🌱 City Staff Shortage + 'Test-To-Treat' Site Opens At Airport

Welcome to another Minneapolis Daily! Here are the most important things happening in town today.

First, today's weather: Mostly sunny, breezy and hot. High: 97 Low: 73.

Here are the top 3 stories in Minneapolis today:

1. A “test-to-treat” COVID-19 site opens today at Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport. High-risk Minnesotans who test positive for the virus at the site can receive a free prescription for the antiviral medication Paxlovid at test-to-treat sites across the area. (KARE11)

2. The City of Brooklyn Center has reached a settlement with the family of Duante Wright, who was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in 2021. According to the Wright family, the city will pay $3.25 million and will “implement changes within the department relating to its policies and traffic stop training.” (KARE11)

3. The City of Minneapolis will reduce yard waste pick-ups this week due to staffing shortages. “The schedule will go from weekly to every other week for parts of south, southwest and northeast Minneapolis,” Patch reports. (Patch)

Today in Minneapolis:

• The Twins and Guardians fight for first place in the division. (12:10 p.m.)
• Check out the 13th Minnesota Cuban Film Festival. (7 p.m.)
• “Elvis” opens at Riverview Theater. (7:15 p.m.)
• Sarah Shook & the Disarmers perform at Fine Line. (8:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Storms are expected late tonight and into tomorrow. (Patch)
• Professional wrestling is returning to the Mall of America rotunda this fall. (CBS)
• The Sheridan Room in North Minneapolis will close June 30, the comfort food restaurant announced. (BMTN)

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That's all for June 23! See you tomorrow for more.

— 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.

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Minneapolis Daily? Contact me at georgi.presecky@patch.com