Dana Thiede at KARE-11 reports greater than 4 inches of precipitation fell on the Twin Ports Saturday into Sunday, leaving some roads submerged at best, and washed out at worst. There was a lot rain that sewers filled up completely, lifting heavy manhole covers into the air.
Erin Doherty at Axios reports Rep. Dean Phillips said in a podcast released Monday that he’s “considering” difficult President Biden for the Democratic Party’s nomination in 2024.
Vineeta Sawkar on the WCCO Morning News spoke with Erin DuPree, who resigned at some point after her appointment to guide Minnesota’s office of Cannabis Management: “Had I been allowed to talk to the folks that were writing the articles, they might have looked loads in a different way, because they might have been in a position to hear what was actually occurring in those situations.”
Tommy Wiita at Bring Me the News reports boat manufacturer Alumacraft has announced 68 job cuts in St. Peter.
Via the Pioneer Press: Arlen Erdahl, a former Minnesota secretary of state, died at 92 after a protracted battle with Alzheimer’s.
Judd Legum at Popular Information examines the differences in Senate Democratic leadership’s wait-and-see attitude toward Sen. Bob Menendez versus the calls for resignation aimed toward Sen. Al Franken in 2017.
Keith Harris at Racket discusses the four-disc remixed version of 1985’s “Tim” from the Replacements, and reexamines the “cruel paradox: The Replacements might have been famous if only they hadn’t been the Replacements.”
Minneapolis city council member Andrew Johnson begins a brand new job on October 10:
JUST IN: Minneapolis City Council member @CMAndrewJohnson will start a brand new job on Oct. 10
Johnson’s not running for re-election, but suggests he’s scaling back his council involvement and would allow successor to be sworn in early after Nov. 7 election (per his newsletter) pic.twitter.com/DnqXhuWQoF
— Kyle Stokes (@kystokes) September 25, 2023