At least 19 people have been arrested by federal authorities in the latest immigration sweep in the Twin Cities, MPR News reports. “Members of Minnesota’s immigrant communities say the operation has led to more encounters with authorities — like requiring people stopped by federal agents to show passports or other identifying documents — than ICE is reporting.”
Elevated levels of manganese have been found in drinking water wells near the city of Emily in Crow Wing County, where a developer is looking to open a manganese mine, the Minnesota Star Tribune reports. “A citizens group formed to study the pros and cons of a mine tested samples from 21 private drinking water wells. Twelve contained enough manganese, a neurotoxicant, that the water could not be used in infant formula. Five of those wells had enough of the metal that the EPA warns adults against drinking it.”
An “angry clipper” could cut across Minnesota on Tuesday, according to Bring Me The News. “Nothing is concrete yet, but the forecast discussion from the Twin Cities weather service suggests 4-6+ inches [of snow] is possible for a narrow area no more than a few counties wide.
Thousands of Minnesotans donated blankets this Saturday. The nonprofit Bridging organized an event at four Original Mattress Factories, where “volunteers worked to bag and save the blankets — which will eventually go to support thousands of families across the Twin Cities metro and beyond.”
The Pioneer Press has a deep look at former The Current DJ Mary Lucia’s new memoir, “What Doesn’t Kill Me Makes Me Weirder and Harder to Relate To,” in which “Lucia opens the floodgates and tells all, revealing often jaw-dropping and intimate details about her career, her addictions and her life in general.”
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