🌱 Memorial Day Ceremony Returns + Severe Weather Threat

Happy Memorial Day, Minneapolis! I hope you’re all enjoying this holiday weekend and taking time to remember those who served. Let’s get to today’s headlines.

First, today's weather: Increasingly windy. High: 87 Low: 66.

Here are the top 4 stories today in Minneapolis:

1. Two people injured by Minneapolis police will receive $1.2 million in legal settlements. Virgil Lee Jackson Jr. and Linda Tirado filed lawsuits after being injured during protests after George Floyd’s murder in May 2020. (KARE11)

2. Severe weather is possible today in Minneapolis, according to the National Weather Service. BMTN reports the potential for “damaging winds, isolated tornadoes and large hail.” (BMTN)

3. The hospitality industry in the Twin Cities is using the holiday weekend to rebound from pandemic challenges, KARE11 reports. The sector has lost more than 30,000 workers since 2019, according to Hospitality Minnesota. (KARE11)

4. Local organization Every Third Saturday opened a new building this week to provide support programs for veterans. The $2 million center on Highway 62 features a coffee shop, fitness center and community meeting space. (Paid source: Star Tribune)

Today in Minneapolis:

• Stop by the Minneapolis Farmers Market. (6 a.m.)
• Public pools are now open across Minneapolis. (10 a.m.)
• The Memorial Day Ceremony returns to the Soldier’s Memorial at Lakewood Cemetery. (10:30 a.m.)

From my notebook:

• Pianos on Parade will launch June 1 downtown Minneapolis. (Downtown)
• Today is the final day for Minneapolis Public Schools families to secure bus transportation for next year. (MPS)
• Six canine teams graduated from the Minneapolis Police Canine Unit program. (MPD)

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That's all for today. See you tomorrow for more Minneapolis news.

— 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.

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