🌱 Rideshare Driver Shot + Romaine Lettuce Recall + Final Four Weekend

Hello! Welcome to the Saturday edition of the Daily.

First, today's weather: An a.m. flurry; partly sunny. High: 50 Low: 27.

Here are the top 4 stories in Minneapolis today:

1. Two teenagers were arrested in connection with the shooting of a rideshare driver in North Minneapolis. Police said the driver was shot and seriously injured Wednesday night in the 2900 block of Bryant Avenue North. (CBS)

2. A St. Louis Park man faces arson charges after setting fire to his apartment building on Camerata Way. Officer said Kahron A. Nix also yelled death threats during the fire on Tuesday. (Patch)

3. Minnesota police will step up enforcement of the state’s distracted driving laws this month, Patch reports. Nearly 40,000 crashes have occurred in the state due to distracted driving since 2017. (Patch)

4. Tens of thousands of basketball fans are in Minneapolis this weekend for the NCAA Women's Final Four game. More than 20,000 spectators came to Target Center Friday night to watch Stanford, South Carolina, University of Connecticut and Louisville teams. (CBS)

Today in Minneapolis:

• Fire and Nice Alehouse hosts a spring fundraiser for nonprofit bike shop Full Cycle. (1 p.m.)
• Rachel Platten performs at the free Super Saturday Concert at the Minneapolis Convention Center. (6 p.m.)
• Ballet Co. Laboratory premieres Joseph Morrissey's “The Four Seasons” at The Cowles Center. (7 p.m.)
• The Trylon Cinema presents a double feature of "Adventures in Babysitting" and "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead." (7 p.m.)
• The Martha Graham Dance Company performs at the Carlson Family Stage. (7:30 p.m.)
• Cloud Cult takes the stage with the Minnesota Orchestra. (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The Star-Tribune ranked 40 "iconic eats" in the Twin Cities. (Paid source: Star-Tribune)
• A parasite was found in packages of Ocean Mist Farms romaine lettuce sold in Minnesota. (BMTN)
• Jovan C. Speller’s "Nurturing, and Other Rituals of Protection” exhibit is now on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. (MIA)

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That's all for this busy Minneapolis weekend! See you Tuesday for another update.

— 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.