🌱 Weekend Heat Wave + Monkeypox Vaccine + 5th District Race

Welcome back, Minneapolis. Let's get to the Saturday edition of the Daily.

First, today's weather: Mostly sunny and warmer. High: 90 Low: 69.

Here are the top 4 stories today in Minneapolis:

1. A Minneapolis man died Thursday night after being stabbed in the 2200 block of 4th St. North, KARE11 reports. He has not yet been named by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner. (KARE11)

2. A Congressional seat in the “ultra-blue” 5th district is on the ballot for the Aug. 9 primary. Moderate Democrat Don Samuels is challenging incumbent Rep. Ilhan Omar, who MinnPost calls “a trailblazing activist of the multicultural left.” (MinnPost)

3. Vaccinated Minnesotans under the age of 50 will likely be able to get second COVID-19 boosters this fall. According to MPR News, “officials are planning to speed up availability of the next generation of boosters” later this year and are scrapping plans to recommend summer boosters for younger people. (MPR)

4. Planned Parenthood is applauding Minnesota’s attorney general for deciding not to appeal a recent ruling that struck down many abortion restrictions in the state. AG Keith Ellison announced this week that he will not appeal this week "after long and careful consideration."(Patch)

Today in Minneapolis:

• Check out the free Loring Park Art Festival. (10 a.m.)
• The Hennepin History Museum hosts a Lyn-Lake Street Art Walking Tour. (11 a.m.)
• Family yoga at Peavey Plaza. (1 p.m.)
• The Band Perry and Kelsea Ballerini perform at the Hilde Amphitheater. (5 p.m.)
• The Minneapolis Pops Orchestra performs at the Lake Harriet Bandshell. (7:30 p.m.)
• Movie night in Painter Park. (8:55 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Three teenagers were arrested for a string of weekend robberies in Edina and Minneapolis. (CBS)
• Weekend weather is expected to reach into the nineties, with highs near 100 degrees expected next week. (Patch)
• More than 200 people have been vaccinated against monkeypox at the Red Door clinic in Minneapolis. (BMTN)
• Thomas Søndergård will serve as the Minnesota Orchestra’s 11th music director. (MPR)
• “This Is Us” star Justin Hartley is guest bartending in the Twin Cities this weekend on a promotional tour with spirit company Revel. (BMTN)

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That's all for today, Minneapolis! See you Tuesday for a new week of daily news.

— 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.