🌱 President Biden To Visit Minneapolis + Longtime Cartoonist Retires

Good morning! Thanks for reading today's Minneapolis Daily.

First, today's weather: Increasing cloudiness. High: 47 Low: 36.

Here are the top 4 stories today in Minneapolis:

1. President Joe Biden will visit Minneapolis on Sunday to speak at the memorial honoring former Vice President Walter Mondale. The service will be held May 1 at the University of Minnesota. (BMTN)

2. More than 2,560 people in Minnesota tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday. The state health department reports 255 residents are in the hospital with the virus. (BMTN)

3. A lawyer for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin filed an appeal for a new trial in the murder of George Floyd, KARE11 reports. Attorney William Mohrman argued “pre-trial publicity, the threat of further rioting and several other reasons” made Chauvin’s initial trial unfair. (KARE11)

4. Mayor Jacob Frey gave his State of the City address Tuesday at North Commons Park. The speech addressed COVID-19 recovery, the American Rescue Plan Act, violence prevention and more. It is now available to read online. (KARE11)

Today in Minneapolis:

• Join the April Supper Series at Farmers Kitchen + Bar. (6 p.m.)

• Bingo Wednesday at Lakes & Legends Brewing Company. (7 p.m.)

• Rags and Riches performs at Granada Theater. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• A livestream will not occur during the state trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death. (CBS)

• Cartoonist Steve Sack announced he is retiring after more than 40 years at the Star Tribune. (CBS)

• Red Eye Theater opened a “new little pocket for arts in Minneapolis" at 2213 Snelling Ave. S. (Paid source: Star Tribune)

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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