🌱 Minnesota Teacher Returns From Ukraine + COVID Milestone

Georgi Presecky
Updated ·2 min read

Good morning, Minneapolis! Here's a guide to the news for Wednesday.

First, today's weather: A morning thunderstorm; cloudy. High: 46 Low: 29.

Here are the top 4 stories in Minneapolis today:

1. Minneapolis fire crews battled a blaze Tuesday afternoon in the 600 block of 2nd Avenue Southeast. No one was injured at the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood residence. (CBS)

2. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension this week released additional video of Amir Locke’s killing, Patch reports. Locke was shot by police during a no-knock warrant in February. (Patch)

3. Minnesota is expected to surpass 12,500 COVID-19 deaths this week. Two additional deaths from the virus were announced Tuesday by the state health department. (KARE11)

4. A Winona man is home safe after being held in a Russian jail on suspicion of spying, the Star Tribune reports. Tyler Jacob was an English teacher in the Ukrainian city of Kherson when he was detained during the Russian invasion. Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s office worked for his release. (Paid source: Star Tribune)

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Today in Minneapolis:

  • Pick up an Easter treat bag from the Lyndale Farmstead Rec Center. (10 a.m.)

  • Wednesday Date Night at Day Block Brewing Company. (6 p.m.)

  • Peach Pit performs at Varsity Theater. (6:30 p.m.)

  • Free Zumba Wednesday at the Cultural Wellness Center. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • St. Anthony nonprofit Feeding Our Future will be dissolved after a federal fraud investigation. (Paid source: Star Tribune)

  • The Gophers gymnastics team will compete in the national championship tomorrow in Texas. (CBS)

  • Dave’s Hot Chicken plans to open 10 locations in the Twin Cities area. (BMTN)

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That's all for today! See you tomorrow for more local stories.

— 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