Minnesota
Water will be a reprieve from Minnesota heat this weekend
Families get creative to stay cool in the heat
The hottest temperatures of the year so far have families getting resourceful to beat the heat and enjoy the weekend.
MAPLEWOOD, Minn. (FOX 9) – This weekend is the type of weekend when you’ll want to stay pretty close to water, to avoid the heat.
Whether it’s a splash pad, lake or a water park, water is where we can get a reprieve from the summer heat. Temperatures seemed to drop five degrees as you approached the splash pad at Maple Grove’s Central Park.
Lisa Korus stayed comfortably in the shade, but she and her grandkids appreciated the heat.
“You’ve got to soak it in,” she said. “Warm up where you can. Right? Because it’s short.”
The USA Cup heated up in Blaine Friday and the team from Tea, South Dakota felt it.
“It was very hot,” said Tea player McKenzie Thompson.
Especially on the turf fields, which seemed at least five degrees warmer than the grass.
“The heat was definitely regulating through our cleats,” Thompson said. “And it was very much of a struggle on our bodies to keep going. I was very tired.”
Smoothies kept everyone cool off the field. And inside the air-conditioned hub of the tournament, people lined up to fill water bottles and grab some free electrolytes.
When it was time to warm up and start the next match, parents from Winnipeg lined up their umbrellas to get a cooler view.
“We were lucky the first game, we were in the shade,” said Winnipeg coach Matt Stathers.
Coaches delivered motivation, but kept an eye on players for signs of struggling with the heat. The Canadians had water, fruit, and substitutes ready to go, so they were as prepared as anyone with the possible exception of any opponents from southern states.
“They’re probably used to if they’re from Texas or something,” Stathers said.
“But we don’t ever get in our heads,” said fellow coach Sarah Prospero. “We just go out there and play game and we don’t. We don’t worry about it.”
The Lupient Water Park was very popular Friday. It has a capacity of 400 people, and it typically fills up on hot weekends like this.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Expect a sunny Saturday with heat expected to build up this weekend before an even hotter work week.
Saturday forecast
Local perspective:
Winds stay light out of the south with plenty of sunshine today.
There are hints of an extremely isolated thundershower, but the chance of that happening over any given area is extremely small.
Expect highs to peak in the upper 80s with dew points in the mid to upper 60s this afternoon.
Extended forecast
What’s next:
This forecast is hot.
Highs will peak in the 90s every day this upcoming week for the Twin Cities and a large portion of the area as well.
Dew points really don’t look to surge into the 70s but mainly stay in the lower to upper 60s depending on the day of the week.
Little to no precipitation forecast this upcoming week. Expect dry and sunny days.
The Source: This story uses information from the FOX 9 weather forecast.
BEMIDJI — The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development recently announced over $1.4 million in child care economic development grants, including a $200,000 award to the
Northwest Minnesota Foundation
in Bemidji.
Split between 11 programs and organizations around the state, more than 80% of the awarded funds support programs in Greater Minnesota, with the aim of creating more than 1,100 new child care slots.
“Affordable, reliable child care is essential for a thriving economy,” DEED Commissioner Matt Varilek said in a release. “These grants are supporting working families by ensuring Minnesota parents are able to work knowing their child is well cared for by some of the best caregivers in the nation. We’re also helping employers retain talent and working together to establish the foundation for long-term economic vitality.”
DEED’s Child Care Economic Development Grant program provides funding to organizations and communities to invest in new or expanding child care businesses, including facility improvements, worker training, attraction, retention and licensing, and other strategies to address the child care shortage.
Since the office’s inception in July 2023, DEED has awarded over $13 million in grants to 56 organizations to fund child care startups or business expansions, resulting in over 4,000 new child care slots.
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