Good morning and welcome to your week, Tranquil weather today. Monday will be another cooler than normal day. Expect high temperatures mainly in the 50s, but just upper 40s in the northeast corner. The Twin Cities should have a high around 57, which is about 10 degrees cooler than normal.
The coldest early-morning this upcoming week will come our way on Tuesday with widespread frosty temperatures. Get the latest forecast from Updraft. Minnesota's COVID-19 vaccination pace continued to tumble over the weekend, falling to the lowest levels seen since late February.
Averaged over the past week, as of Sunday's update, the state is reporting fewer than 34,000 vaccinations a day — down from more than 60,000 a day in mid-April. While the state did climb past the milestone of 60 percent of state residents 16 and older with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the slowing pace means it'll take longer to reach the 70-percent mark. While the overall trends are solid, officials are increasingly concerned about the spread of COVID-19 in younger people. They've been urging more testing of middle and high school students and weekly testing for athletes, coaches, referees and other youth sports participants.
People in their 20s still make up the age bracket with the state's largest number of confirmed cases — more than 109,000 since the pandemic began.
After scrap metal fire, renewed calls to protect north Mpls. residents from toxic air
A recent fire at Northern Metal Recycling reignited concerns among residents about health and environmental impacts from nearby industrial sites. One lawmaker is sponsoring legislation that would require state regulators to consider residents' cumulative exposure to pollutants before issuing permits to industries in environmental justice areas. Brooklyn Center mayor proposes major public safety changes Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott is proposing major changes to public safety in the Twin Cities suburb, nearly a month after the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright during a traffic stop.
Elliott told residents at a meeting Saturday that his proposal would "add more tools to our toolbox to appropriately respond when members of our community are in grave need." And he urged city council members to act quickly to approve the measure.
Several council members expressed support for the resolution on Saturday, but the council did not vote on the proposal in part because one member had to leave early. The council may pick up the discussion at its regular Monday night meeting, or at another special meeting tentatively scheduled for next Saturday.
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