🌱 Crash Injures 8 + New CEO For Theatre Trust

It's Tuesday, Minneapolis! Let's get to today's top stories.

But first, today's weather: A stray afternoon t-shower. High: 85 Low: 64.

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Here are the top 3 stories in Minneapolis today:

1. Several people were injured in a crash Monday afternoon when Minneapolis police chased a speeding vehicle onto Olson Memorial Highway and the vehicle crashed into a Metro Transit bus shelter, injuring at least one additional person. The car “was involved in multiple robberies and attempted robberies in south Minneapolis,” KARE11 reports. (KARE11)

2. Minneapolis DFL Chair Briana Rose Lee came under fire Monday when she tweeted on the anniversary of President Ronald Reagan’s death, “19 years ago today Ronald Reagan did his one good deed for the world.” She deleted the tweet and state chair Ken Martin said her words “do not reflect the values of the DFL Party…We expect better of leaders within our party, and we will continue holding ourselves to the high standard that Minnesotans deserve." (Paid source: Star Tribune)

3. “Good Morning America” selected a novel by Minneapolis author Emma Törzs as its June book club pick for viewers. "Ink, Blood, Sister, Scribe” is her debut novel. (BMTN)

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Today in Minneapolis:

Tuesday, June 6

• Check out the “Peavey Plaza Piano Bar.” (4 p.m.)
• A weekly pop-up dog park opens at the Commons today and runs through August. (5 p.m.)
• Take a fitness class at Target Field Station. (6 p.m.)
• See “Turning Red” in Audubon Park. (Dusk)

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From my notebook:

• Twins first baseman Joey Gallo is on the 10-day injured list with a strained hamstring. (ESPN)
• Hennepin Theatre Trust has a new president and CEO. (CBS)
• A Minneapolis cat is a finalist for Nationwide’s “Wacky Pet Name” contest. (CBS)

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That's all for today. See you tomorrow for another edition.

— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a 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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