🌱 IDS Center Evacuated + MPS Changes + Lynx Playoff Chances

Good morning, everybody. It's Thursday in Minneapolis and I'm back in your inbox to get you caught up on the most important things happening in the community today! Let's get to it.

First, today's weather: Partial sunshine. High: 85 Low: 69.

Here are the top 5 stories today in Minneapolis:

1. Portions of the IDS Center were evacuated Wednesday due to flooding. An overflowing water tank “impacted some of our electrical equipment,” building owner Accesso said in a statement yesterday afternoon. Evacuations were conducted “out of an abundance of caution.” (KARE11)

2. Police told an electrician they could not yet retrieve his stolen trailer from a homeless encampment in north Minneapolis due to hostility from the camp’s residents. A police spokesperson told KARE11 that officers have been attacked at the “Near North” encampment in the past. "The criminals there know that they can walk away and do whatever they want and know the cops aren't going to enforce the law in that area," Jerry Yang said of his stolen property. (KARE11)

3. Attendees at the Jamal Smith trial can no longer “wear yellow as a group” after Judge Nicole Engisch ruled it a distraction to the proceedings. Yellow shirts were worn to Hennepin County Courthouse by family and friends of Jay Boughton, the baseball coach Smith is accused of killing in 2021. (CBS)

4. The interim superintendent of Minneapolis Public Schools announced structural changes at the district. Rochelle Cox sent an email to school administrators Wednesday announcing her 12 cabinet members. (Paid source: Star Tribune)

5. The Minnesota Lynx could potentially make the WNBA playoffs after winning six of their last eight games. The team started its season with a 3-13 record. “So, you’re telling me there’s a chance!” (Paid source: Star Tribune)

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Today in Minneapolis:

• Stop by the Nicollet Farmers and Makers Market. (10 a.m.)
• See a throwback screening of “Beethoven” at Riverview Theater. (10:30 a.m.)
• Minneapolis Central Library offers job search assistance. (2 p.m.)
• The “Music in the Park” series continues at the Commons. (5 p.m.)
• Celebrate Bastille Day with the Alliance Française Mpls/St Paul. (5 p.m.)
• Matt Herzog and Friends perform at Day Block Brewing Company. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Police are searching for a dog who was stolen from an Uptown Cub Foods on Sunday. (CBS)
• Local restaurants Rainbow Chinese Restaurant and the Black Forest Inn will receive $40,000 grants from the National Trust for Historic Preservation to assist with pandemic recovery. (BMTN)
• Minnesota ranked ninth in CNBC’s list of America's Top States for Business in 2022. (Patch)
• The Minnehaha Falls Art Fair kicks off tomorrow. (City)

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You're all set for today! See you tomorrow for another 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.

Have ideas for an upcoming Minneapolis Daily? Contact me at georgi.presecky@patch.com