Health officials warn of warm water-related issues from fish kills to brain-eating amoebas, overnight permits for the Boundary Waters may return this week, and Minnesota’s Liberians celebrate the 197th anniversary of the country’s independence.
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WITH HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE STATE, I’M XAN HOLSTON.
A DEADLY THREAT HIDING IN WARM SHALLOW WATER...
[TRISHA ROBINSON/M-D-H: THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU WOULD GET BY SWALLOWING THE WATER. IT’S WATER GOING UP THE NOSE.]
AFTER A WEEKEND OF EXTREME HEAT... MINNESOTA HEALTH OFFICIALS
SHARE A WATER WARNING.
THE EXTREME HEAT IS CAUSING A VARIETY OF PROBLEMS AROUND THE STATE.
HEAT ADVISORIES CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA ... WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR ONE HUNDRED ... BRINGING WITH IT THE DANGERS OF DEHYDRATION, HEAT EXHAUSTION, AND HEAT STROKE.
IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW SEEMS OVERHEATED AND IS CONFUSED, VOMITING, HAS A RAPID HEART RATE, OR SHORTNESS OF BREATH, GET INTO THE SHADE AND SEEK IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION.
--SUMMER HEAT KILLING FISH, INCREASING SWIMMER RISK--
THE HEAT IS ALSO TAKING A DEADLY TOLL BENEATH MINNESOTA’S LAKES AND RIVERS.
THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES BLAMES WARMING WATER TEMPERATURES FOR MORE THAN 200 FISH-KILLS ACROSS ABOUT 100 BODIES OF WATER SO FAR THIS YEAR … WITH SOME WATER TEMPERATURES REACHING 86 DEGREES.
OFFICIALS SAY TO REPORT DEAD FISH … AND TO LIMIT HOW MUCH YOU HANDLE A FISH YOU PLAN TO RELEASE.
--WARM-WATER AMOEBA SWIMMING RISK--
THE WARM WATER IS ALSO CREATING A RISK FOR SWIMMERS.
A RARE WARM-WATER AMOEBA CAN CAUSE A NEARLY ALWAYS FATAL BRAIN INFECTION WHEN CONTAMINATED WATER GOES UP THE NOSE.
TRISHA ROBINSON WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS TO AVOID SWIMMING IN WARM, SHALLOW FRESH WATER ..
[TRISHA ROBINSON/MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH: WE REALLY STRESS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT MIGHT BE GOING UP THEIR NOSE… WEARING NOSE CLIPS OR HOLDING THEIR NOSE SHUT.]
--WILDFIRE BWCA UPDATE--
ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE STATE.. FIREFIGHTERS MADE PROGRESS CONTAINING THE WILDFIRES OVER THE WEEKEND...
THE U-S FOREST SERVICE REOPENED SOME ENTRY POINTS OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS FOR DAY USE TODAY… AND SAYS OVERNIGHT ACCESS IN PARTS OF COOK AND LAKE COUNTIES COULD FOLLOW LATER THIS WEEK.
OVERNIGHT PERMITS REMAIN CANCELLED THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
OFFICIALS WILL SHARE THE LATEST INFORMATION TONIGHT AT ELY MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL … YOU CAN ALSO STREAM THE MEETING FROM THE FOREST SERVICE’S FACEBOOK PAGE.
--DNR SEEKS $4.3M IN CAMP HOUSE FIRE--
THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IS SUING THE MAN WHO ADMITTED TO STARTING THE CAMP HOUSE FIRE LAST SPRING … FOR FOUR-POINT-THREE-MILLION DOLLARS.
PARKER WILSON LEFT A CAMPFIRE SMOLDERING ON HIS PROPERTY NORTH OF DULUTH DURING A BURN BAN LAST MAY … IT LATER SPREAD AND BURNT ABOUT 12-THOUSAND ACRES … DESTROYING MORE THAN 14O BUILDINGS.
WILSON PLEADED GUILTY LAST FALL TO FAILING TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE … AND PAID A 175-DOLLAR FINE.
--WIND FARM DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LAWSUIT--
FOUR MINNESOTA WIND FARMS... AND MORE THAN FOUR-THOUSAND-JOBS... ARE NOW AT RISK AFTER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION STOPPED ITS FEDERAL-SECURITY REVIEWS OF WIND FARMS.
ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH ELLISON AND 18 OTHER STATES F ILED A LAWSUIT LAST WEEK AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO FORCE IT TO RESTART THE INSPECTIONS.
JAKE SCHWITZER, A SPOKESPERSON FOR NORTH STAR POLICY ACTION, AN INDEPENDENT RESEARCH FIRM BACKED BY LABOR ORGANIZATIONS, TELLS PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE THAT STOPPING THE INSPECTIONS IS ALREADY HURTING MINNESOTA’S ECONOMY..
[JAKE SCHWITZER/NORTH STAR POLICY ACTION: WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 4,400 MINNESOTA JOBS BEING LOST AS A RESULT OF THIS PAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S 4,400 FOLKS WHO AREN'T BRINGING HOME A PAYCHECK TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE FOR THEIR FAMILY.]
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS THE FREEZE IS NEEDED TO ADDRESS NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS.
--FOND DU LAC EMERGENCY SERVICES CENTER --
JUST WEST OF DULUTH.. WHEN A CRISIS HITS... THE FOND DU LAC BAND WILL NOW HAVE A MORE COORDINATED RESPONSE.
THE BAND OFFICIALLY OPENED AN EXPANDED TRIBAL POLICE STATION AND ITS FIRST PERMANENT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS NEAR CLOQUET.
THE CLOQUET AREA FIRE DISTRICT WILL STILL PROVIDE FIRE AND AMBULANCE SERVICE… BUT TRIBAL OFFICIALS CAN NOW COORDINATE DIRECTLY WITH THOSE CREWS FROM A DEDICATED EMERGENCY CENTER.
--SHILOH HENDRIX VERDICT--
A ROCHESTER WOMAN HAS BEEN CONVICTED AFTER A RACIST PLAYGROUND CONFRONTATION... BUT NOT FOR WHAT SHE SAID TO A BLACK CHILD LIVING WITH AUTISM.
AN OLMSTED COUNTY JURY FOUND SHILOH HENDRIX GUILTY OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT TOWARD THE MAN WHO RECORDED HER.
SHE RECEIVED A STAYED 90-DAY JAIL SENTENCE, A ONE-THOUSAND-DOLLAR FINE AND 200 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.
--MNDOT WORK ZONE CAMERAS--
WORK-ZONE SPEEDERS IN TWO MINNESOTA CORRIDORS MAY SOON GET A WARNING IN THE MAIL.
CAMERAS ARE GOING UP THIS MONTH ON I-35 IN BURNSVILLE … AND ON HIGHWAY 65 BETWEEN CAMBRIDGE AND BRAHAM.
DRIVERS CLOCKED AT LEAST 10 MILES PER HOUR OVER THE LIMIT WON’T BE FINED DURING THE PILOT … BUT WILL RECEIVE WARNINGS IN THE MAIL.
MNDOT SAYS OTHER STATES USING SAFETY CAMERAS HAVE SEEN SERIOUS AND FATAL CRASHES REDUCED BY UP TO HALF.
SIGNS WILL MARK ACTIVE CAMERA ZONES.
--LIBERIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS --
AND FINALLY …
MINNESOTA’S LIBERIAN COMMUNITY SPENT THIS WEEKEND CELEBRATING 179 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE.
MORE THAN 20-THOUSAND LIBERIANS LIVE ACROSS MINNESOTA …
BROOKLYN PARK, IN THE NORTHWEST METRO, HOSTED A PARADE, FOOD AND MUSIC. IN PLYMOUTH, SOCCER TEAMS RECREATED A LEGENDARY LIBERIAN RIVALRY.... MINNEAPOLIS HOSTED CONCERTS.
ORGANIZERS SAY THE CELEBRATIONS HELPS YOUNGER LIBERIAN-MINNESOTANS CARRY THE CULTURE FORWARD.
FOR NORTH STAR STORIES, I’M XAN HOLSTON.