Slight Chance for Storms Thursday, Maybe 90 on Saturday
UNDATED A few stronger storms are possible Thursday afternoon and evening.
Primary risks will be hail up to 1 inch and 60 mph wind gusts, but a weak tornado cannot be ruled out.
On Wednesday evening we officially had .48 inches of rain at the St. Cloud Regional Airport, according to the National Weather Service.
We re still 1.39 inches below normal for the month of May, but just .12 inches below normal for precipitation for the year so far.
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Primary risks will be hail up to 1 inch and 60 mph wind gusts.
Looking ahead to Saturday
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Maple Grove Woman Pleads Guilty In 2019 Tubing Accident
Back in my younger years, we always had a blast tubing behind a boat. We didn t have these decked out tubes like kids use now. ours were just a tractor innertube with a ski rope tied around the tube. It s totally amazing we all lived through being thrown across the water at high speeds.
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We were Boomers and there were a lot of us, so losing a few here or there didn t seem to concern many. It didn t work out so well for this woman and two kids in Maple Grove back in 2019. It s a very sad deal for all involved.
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South Dakota, have announced plans to end the supplemental federal unemployment benefit of an extra $300 per week. Right now that supplement is set to expire on September 6th.
Here in Minnesota, Democrats are pushing to pass legislation to not tax unemployment benefits.
Jeff Howe is a Republican State Senator from Rockville. He says that is something he is not in favor of.
I think that s a bad message to send. I think we should turn that around and actually give a little bit of a bonus for those that will go out and go back to work.
Federal Program Giving People $50 Off Internet Bill
The $3.2 billion program was part of the $900 billion December pandemic-relief package.
It s unclear how long the money will last, although it s expected to be several months.
Tens of millions of people are eligible.
The government is increasing spending on broadband as the pandemic made stark that
millions of Americans did not have access to and could not afford broadband at a time when jobs, school and health care was moving online.
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