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Plus the firing of a Crow Wing County fire chief, a spike in child poverty and progress on area road construction.

Also covered are PFAS contamination at Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School and consideration of a cannabis muni in Bemidji.

Wind speeds ranging 45-60+ mph were recorded in Northern Minnesota after storms fired up in the late afternoon. Dozens of 911 calls poured in as people reported downed power lines and trees.

Part of the cultural event was what organizers described as impromptu tours to nearby sites, including the Talon Metals mine site and the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline corridor, pointing out nearby lakes, rivers and wetlands.

Plus: MN Supreme Court suspends former assistant Aitkin County attorney; Brainerd public utilities workers declare intent to strike; new report examines impact of 988 line; and officials remind public of fireworks safety.

Also covered is hearing checks headed into the new school year and area road construction.

Also covered is a new initiative seeking to bring attention to issues affecting rural voters.

The National Research Council today released a report on whether power lines have an adverse affect on human health. Some have suggested that the electric and magnetic fields generated by power lines can cause human disease, but the research council found scant evidence of that. Richard Harris reports.

Plus: the Minnesota Court of Appeals reversed Aitkin County's decision to convict a Minneapolis woman of unlawful assembly and trespass during the Line 3 construction; and rural Northern Minnesota athletes in three sports gave it their all in state tournaments last weekend.

Also covered is a new initiative seeking to bring attention to issues affecting rural voters.

Plus: Hundreds turn out for Mesabi Metallics environmental permits meeting.

Plus: Officials discuss next steps in Grand Rapids Legionnaire's outbreak; Brainerd schools, educators settle a contract; deer hunters had just as much success this year as last; and the Minnesota transportation sector could be next in line for a carbon-free standard.

PLUS: Three St. Louis County townships in line to receive broadband internet; four candidates recommended for two Ninth Judicial District judgeships; Sanford Health to host a Native American advisory session; and a Virginia-based tax debt settlement company deceived its clients.

Members of the Writers Guild of America are on strike and walking the picket lines Monday. The guild members took to the picket lines in New York and Los Angeles.

Plus the Polk County Sheriff's Office discovers a body near an abandoned vehicle, a case against three Line 3 protesters in Aitkin County is dismissed by a judge, a Cass County K-9 suffers injury during a pursuit, and Mission Township terminates its fire chief because of fiscal and financial irregularities.

Now that the line-item veto has passed through both houses of Congress, it is expected that President Clinton will sign the bill, which will give the executive branch the power to cross out select lines of the federal budget, rather than vetoing the entire budget. We have a discussion about the implications of the passage of line-item veto...about its effects on the balance of power between executive and legislative branches, and if indeed it will help the president balance te budget. Linda talks with Robert Reischauer (RYESH-how-er), a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and former director of the Congressional Budget Office, as well with James Thurber, director for the Congressional and Presidential Studies at Amercian University.

Plus: The Minnesota Attorney General is suing TikTok for violating consumer protection laws; and the International Falls city council is seeking public input on how to rebuild Smokey Bear Park after a fire destroyed its bandshell in 2024.

And: A 54-year-old Colorado woman will spend a year on probation for her felony obstruction charge stemming from a Line 3 protest in 2021; Leech Lake Secretary/Treasurer Leonard Fineday will now serve in a leadership role with the National Congress of American Indians; and the turkeys pardoned by President Joe Biden will live out their lives at the University of Minnesota.

Plus: Drivers on Highway 371 in Hackensack can expect daily lane closures beginning May 5; Hibbing Public Utilities will host a landowner-specific information meeting May 7 on its planned new overhead transmission line; and a shooting contest of Easter bunny Peeps draws new and old friends to the Northland Sports Park each year in Bemidji.

Linda talks with U-S Representative David Skaggs (D, CO) about the lawsuit he and five other members of Congress filed, challenging the constitutionality of the new law which gives the President line-item veto power. Skaggs believes the line-item veto law tips the balance of power in favor of the executive branch and away from Congress.