A moderate to severe drought is hitting much of the state, The 15th annual Twin Cities Film Festival kicks off today, & A house fire in St. Paul has left one person in critical condition

Taylor Rivera with the Thursday 830 On The Go! A moderate to severe drought is hitting much of the state. The 15th annual Twin Cities Film Festival kicks off today. A house fire in St. Paul has left one person in critical condition. The murder trial of 28 year old Adam Fravel is now underway. An overnight house fire in Saint Paul sends one person to the hospital in critical condition. Much of Minnesota is in moderate to severe drought again according to this week's US Drought Monitor report. St Paul Mayor Melvin Carter is touting a new historic partnership that gives stewardship rights over a local nature sanctuary to Indigenous leaders. A substitute teacher at Woodbury High School accused of reenacting the police murder of George Floyd in a classroom earlier this week has now also been put on leave from his job as a police officer in Wisconsin. Minnesota's clean energy industry is continuing to grow surpassing 60 thousand positions. The undefeated Minnesota Vikings taking on the Detroit Lions at U.S bank stadium this weekend. The Twin Cities is home to a number of excellent restaurants, and six of them will be featured in the upcoming "Diner's, Drive-in's and Dives".