president, following Joan Gabel who held the office from 2019 to 2023.
Cunningham will be paid more than $1 million per year — about $975,000 in base pay and an additional $120,000 in retirement contributions. The compensation puts her in the top quarter of Big Ten university presidents.
Sgt. Gordon Blackey, once a security guard to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, allegedly admitted to tracking the woman’s movements in her vehicle, according to a criminal complaint.
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