Of something wrong came mid morning. We had the report of 16 firefighters that were possibly exposed to Carbon Monoxide. Reporter the firefighters were assigned to the glass fire, but werent actively fighting flames when they fell ill. At an offsite location from the base camp unrelated to the fire area. Reporter they were taken to the fair grounds and were examined on site. Of those 16 firefighters, one firefighter was transferred to a local hospital for further evaluation, and all of the other firefighters have been released back to duty. Reporter investigators are trying to determine what sickened the firefighters including the source of any Carbon Monoxide. The victims were part of the same group of firefighters. It was an Engine Strike Team assigned to the incident. So a group of five fire engines with 16 personnel on it. Reporter firefighters are usually the ones responding to Carbon Monoxide which is known as the silent kill person symptoms include nausea, headache, and confusio
Host this is mpr news, im mike mo katie. One of the key races this november is for senator. Tina smith is the incumbent, a former Lieutenant Governor first appointed by governor mike dayton in 2018, and she won a special election two years ago. If she wins this year, it will be for a full six year term. Her republican opponent is jason lewis, he served a term in congress from minnesotas Second District and is a former talk radio host. Tina smith and jason lewis joined me remotely this hour as part of our meet the candidate series to talk about the issues facing minnesota and the country. There arent a lot of rules for our conversation today. I will ask you a series of questions. I ask you to keep to the issues, even though you are running for senate, we dont need to filibuster. I will give you each plenty of time to lay out your views and respond to each other. One firm a rule i will enforce is you cant talk over each other. It sounds bad on the radio, people will turn us off, and nobo
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Mccright tina smith is a former lieutenant governor, was first appointed by governor mark dayton early in 2018, and she won a special election two years ago. If she wins this year, it will be for a full sixyear term. A republican component opponent served a term in congress from minnesotas second district. Tina smith and jason lewis joined me remotely this hour as part of our meet the candidate series, to talk about the issues facing minnesota and the country. There arent a lot of rules for our conversation today. I will ask you a series of questions. I ask you to keep to the issues, even though you are running for senate, we dont need to fi i ask you not to filibuster. One firm rule i will enforce is that you cannot talk over each other. Lk over each other. It sounds bad on the radio, people will turn us off, and nobody will hear what you have to say. I will give you each a minute at the start and the end to make the case why voters should pick you. I flipped a coin before we started,