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For the last two years, retired optician-turned-volunteer Dave Schneiderhan has been fixing eyeglasses free of charge for students in Minneapolis and St. Paul, with help from a program through Allina Health.
This comes as authorities predict the river to reach major flood stage in St. Paul sometime later this week, above 17 feet.
St. Paul police say two people were fatally shot on the 1400 block of Minnehaha Avenue East Tuesday morning.
No flights were able to go in or out of the St. Paul Downtown Airport for much of the day Tuesday as crews worked to install a temporary flood wall in anticipation for flooding from the Mississippi River.
The city says it will call residents each night to let them know if their street is getting cleaned the next day.
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter is set to deliver the State of the City address Tuesday afternoon.
Eagan's system is set at a three-mile radius. When lightning is near, workers get alerted on their phones and at the main computer, which is kept in the park's office, up high and out of reach.
Officials say the low areas where the Elk River meets the Mississippi River, close to Bailey Point Nature Reserve, are in immediate danger, as levels start to rival those of the historic flood of 1965.
A champion figure skater and University of Minnesota student had to put her dreams to compete in the Olympics on pause after a devastating injury last summer.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Monday signed a change in the city's noise ordinance, allowing the Muslim call to prayer to be amplified outside on speakers five times a day.
The bipartisan bill will replenish the state's disaster assistance contingency account with $40 million, something Walz says will begin seeing requests almost as soon as it is signed.
As of 11 a.m. Monday, the National Weather service reported the St. Croix reached moderate flood stage at 88 feet, and Bayport city leaders said they're expecting it will rise another foot and a half to major flood stage in the next couple of days.
"They come get inspired, and they go home with this new sense of inspiration and excitement to build their own creations," said BrickCon founder Greyson Riley.
As trial proceedings were just about to wrap up, Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that the state had settled with e-cigarette manufacturers Juul and Altria.
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has affirmed former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's second-degree murder conviction in the killing of George Floyd.
