🌱 COVID Cases Reach Two-Month High + Radio Stalker + Earth Day Events
Happy Friday, Minneapolis! Here's what's making headlines today.
First, today's weather: Cloudy with a little rain. High: 50 Low: 49.
Here are the top 5 stories today in Minneapolis:
1. Minnesota reported more than 1,100 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday. It is the first time in more than two months the state reported more than 1,000 cases in a 24-hour period. (BMTN)
2. A woman is in critical condition after being shot Thursday morning outside a family support center in South Minneapolis. The shooting happened around 7:30 a.m. at 3036 University Ave. SE.(BMTN)
3. A Minneapolis man pleaded guilty this week to stalking radio host Jade Tittle. Patrick Henry Kelly violated a restraining order by visiting Tittle’s St. Paul home twice last year. He was previously charged with stalking and harassing radio DJ Mary Lucia in 2014. (Paid source: Star Tribune)
4. The annual Minneapolis Earth Day Clean-Up event will be held Saturday at more than 30 locations across the city. The Great River Coalition will also host a family-friendly 5K at Boom Island Park. (Park Board)
5. Wild right winger Ryan Hartman donated more than $30,000 to Children’s Minnesota this week. The funds came from Hartman’s Venmo account, which fans flooded with cash after he was fined by the NHL last week for unsportsmanlike conduct. (KARE11)
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Today in Minneapolis:
Ninth Street Soccer hosts a free play session for kids. (10 a.m.)
Free vaccination clinic at Twin Cities Recovery Project. (1 p.m.)
Celebrate Earth Day with Friends of the Boundary Waters and Minneapolis Cider Co. (5 p.m.)
The Twins take on the White Sox at Target Field. (7:10 p.m.)
From my notebook:
Can’t help out this Earth Day? The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is making plans to celebrate the city’s trees next weekend in honor of Arbor Day. (Park Board)
Twin Cities Vintage Fest will take over the Minneapolis Convention Center tomorrow. (City)
Paisley Park paid tribute to Prince on the sixth anniversary of his death. (KARE11)
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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.
This article originally appeared on the Minneapolis Patch
