🌱 Shooting On I-35W + Faith Leader Dies + Injuries Plague Twins

Good morning, Minneapolis! Let's get to today's Daily.

First, today's weather: Breezy; a strong p.m. t-storm. High: 94 Low: 78.

Here are the 4 top stories today in Minneapolis:

1. City police are investigating after a shooting was reported Monday morning on the 28th Street ramp to I-35W. Three teens were reportedly injured. The area was shut down between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. for the investigation. (KSTP)

2. A Prior Lake man has been charged with stabbing four young people over the weekend along the Apple River. One person died and three others were hospitalized after being stabbed by Nicolae Miu, who faces first-degree intentional homicide charges. (CBS)

3. The congregation of All Nations Church is remembering leader Rev. Marlene Whiterabbit Helgemo, who died last week at age 75. MPR reports she was the first Native American woman ordained in the Lutheran Church. (MPR News)

4. Miguel Sano is back on the injured list with inflammation in his knee, the Twins announced. Outfielder Max Kepler is also in the 10-day injured list with a fractured toe. (KARE11)

Today in Minneapolis:

• Minneapolis communities are celebrating National Night Out, a “nation-wide program to strengthen neighborhood spirit, police-community partnerships and crime awareness prevention.” (Times vary)
• Opera Under the Stars at Water Works. (7 p.m.)
• Join “Space Jam” movie night in Bohanon Park. (8:55 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Starbucks workers in south Minneapolis went on strike yesterday. (KSTP)
• Local ad agency Solve had a clever solution to a billboard blocking the view from its 12th Street offices. (BMTN)
• Minnesotans are remembering the I-35W bridge collapse 15 years later. (FOX9)
• KARE11 has a breakdown of all the new state laws that went into effect Aug. 1, including changes to collective bargaining and guardianship for at-risk use. (KARE11)

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You're officially in the loop for today. I'll see you around!

— 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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