Flooding replaces drought in some parts of the state, Mesabi Metallics breaks ground, and it’s Yom Kippur.
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WITH HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE STATE, I’M XAN HOLSTON.
MINNESOTA IS FACING TWO WATER EXTREMES... DROUGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE... AND FLOOD EVACUATIONS IN THE SOUTH...
[LUIGI ROMOLO / MINNESOTA STATE CLIMATOLOGIST: WATER CONSERVATION NEEDS TO BE A LIFESTYLE CHANGE. WE CAN’T JUST BE CONSERVING WATER DURING DROUGHT.]
FIRST... THE FLOODING ....
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA FACES ANOTHER DAY OF RIVER FLOODING... AFTER WEEKEND STORMS FORCED EVACUATIONS AND SENT WATER INTO HOMES...
IN NEW RICHLAND... SOUTHEAST OF MANKATO ... THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR SAYS THIRTY-SIX NURSING-HOME RESIDENTS WERE EVACUATED... WITH OTHER RESCUES AT A MOBILE-HOME PARK... AND WATER COVERING DOWNTOWN STREETS...
NEW RICHLAND CITY OFFICIALS ARE URGING ALL HOME AND PROPERTY OWNERS TO DOCUMENT DAMAGE.
FARTHER EAST... ABOUT THIRTY-FIVE CAMPERS WERE EVACUATED SATURDAY FROM EAGLE CLIFF CAMPGROUND NEAR LANESBORO … SOUTHEAST OF ROCHESTER...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EXPECTS THE ROOT RIVER IN MINNESOTA’S SOUTHEAST CORNER... TO CREST THIS MORNING...
THE WARNING THERE RUNS THROUGH TEN TUESDAY NIGHT... WITH THE RIVER EXPECTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TUESDAY MORNING...
THE CEDAR RIVER AT AUSTIN AND NEARBY LANSINGWAS ALREADY FALLING SUNDAY...
--DROUGHT UPDATE--
THE WEEKEND’S RAIN FOLLOWED MONTHS OF CONCERN ABOUT TOO LITTLE WATER...
BEFORE THE STORMS... THE STATE’S LATEST DROUGHT MAP SHOWED NEARLY A THIRD OF MINNESOTA IN SEVERE OR EXTREME DROUGHT...
THE DRIEST POCKETS INCLUDED PARTS OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY... ALONG THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER... AND EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ALONG THE WISCONSIN BORDER...
STATE CLIMATOLOGIST LUIGI ROMOLO... TELLS NORTH STAR STORIES MINNESOTA NEEDS EXTENDED RAINFALL TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR NEARLY A THIRD OF THE STATE STILL IN SEVERE DROUGHT.
[LUIGI ROMOLO / MINNESOTA STATE CLIMATOLOGIST: IT TAKES A LONG TIME, EVEN AFTER THE DROUGHT IS GONE, FOR US TO REPLENISH OUR LAKES AND RIVERS, AND ESPECIALLY OUR GROUNDWATER.]
--MEASLES UPDATE IN FILLMORE COUNTY--
SOUTHEAST OF ROCHESTER... HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE TRACING EXPOSURES TO AN UNVACCINATED ADULT WITH MEASLES...
STATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST JAYNE GRIFFITH SAYS THE PERSON APPEARS TO HAVE CONTRACTED THE VIRUS WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH SEVERAL U-S STATES...
AND THE CASE APPEARS UNRELATED TO THE OUTBREAK IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...
[JAYNE GRIFFITH/MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH: SO MEASLES IS VERY INFECTIOUS, AND IT WILL FIND SOMEONE WHO IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO IT, SO MEANING SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT HAVE IMMUNITY THROUGH, YOU KNOW, VACCINATION OR PROTECTION BY VACCINATION OR NATURAL DISEASE.]
MINNESOTA’S REPORTED TOTAL REMAINS EIGHTEEN CASES THIS YEAR...
FILLMORE COUNTY IS OFFERING FREE OR LOW-COST VACCINATIONS THURSDAY... FOUR TO SIX... AT THE COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING IN PRESTON...
[MUSIC TRANSITION]
--MAYOR KAOHLY HER SEXUAL-HARRASSMENT FINDINGS --
ST. PAUL MAYOR KAOHLY HER HAS APOLOGIZED AFTER AN INVESTIGATION FOUND OFFENSIVE AND INAPPROPRIATE WORKPLACE BEHAVIOR...
THE INQUIRY DID NOT SUBSTANTIATE SEXUAL-HARASSMENT OR RETALIATION ALLEGATIONS...
HUMAN RESOURCES RECOMMENDED TRAINING... AND AN EXECUTIVE COACH AT HER EXPENSE...
THE DEPARTMENT PLANS MONTHLY FOLLOW-UPS FOR SIX MONTHS...
--MESABI METALLICS GROUNDBREAKING --
UP NORTH... MESABI METALLICS IS PROPOSING A FIVE-BILLION-DOLLAR EXPANSION ON THE IRON RANGE...
MESABI METALICS’ C-E-O RECENTLY TOLD ITASCA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THE PLAN COULD ADD 500-JOBS... BUT... IT STILL NEEDS PERMITS...
THE MINING COMPANY BROKE GROUND THURSDAY ON ITS LATEST EXPANSION... CELEBRATING A NEARLY 800-MILLION-DOLLAR FEDERAL LOAN...
EMMA KRAB... WITH AMPERS AFFILIATE K-A-X-E... REPORTS.
--MESABI METALLICS – PKG--
[EMMA KRAB: FLANKED BY MASSIVE AMERICAN FLAGS FIXED TO MASABI'S 400-TON HAUL TRUCKS. SEVERAL COMMUNITY AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS SPOKE AT THE EVENT NEAR NASHWAUK.]
DAVID COPLEY, A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL, WAS ONE OF THEM.
[DAVID COPLEY: THANK YOU ALL, AND GOOD LUCK AS WE LAUNCH THE FIRST BIG, BEAUTIFUL GREENFIELD IRON MINE THIS COUNTRY HAS BUILT IN 50 YEARS.]
THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, OR XIM, IS AN AGENCY THAT PROVIDES FINANCING TO AMERICAN BUSINESSES.
ACCORDING TO THE AGENCY, IT OFTEN FILLS IN THE GAP WHEN A COMPANY IS UNABLE TO ACHIEVE FINANCING BY PRIVATE MEANS. XM MAY PROVIDE UP TO 10-BILLION DOLLARS IN FINANCING FOR MESABI, ACCORDING TO AN AGENCY NEWS RELEASE.
AT THE EVENT, WHICH ALSO FEATURED A MIND BLAST AND CELEBRATION OF MESABI'S NEW CONCENTRATORS, MEMBERS OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION EMPHASIZED AN AMERICAN FIRST SENTIMENT.
MESABI METALLICS PLANS TO EMPLOY UP TO 350 PEOPLE AND PRODUCE SEVEN-MILLION TONS OF PELLETS PER YEAR ONCE THE MINE IS FULLY OPERATIONAL.
MMA KRAB, KAXE NEWS.]
--YOM KIPPUR HOLIDAY --
AND FINALLY... TODAY IS YOM KIPPUR … THE JEWISH DAY OF ATONEMENT AND THE HOLIEST DAY OF THE YEAR IN JUDAISM ...
YOM KIPPUR BEGAN AT SUNDOWN YESTERDAY... AND ENDS AT NIGHTFALL TONIGHT.
SEVERAL MINNESOTA SCHOOL DISTRICTS NOW OBSERVE IT WITH A SCHOOL HOLIDAY.
MANY PEOPLE WEAR WHITE CLOTHING ON YOM KIPPUR.. TO SYMBOLIZE PURITY AND RENEWAL..
OBSERVANCES INCLUDE FASTING... PRAYER... AND REFLECTION.
FOR NORTH STAR STORIES... I’M XAN HOLSTON.