Good afternoon. I'm Cece Gaines.
Breaking news at midday,
former Minneapolis police officr
Tutao is now convicted of aidind
abetting seconddegree manslaugh.
That verdict came down late last night.
Tao's conviction is related to s
role in George Floyd's murder,
which happened three years ago.
Tao was a Minneapolis police
officer at the time.
Right now, Tao's in custody.
His sentencing for this case
is scheduled for August 7th.
Tao is already serving 3 1/2
years in federal prison.
Well, just minutes ago,
a red flag warning was issued
for 76 Minnesota counties.
That's nearly every county in the state Now.
These warnings are in place
until 8:00 o'clock tonight.
Meteorologist Jamie Cagle is
with us and can help us kind
of understand the danger.
Hey
Jamie, Hey there. Yes.
We go from cloudy, cold and wet to warm,
windy and drying out, and that's
leading to these red flag warni.
And basically it's just saying
that the conditions are right,
that if you had any sort of
heat source or flame outside,
it could easily turn into
a much bigger problem,
even into the wildfire situatio.
So red flag warnings.
For nearly every square inch of the state
that does go until 8:00 o'clock tonight,
we're expecting the winds to
die down and that's when we'll
see better conditions outside.
But right now the winds anywhere from
15 to 30 miles an hour and the d
gusts are getting stronger from time to time.
We've seen wind gusts close to 40 miles,
like you see that towards Roche.
But it is another very windy da.
The good news is we are going
to start feeling less and less
effects of that storm system ths
been responsible for this wind.
But here's the other factor
that goes into it.
Very dry conditions.
This is the relative humidity,
and many of us are going to see relative
humidities in the low 20 percentile and
teens making for some very dry conditions.
And again,
that just makes it prime for fis
to get out of hand very quickly.
Blue skies.
Nearly every square inch of
the state is under blue skies.
We have a little bit of cloud
cover and light shower activity.
Parts of northern Wisconsin in
the very tip of the Arrowhead,
but otherwise it is gorgeous.
With temperatures up around 60 degrees
across the area and we'll keep adding to it,
we're talking about some low 70.
You just got to wait another day or so.
We also have some rain.
But the good news with this rai,
notice the temperatures do not p
behind these little rain systems that
we'll have coming across the ar.
So more good news in that 7 day forecast.
Yeah, we deserve those nice tem.
We do. Thanks, Jamie.
A paid family and sick leave are being
debated as we speak in the State House.
This bill would give up to 12
weeks of paid family leave and
twelve additional weeks of paid
sick leave to Minnesota workers.
Now all of those wages would
be funded by the state.
Small business owners are backing this bill,
many saying it would allow their employees
to get paid for necessary leavet
mom and pop shops can't always afford.
Meanwhile, larger businesses are skeptical
because that could change their leave
policies in various states New today,
the House and Senate elected
4 new University of Minnesota
Regents. These are the people
responsible for selecting a
new university president.
They are West Saint Paul City
Council member Robin Gulley,
Minnesota Nurses Association President
Mary Turner, former Allana
Health CEO Penny Wheeler,
and current Regent Ted Johnson.
Canterbury Park,
known for its horse racing,
is hoping it's also the
next best music venue.
Yesterday, it just completed seg
40 acres of land to a developero
create a new open air amphithea.
The venue will hold about 19,000
people and include elevated
seating and a beer garden.
The stakeholders hope with the
addition of the amphitheater,
there will be a new entertainmet
district in Shakopee.
There's just so many different
ways that we're going to be
able to provide entertainment in
addition to the music out here.
It's just I think it's going to
be really exciting in the next
couple of years. Construction
on the amphitheater has already started
and it's expected to be open in two years.
Before we go, a reminder to mark
your calendar for a delicious
opportunity to support our community.
On Monday, May 15th,
dozens of Culvers locations across the
state will donate 10% of all thr
sales that day to the Randy Shar
Cancer Research and Community F.
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