🌱 Minneapolis COVID Rate Triples + Masks Recommended Indoors

Good morning, Minneapolis! Here's the news for Saturday.

First, today's weather: Rain and a t-storm; cooler. High: 55 Low: 46.

Here are the top 3 stories in Minneapolis today:

1. A person was killed in a shooting Friday morning at 24th and Emerson Avenues North, Minneapolis police said. Two people were arrested for their involvement in the fatal shooting. (KARE11)

2. The Minneapolis Health Department issued guidance Friday "strongly" recommending residents wear masks in indoor settings, regardless of vaccination status. The seven-day new COVID-19 case rate increased by 340 percent in Minneapolis, according to the city health department. (KARE11)

3. A plan to give bonus checks to frontline workers passed both the Minnesota House and Senate this week, the Star Tribune reports. It will now go to Gov. Tim Walz for his signature. "This shows that we can compromise when we come together on an issue," Senate Minority Leader Melisa Lopez Franzen said. (Paid source: Star Tribune)

Today in Minneapolis:

• University of Minnesota hosts its "Spring Jam." (3 p.m.)
• The "I Love the 90s Bash Bar Crawl" runs through Minneapolis. (3 p.m.)
• Check out a Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Show at the Courtyard by Marriott. (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The Minnesota Vikings picked Georgia safety Lewis Cine at the NFL Draft this week. (CBS)
• Minneapolis Public Schools Director of Indian Education Jennifer Simon was named Minnesota Indian Education Association’s Administrator of the Year. (MPS)
• "Floral Affair: A Bouquet for the Friends’ Centennial" will be on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Art through August. (Instagram)

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That's all for today! See you next week for more local stories.

— 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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