🌱 FBI Searches For Missing Woman + North Minneapolis Teen Killed

Happy Saturday! Let's get to the news for Feb. 12.

First, today's weather: Partly sunny and much colder. High: 4 Low: -5.

Here are the top 5 stories today in Minneapolis:

1. The FBI is searching for a missing Minneapolis woman who was last seen Thursday. Azaria McKenzy Sandifer is 30 years old and "may be traveling into Wisconsin with a known male acquaintance," CBS reports. (CBS)

2. A North Community High School student died Thursday after being shot near Penn Avenue North and Golden Valley Road. Deshaun Hill was 15 years old. (MPR News)

3. The Minneapolis Fire Department responded to a structure fire Friday in the 3700 block of Bloomington Avenue. No one was injured and authorities are investigating the cause. (CBS)

4. Students and staff at Sheridan Dual Language Elementary School are sending cards and support to an unnamed bus driver who was shot in North Minneapolis this week. His shooting is the 56th in the city so far in 2022, double the number at this time last year. (Paid source: Star Tribune)

5. The University of Minnesota established criteria Friday for renaming buildings that are named for controversial figures. The Board of Regents vote "will allow more people to be honored with building names over time," the university said in a statement. (Paid source: Star Tribune)

Today in Minneapolis:

• Visit the Mill City Winter Farmers Market. (10 a.m.)
• Galentine's Brunch at AxeBridge Wine Co. (11 a.m.)
• The Cupid's Undie Run raises funds for the Children’s Tumor Foundation. (11:30 a.m.)
• Take virtual tour of MIA's works by Black artists. (1 p.m.)
• Learn free meditation breathing with the Cultural Wellness Center. (4 p.m.)
• Midtown Global Market hosts a "Shred the Love" event to get rid of old love letters. (4 p.m.)
• Valentine’s Comedy Jam at Orpheum Theatre. (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• More than 1,05o people are hospitalized with COVID-19 in Minnesota, according to the health department. (KARE11)
• Workers at two Twin Cities Starbucks locations are looking to unionize. (Patch)
• Minneapolis Institute of Art will host Family Day tomorrow. (MIA)
• Subzero temperatures are expected tonight, with highs in the 30s next week. (KARE11)

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— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a newsletter writer and partner content curator from Chicago. 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.