Hello! Welcome to the Saturday version of the Daily.
First, immediately’s climate: An a.m. flurry; partly sunny. High: 50 Low: 27.
Here are the highest 4 tales in Minneapolis immediately:
1. Two youngsters have been arrested in reference to the taking pictures of a rideshare driver in North Minneapolis. Police mentioned the driver was shot and severely injured Wednesday night time within the 2900 block of Bryant Avenue North. (CBS)
2. A St. Louis Park man faces arson fees after setting hearth to his condo constructing on Camerata Way. Officer mentioned Kahron A. Nix additionally yelled dying threats in the course of the hearth on Tuesday. (Patch)
3. Minnesota police will step up enforcement of the state’s distracted driving legal guidelines this month, Patch stories. Nearly 40,000 crashes have occurred within the state on account of distracted driving since 2017. (Patch)
4. Tens of hundreds of basketball followers are in Minneapolis this weekend for the NCAA Women’s Final Four recreation. More than 20,000 spectators got here to Target Center Friday night time to observe Stanford, South Carolina, University of Connecticut and Louisville groups. (CBS)
- The Star-Tribune ranked 40 “iconic eats” within the Twin Cities. (Paid supply: Star-Tribune)
- A parasite was present in packages of Ocean Mist Farms romaine lettuce bought in Minnesota. (BMTN)
- Jovan C. Speller’s “Nurturing, and Other Rituals of Protection” exhibit is now on show on the Minneapolis Institute of Art. (MIA)
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— Georgi Presecky
About me: Georgi is a Chicago-based e-newsletter author and companion content material curator. She spent 5 years on the leisure beat for FF2 Media protecting movie festivals throughout the U.S. Her characteristic articles have been acknowledged with awards from the Illinois Women’s Press Association and National Federation of Press Women. As editor-in-chief of the Lewis University newspaper, she and her employees earned honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and American Scholastic Press Associations. She started working for Patch in 2019.