🌱 One Dies In I-35 Crash + Middle School On Lockdown Over Fight

Welcome back, Minneapolis! Thanks for reading today's Daily.

First, today's weather: Cloudy, breezy and colder. High: 37 Low: 26.

Here are the top 4 stories today in Minneapolis:

1. Olson Middle School went on lockdown Wednesday afternoon after a fight "that resulted with a threat of adults possibly coming to our school," officials wrote via social media. Minneapolis police responded to the scene before classes returned to "normal operations" around 1:40 p.m. (Patch)

2. One person was killed, and six others were injured Tuesday night in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 35E. The crash involved four vehicles including a school bus. A 36-year-old St. Paul woman died at the scene. (BMTN)

3. Minneapolis Public Schools will rename two schools with controversial namesakes, the district announced this week. Sheridan Dual Language Elementary will become Las Estrellas Dual Language Academy and Jefferson Global Studies and Humanities will be renamed in honor of civil rights activist Ella Baker. (CBS)

4. An animal rights protester attempted to glue herself to the court at Target Center Tuesday during the Timberwolves game. Alicia Santurio of the group Direct Action Everywhere appeared to be protesting Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor, whom activists say owns an abusive factory farm. (Patch)

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Today in Minneapolis:

• Celebrate the music of Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke, Janis Joplin, Otis Redding and Etta James at Granada Theater’s “Candlelight Soul.” (6:30 p.m.)
• See “A Play By Barb and Carl” at Illusion Theater. (7:30 p.m.)
• Teen singing sensation Olivia Rodrigo performs at The Armory. (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Anwatin Middle School music teacher Edward Barlow was named a finalist for Minnesota Teacher of the Year. (Education Minnesota)
• A “long-in-the-making” mural of Prince will be unveiled this summer in downtown Minneapolis. (Downtown Council)
• Sheriff’s offices across the state are donating equipment to Ukrainians in need. (KARE11)

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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.