Minnesota youth most in need of help from juvenile system have nowhere to go

Plus: Auto prices finally begin to creep down from inflated highs ͏ ͏ If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may [see it online](. [Star Tribune]( Talkers TOP STORIES - Minnesota youth most in need of help from juvenile system have nowhere to go: In Minnesota, more than a dozen licensed facilities that once housed and cared for high-risk children have shut their doors over the past decade. The number of beds in Minnesota's juvenile correctional facilities has shrunk by about 40% since 2015, state records show. Judges say they are running out of places to send youth who require the kind of intensive therapy not available through community-based programs. As a result, more than 1,800 Minnesota children have been shipped out of state for residential treatment over the past decade, to facilities as far away as Georgia, Missouri, Texas and Utah, state records show. [Read more.]( - Auto prices finally begin to creep down from inflated highs: Prices on new and used vehicles remain 30% to 50% above where they were when the pandemic erupted. The average used auto cost nearly $31,000 last month. The average new? $47,000. With higher prices and loan rates combining to push average monthly payments on a new vehicle above $700, millions of buyers have been priced out of the new-vehicle market and are now confined to used vehicles. [Read more.]( - Minnesota businesses see opportunity in fast-growing pickleball market: Large operators plot out huge court expansions while small firms see the sport as a fun complement to their core business. [Read more.]( - 16-year-old in stolen car leads officers on 28-mile chase: A 16-year-old with a criminal past who was suffering from previous gunshot wounds and driving a stolen car led law enforcement on a 28-mile chase early Tuesday before he was arrested in St. Paul. [Read more.]( - U.S. economy returned to growth last quarter: The U.S. economy grew at a 2.6% annual rate from July through September, snapping two straight quarters of contraction and overcoming high inflation and interest rates just as voting begins in midterm elections in which the economy's health has emerged as a paramount issue. [Read more.]( WATCH THIS Lava spills into the ocean at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park: This footage captured by Kawika Singson [shows the process by which the Hawaiian islands continue to grow](, with lava flowing into the ocean along the coast. *** Talk to us! Send feedback on this newsletter, questions, story tips, ideas or anything else to [talkers@startribune.com](. *** TRENDING Minnesota's Poppy Harlow vows Midwest will be well represented in new CNN morning show: The Minneapolis native recently returned to the cable news network after a year at Yale Law School, just in time for Monday's launch of "This Morning," which will air from 5 to 8 a.m. weekdays. She'll anchor alongside former prime time host Don Lemon and Kaitlan Collins, who previously covered the White House. Harlow spoke with Neal Justin about her new gig. [Read more.]( SPORTS BLINK What's wrong with the Gophers passing attack? It's not just one thing. No Minnesota wide receiver has caught a touchdown pass in more than a month, a shortcoming even more glaring when fans look back only a few years to when Rashod Bateman and Tyler Johnson were stars. [Read more.]( *** Did someone forward this newsletter to you? You can [sign up for Talkers here](. *** WORTH A CLICK Colorado couple "snowed in" by sea of tumbleweeds: "Strong winds Saturday night and into Sunday morning in Southern Colorado downed power lines and tree limbs. But for one couple living in Fountain, the wind brought out so many tumbleweeds, they can't even get out of their own driveway, KRDO reports. [Read more.]( FROM THE ARHIVES Oct. 27, 2016: Divers Bill Trethaway and Danny Paulus carved pumpkins underwater to share with the sturgeon, carp and turtles at Mall of America's SEA LIFE Minnesota Aquarium. (Photo: Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune) Connect with Star Tribune [facebook]([twitter]([pinterest]([instagram]( [Manage email preferences]( • [Subscribe to Star Tribune]( • [Privacy Policy]( • [Unsubscribe]( This email was sent by: StarTribune, 650 3rd Ave S, Suite #1300, Minneapolis, MN, 55488 © 2022 StarTribune. All rights reserved. We value your opinion! [Give us your feedback.](