🌱 Firefighters Hospitalized + Minneapolis Singer Advances On 'AGT'

Good morning, Minneapolis! Let's get caught up on today's top Twin Cities stories.

First, today's weather: Humid with some sun returning. High: 86 Low: 67.

Here are the top 3 stories in Minneapolis today:

1. A man shot this week by Minneapolis police has been identified as 20-year-old Andrew Tekle Sundberg. He was killed early Thursday morning after a six-hour standoff with police. Organizers are holding a vigil for him tomorrow, saying he was experiencing a “mental health crisis” at the time. (BMTN)

2. Four firefighters were hospitalized Thursday after extinguishing a fire in the 2200 block of Lyndale Avenue North. Three were experiencing heat exhaustion and a fourth was injured. (KARE11)

3. The BA.5 variant of COVID-19 was detected in 64 percent of the viral load in Twin Cities’ wastewater this week, the Star Tribune reports. The Mayo Clinic forecast shows “little change in infection numbers through the end of July,” despite the variant leading to surges in other areas of the country. (Paid source: Star Tribune)

Today in Minneapolis:

• Join the “Doggie Walk” at Lake of the Isles. (8 a.m.)
• Check out the LynLake Street Art Series today and tomorrow. (11 a.m.)
• MSP Film Society hosts a French film festival through July 21. (Showtimes vary)
• Illusion Theater presents “The History of Religion” at the Center for Performing Arts. (7:3o p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Hennepin Healthcare will host its inaugural “People of Color Healthcare Career Fair” today. (KARE11)
• Minneapolis singer Wyn Starks advanced to the next round of “America's Got Talent,” which airs Tuesday on KARE. (Paid source: Star Tribune)
• Hot weather will continue through the weekend, with temperatures as high as 91 in the Sunday forecast. (Patch)
• This week Tadd Johnson became the first Native American to be appointed to the University of Minnesota Board of Regents. (MPR News)
• Four players in the Minnesota Twins system were named among Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects. (Sports Illustrated)

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You're all caught up! See you tomorrow for a Sunday edition of the Daily.

— 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.