🌱 Shooting At Walgreens + New District Maps + Ex-Cop Takes Stand

Happy Wednesday! Let's get to today's news for Minneapolis.

First, today's weather: Cloudy, breezy and colder. High: 23 Low: -2.

Here are the top 5 stories today in Minneapolis:

1. A man was shot and critically wounded Monday inside a West Broadway Walgreens, police said. No arrests have been made. (Paid source: Star Tribune)

2. Former Minneapolis Police Officer Tou Thao took the stand for 90 minutes Tuesday to testify about the events which led to George Floyd's death in 2020. Former officers J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane are also on trial and are expected to testify. (CNN)

3. New state district maps were released Tuesday, "setting the political playing field for Minnesota for the next 10 years." The new districts were determined by a five-judge panel. (MPR News)

4. The community group "Stop the Violence" organized a rally Monday in remembrance of the lives lost to gun violence in north Minneapolis. A car caravan began at Zion Baptist Church and drove to the locations of several recent shootings. (CBS)

5. Minneapolis city employees returned to in-person work this week, with a hybrid schedule to slow the spread of COVID-19. Businesses including U.S. Bank, Target and Xcel Energy are also making plans to return to the office. (Paid source: Star Tribune)

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Today in Minneapolis:

• JobFairX hosts a virtual job fair for Minneapolis workers. (11 a.m.)
• Curly Girl Boutique has a Galentine's Day get-together. (6:30 p.m.)
• Free Zumba Wednesday at the Cultural Wellness Center. (7 p.m.)
• Bingo Night at Lakes & Legends Brewing Company. (7 p.m.)
• Comedy night at Underground Music Cafe. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Minnesota COVID-19 hospitalizations dipped below 900 on Tuesday, for the first time since October. (Pioneer Press)
• All three "Jeopardy!" contestants failed to answer a question about a Minnesota city on Monday's episode. (Bring Me The News)
• The University of Minnesota’s Vegetable Working Group is partnering with local farmers to grow vegetables. (Minnesota Daily)

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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.