🌱 Biden Visits Minneapolis, Honors Mondale + Wild Take Play-Off Ice

Good morning, Minneapolis! Let's catch you up on the latest local news with the Patch Daily.

First, today's weather: Breezy with clouds breaking. High: 55 Low: 33.

Here are the top 5 stories today in Minneapolis:

1. Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill into law Friday which will give payments to frontline workers. A ceremonial bill signing was held Monday at the State Capitol. The Star Tribune reports the move “will result in hundreds of thousands of pandemic frontline workers receiving payments of roughly $750 and prevent major tax increases for businesses.” (Paid source: Star Tribune)

2. A couple was charged this week with shooting an off-duty Minneapolis Police Department forensic scientist. Both people are charged with attempted first-degree premeditated murder for the April 20 shooting of Nicole Lenway, who is still in the hospital with a perforated lung. (KARE11)

3. President Joe Biden honored the late Walter Mondale Sunday at a ceremony in Minneapolis. "He was one of the finest men I've ever known, one of the most decent people I've ever dealt with, and one of the toughest, smartest men I've ever worked with,” the president said. Mondale died last year at age 93. (Paid source: Star Tribune)

4. The city of Minneapolis saw nine homicides in the last 10 days of April, CBS reports. Three murders on April 29 brought the city’s total so far this year to 31 homicides. (CBS)

5. The Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival will begin Thursday at an all-new venue: MSP Film at The Main. More than 200 films will screen during the two-week festival, in its 41st year. (MSP Film Society)

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Today in Minneapolis:

• Hosmer Library hosts a vaccination event. (4 p.m.)
• The 6th Annual CANDY BOX Dance Festival is underway at the Southern Theater. (4 p.m.)
• FINNEGANS celebrates Craft Brewer’s Conference Week with a patio barbecue featuring food from Wicked Kitchen. (4 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The Wild will have home ice advantage in the first round of the NHL playoffs. (CBS)
• Twin Cities volunteers are helping those facing homelessness by providing a mobile shower. (CBS)
• Workers at a St. Paul Starbucks voted to unionize, making it the second location in Minnesota to do so. (Minnesota Reformer)

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That's all for today! See you tomorrow for more local stories.

— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a Chicago-based newsletter writer and partner content curator. She spent five years on the entertainment beat for FF2 Media covering film festivals across the U.S. Her feature articles have been recognized 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 staff earned honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and American Scholastic Press Associations. She began working for Patch in 2019.

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