🌱 Strike Could Push School Year Into Summer + Airport Traffic

Happy Wednesday, Minneapolis! Here's today's edition of the Daily.

First, today's weather: A bit of snow and rain. High: 37 Low: 33.

Here are the top 3 stories today in Minneapolis:

1. One person died in a head-on crash Monday on Hiawatha Avenue near E 26th St. Minneapolis police said a second person was hospitalized after the collision. (BMTN)

2. The school year could continue “well into June” as a result of the teachers strike in Minneapolis, the district warned Tuesday. Students have missed 11 days of classes during the strike. (Patch)

3. Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is expected to see its most passengers since 2019 this week, according to the Star Tribune. Experts at the Metropolitan Airports Commission said spring break travel could surpass pre-pandemic levels. (Paid source: Star Tribune)

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Today in Minneapolis:

• Make string art at Columbia Heights Public Library. (2 p.m.)
• YWCA Minneapolis continues its forum series with an online discussion of "Disability Justice & Radical Inclusion." (3 p.m.)
• The Timberwolves take on the Phoenix Suns. (7 p.m.)
• Bingo Wednesday at Lakes & Legends. (7 p.m.)
• Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Lunde gives a virtual presentation on emergency mental health response. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is working to detect “forever chemicals” across the state. (CBS)
• A Wisconsin mother gave birth in her car Sunday night on an Interstate 94 off-ramp in Woodbury. (Patch)
• All-Star shortstop Carlos Correa signed a three-year deal with the Twins. (KARE11)
• Metro Transit celebrated Transit Driver Appreciation Day this week to honor its workers. (Paid source: Tribune)

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Events:

• Wartburg St Elizabeth Choral Spring Concert (March 26)
• Derby Party — Rush Creek Elementary PTO's Spring Fundraiser — open to the public (April 16)
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— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a newsletter writer and partner content curator from Chicago. 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.