Minnesota Midday: Wednesday storms, Salim Said sentencing and Hermantown data center

Storms possible across Minnesota Wednesday afternoon and evening

Scattered thunderstorms are forecast for Minnesota on Wednesday, October 28, starting in the west in the afternoon and moving east. FOX 9 says the Twin Cities metro is under a Level 2 slight risk for severe weather, with the strongest storms likely from 4…

✔ Sources: FOX 9, CBS Minnesota, KSTP

Feeding Our Future figure Salim Said faces sentencing; prosecutors seek 40 years

Salim Said, the former owner of Safari Restaurant in Minneapolis, is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Minneapolis in the Feeding Our Future case. Prosecutors are asking for 40 years in prison and nearly 8 million dollars in…

✔ Sources: FOX 9, KSTP, KARE 11

Hermantown votes on Google data center postponed after protest fills city hall

The Hermantown City Council planned a special meeting Monday night to vote on final local approval for a proposed Google data center near Duluth. MPR News reports hundreds of people came, many could not fit in the chambers, and nearly 100 chanted for about…

✔ Sources: MPR News, KSTP, Duluth News Tribune

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