Saturday storm could bring significant snow to Twin Cities, southern Minnesota

If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may [see it online](. [Star Tribune]( Talkers TOP STORIES - Saturday storm could bring significant snow to Twin Cities, southern Minnesota: Another round of winter is about to smack the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota on Saturday with a storm that is [expected to dump a significant amount of snow.]( - Trump impeachment to go to Senate on Monday: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to [send the article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate]( on Monday, launching the start of the former president's trial on a charge of incitement of insurrection over the deadly Capitol riot. Trump is the first president to be twice impeached and the first to face a trial after leaving office. - State's vaccine allocation increases to 871K doses: Minnesota's allocation of federally controlled COVID-19 vaccine increased to 871,650 doses on Friday amid statewide efforts to finish immunizing health care workers and long-term care residents, and to start giving shots to senior citizens as well. The Minnesota Department of Health updates its allocation each Friday, with the latest total representing [an increase of 244,725 doses of the two-dose COVID-19 vaccines](. - Minnesota senior test clinics expanding vaccine access: The state also [unveiled a new electronic COVID-19 case investigation system]( by which people who have tested positive will be invited via text message to answer questions about viral exposures online. - U.S. Bank Stadium's water woes surface again with bubbly replacement barriers: A problem has bubbled up with the reinforcement moisture barriers intended to keep U.S. Bank Stadium dry, [prompting a public oversight panel Thursday to spend $800,000 on a fix](. - Austin wins Senate confirmation as first Black Pentagon chief: Lloyd J. Austin, a West Point graduate who rose to the Army's elite ranks and marched through racial barriers in a 41-year career, won Senate confirmation Friday to [become the nation's first Black secretary of defense.]( - Minnesota tribes blast Stauber for opposing Interior nominee: Leaders of Minnesota's biggest American Indian tribes are [criticizing U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber]( for his efforts to build opposition to Democratic Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico, President Joe Biden's pick for Interior secretary, who is herself a tribal member. - Were grizzly bears ever indigenous to Minnesota? The land of lakes, moose, loons, timber wolves and ... grizzly bears? Believe it or not, the great brown bears [once ruled the plains of western Minnesota.]( WATCH THIS Twin Cities hip-hop star Dessa pens a "Hamilton"-style track for Janet Yellen: Dessa and a couple of her Doomtree collaborators took up a call from the public radio show "Marketplace" to create a fight song of sorts for the new Treasury secretary, Janet Yellen. [Her 90-second tribute to the first woman to hold the vital cabinet position]( debuted on air Thursday after President Biden himself suggested that Yellen was deserving of her own "Hamilton"-style musical. Talk to us! Send feedback on this newsletter, questions, story tips, ideas or anything else to [talkers@startribune.com](. TRENDING - Former Bellecour in Wayzata will reopen as Italian restaurant and pizza takeout: Bellecour, Gavin Kaysen's shuttered French restaurant in Wayzata, [will be reborn this spring as Josefina](, an Italian restaurant from a team that includes chef and restaurateur Daniel del Prado. - WCCO Radio parts ways with its program director: WCCO Radio has informed staff that [its program director John Hanson has left the station](. WCCO management and Hanson have not returned calls for comment. - The 5 best things our food writers ate this week: From chicken arepa to Salmon Oscar, [here's a rundown of the greatest hits]( from their dining diaries over the past seven days. SPORTS ROUNDUP - Baseball Hall of Famer and legendary home-run hitter Hank Aaron dies at 86: Hank Aaron, who faced down racism as [he eclipsed Babe Ruth as baseball's home run king](, hitting 755 homers and holding the most celebrated record in sports for more than 30 years, has died. He was 86. - Kirill Kaprizov is the most dynamic Minnesota rookie since ... ? How far back do we need to go to answer that question? If the answer is Randy Moss in 1998, [Kaprizov will have surpassed a lot of greats.]( - Uneven mask-wearing in high school games draws calls for full compliance: The Minnesota State High School League [addressed the issue during a virtual meeting]( Thursday with school representatives. League officials reiterated that the mask mandate is accompanied by expectations of 100% compliance by the hundreds of teams and thousands of athletes competing across the state. Did someone forward this newsletter to you? You can [sign up for Talkers here](. WORTH A CLICK Wildlife photographers talk about the toughest shot they've taken: From waiting for the perfect setting for years to being emotionally stirred by human-wildlife conflicts, [these photographers share stories behind their most challenging photos](. TALKERS TRIVIA Want to win a $15 gift card of your choice? It's Friday, so that means it's time for another trivia question. The correct answer to this question can be found in a story that appeared in Talkers this week. We can't prevent you from simply Googling the answer, so Googling is encouraged! E-mail your answer to talkers@startribune.com by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. A winner will be selected at random from the correct responses. That lucky reader will receive a $15 card of their choice from one of several retailers — Best Buy, Target, Holiday or Menards — as well as a shout-out in Monday's newsletter. Here is this week's question: What is the name of the poem delivered by 22-year-old Amanda Gorman at President Biden's inauguration? Good luck! FROM THE ARCHIVES Jan. 22, 2020: Paul Nigon practiced skate-skiing up a hill without using poles during a cross-country ski clinic on a snowy night at Hyland Lake Park Reserve in Bloomington. 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