🌱 Rally For Reproductive Rights + Metro Transit Hiring + Early Voting

Welcome to the weekend, Minneapolis. Here's your five-minute Patch guide to what's making headlines in the city.

First, today's weather: A couple of morning t-storms. High: 82 Low: 60.

Here are the top 5 stories today in Minneapolis:

1. Minnesotans reacted Friday to the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, upending nearly five decades of abortion protections. A rally was held near the Minneapolis campus of University of Minnesota, along with a Vigil for Reproductive Freedom. Abortion is legal in Minnesota for the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. (Patch)

2. A former Minneapolis police officer will be released from prison Monday, nearly five years after fatally shooting Justine Ruszczyk Damond. The Minnesota Supreme Court overturned Mohamed Noor’s third-degree murder conviction last year and he was resentenced for manslaughter. (Patch)

3. A fire broke out early Friday morning at a residential building in the 2500 block of Grand Avenue South. No injuries were reported by the Minneapolis Fire Department. (CBS)

4. Metro Transit will host a hiring fair today at the Mall of America. The transit service said it needs at least 200 new drivers as ridership slowly returns to pre-pandemic levels. (Paid source: Star Tribune)

5. Minneapolis native Chet Holmgren was selected Thursday by the Oklahoma City Thunder during the NBA Draft. As the second overall pick, the Minnehaha Academy graduate became “the highest-drafted Minnesotan in the history of the NBA.” (BMTN)

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Today in Minneapolis:

• Take a yoga class in Gold Medal Park. (9 a.m.)
• Mill City Museum offers a walking tour of the Minneapolis riverfront. (10:30 a.m.)
• Children’s Theatre Company offers “summertime fun” at Peavey Plaza. (Noon)
• The Twins take on the Rockies at Target Field. (6:15 p.m.)
• The Twin Cities Pride Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary in Loring Park. (All day)

From my notebook:

• The COVID-19 vaccine site at Mall of America has doubled the number of available appointments for children younger than five. (Patch)
• Target is “overhauling” its downtown flagship store over crime concerns at the intersection of Ninth Street and Nicollet Mall. (KSTP)
• Voting has begun at the city’s Early Vote Center. Voters who requested mail-in ballots can expect to receive them this week. (Voter Services)

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That's all for today. See you tomorrow for a Sunday edition of the Minneapolis 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.