🌱 Man Sentenced For Threatening Omar + Radio Host Leaves The Current

Good morning! Thanks for reading today's Minneapolis Daily.

First, today's weather: Partly sunny and warmer. High: 53 Low: 42.

Here are the top 5 stories today in Minneapolis:

1. A Florida man pleaded guilty this week to threatening the life of Rep. Ilhan Omar. David Hannon faces one count of threatening a federal official for emails he sent the Minnesota congresswoman beginning in 2019. (Patch)

2. A Minneapolis man was sentenced Tuesday for his role in five Twin Cities carjackings in 2020. Jeremiah Lee Ironrope will serve 15 years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office of Minnesota. (BMTN)

3. Radio DJ Mary Lucia announced she will leave 89.3 The Current after 17 years with the station. Her final on-air show begins at 2 p.m. today. (Patch)

4. Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison took to social media Wednesday to call for expunging marijuana convictions. Walz tweeting he is “pushing” to legalize recreational pot use in the state, while Ellison noted the disproportionate number of arrests for Black weed users. (CBS)

5. Minnesota’s avian flu outbreak is “one of the worst in living memory,” according to the University of Minnesota's Raptor Center. More than two million birds have been affected and at least 12 bald eagles have died. (Paid source: Star Tribune)

Today in Minneapolis:

• See Mill City Museum’s free exhibit “Documenting a Reckoning: The Murder of George Floyd.” (10 a.m.)
• “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” is screening at Riverview Theater. (4 p.m.)
• Ali & Joe perform at AxeBridge Wine Co. (6:30 p.m.)
• Gluek's Restaurant & Bar hosts a musical tribute to Prince. (7 p.m.)
• Black Pistol Fire performs at Fine Line. (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Minneapolis-based Target announced a hybrid model for its corporate workers to continue working from home part-time. (KARE11)
• Twin Cities renters say they are “giving up” on home ownership as the median housing price tops $350,000. (KARE11)
• Rockstar Danielle Haim made headlines in Minnesota for sporting a Sweet Martha’s Cookie Jar sweatshirt in a recent band Instagram post. Haim is set to play a show at The Armory on June 6. (BMTN)

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— 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.