🌱 Winter Storm Watch + Sheridan Students Rally Against Violence

Happy Sunday, Minneapolis! Here's your quick guide to what's making headlines today.

First, today's weather: Mostly cloudy. High: 44 Low: 17.

Here are the top 5 stories in Minneapolis today:

1. Four people were shot and injured in Minneapolis Friday night, according to CBS. Gun shot victims were found by police near Marquette Avenue and 7th Street South, and in a separate incident in the 2100 block of Lyndale Avenue South. (CBS)

2. Three people were arrested late Friday for looting a business in the 2100 block of Lake Street East. Suspects range in age from 14 to 20 years old. (CBS)

3. Sheridan Dual Immersion School students held an anti-violence rally this week. A second grader pitched the idea after one of the school's bus drivers was shot and injured in North Minneapolis earlier this month. (KARE11)

4. A winter storm watch has been issued in the Twin Cities and other parts of the state, beginning at 3 a.m. Monday and continuing into Tuesday evening. The cities could see up to 11 inches of snow over 48 hours. (BMTN)

5. University of Minnesota student Emmey Harris came in third place at the "Jeopardy!" college tournament semi-finals, which aired Friday on ABC. U student Nabir Sarma won the competition in 2020. (Paid source: Star Tribune)

Today in Minneapolis:

• New exhibit "Supernatural America: The Paranormal in American Art" opens at MIA. (10 a.m.)
• Make your own candles at Roseline's. (1 p.m.)
• A Wedding & Quinceañera Expo is held at the DoubleTree. (2:30 p.m.)
• See "A Billy Joel State of Mind" at Crooners. (7:30 p.m.)

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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.