🌱 Phillips Fire Destroys Homes + Extra Police At Aquatennial

Hello! Here's an all-new edition of the Minneapolis Daily, filled with all the local news you need to know right now.

First, today's weather: Mostly sunny. High: 88 Low: 68.

Here are the top 5 stories in Minneapolis today:

1. Two bullets struck a lobby window Monday night at the Children's Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis, BMTN reports. Officials said the hospital was not targeted and "the shots came from an incident that was occurring several blocks away." (BMTN)

2. Four buildings in the Phillips neighborhood were damaged Wednesday in a three-alarm fire. The short-staffed fire department is investigating the cause of the early morning blaze in the 2800 block of 14th Avenue South. No injuries were reported despite high winds and heat exhaustion concerns. (KARE11)

3. Aquatennial attendees will notice a “significant” police presence at this year’s four-day event, the city announced. The heightened security is a response to July 4 violence across Minneapolis. (BMTN)

4. A toddler is recovering after falling from the third-story window of a Whittier apartment complex on July 10. Yoselin Chávez is 20 months old and “making progress” at Hennepin County Medical Center. (KARE11)

5. Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane is expected to receive federal sentencing today. Earlier this year he and two other officers were found guilty of violating George Floyd’s civil rights in 2020. (CBS)

Today in Minneapolis:

• Shop the Nicollet Market. (10 a.m.)
• The Twin Cities Summer Jam kicks off in Shakopee. (3 p.m.)
• The Aquatennial celebration continues today with music at The Commons and roller skating at Peavey Plaza (5 p.m.), plus movie night at Target Field Station. (7 p.m.)
• Jordan Peele’s “Nope” opens at Landmark Lagoon. (7:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Fire crews rescued a woman and her granddaughter on Cedar Lake Tuesday when the high winds caused their raft to drift from shore. (Paid source: Star Tribune)
• A teen has been arrested and charged with setting off a firework inside an Eagan movie theater earlier this month, police said. (KSTP)
• Minnesota native Lt. Amanda Lee is the first woman to serve as a demonstration pilot for the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels. (CBS)
• Byron Buxton’s blast Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium made him the fourth Twin in history to hit a home run at the All-Star Game. The team heads to Detroit this weekend to defend its two-game lead in the American League Central. (Paid source: Star Tribune)

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Events:

• Get your car washed this Saturday (July 23) and support mentoring opportunities for local kids (July 23)
• POWER: Drag Brunch (July 23)
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That's all for Thursday! 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.