⚖️ Immigration hearings continue near Fort Snelling About 120 hearings were scheduled in a single day at the Whipple Federal Building, even after the federal enforcement surge officially ended. (Jon Collins, Minneapolis)
🏀 Lynx make it six straight Minnesota edged the Golden State Valkyries 87–84 on Thursday for their sixth consecutive win. They host the Seattle Storm tomorrow at noon in Minneapolis.
⚽ Aurora roll past Rally Madison Minnesota cruised to a 7–nil win Thursday and faces RKC tomorrow at 4 p.m.
⚾ The Minnesota Twins host the Kansas City Royals tonight at 7:15 p.m.
Weather
🌦️ Today: Mostly sunny. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s.
🌖 Tonight: Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s to lower 60s.
☀️ Tomorrow: Sunny. highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
The Superior Hiking Trail, which stretches about 300 miles along the rugged ridgeline on the North Shore of Lake Superior, is celebrating its 40th birthday this weekend.
Minnesota is seeing a climate-driven rise in emergency visits for tick bites, prompting health officials to urge prevention measures and prompt symptom monitoring.
NEWS ROUNDUP
🏥 DHS disenrolls 3,400 Medicaid providers while flagging small fraction for further fraud review. Minnesota’s Department of Human Services disenrolled 60 percent of providers from 14 high risk Medicaid programs as part of an agreement with the federal government to combat fraud. But only 59 providers were flagged for additional review.
⚠️ ICE releases Burnsville asylum seeker with life-threatening condition. A Burnsville asylum seeker detained by ICE since February has been released after lawyers raised concerns about delayed surgery for a large ovarian cyst.
🎼 Minnesota teacher helps kids feel connected through music. At Normandale Hill Elementary, music teacher Jeff Zupfer is
helping students navigate a difficult school year through songs focused on joy, resilience and belonging.
🤿 Watch: Join Great Lakes Now as an expedition explores the deep Lake Superior. MPR News is partnering with Great Lakes Now to share the livestream video. The video is expected to begin Saturday at noon Central, weather permitting.
🎭 MN Shortlist June 5-11: A Gay ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream,’ a new ICE puppet play and ‘Favourite Girl’ rock. The Great Gatsby centennial continues at the Orpheum, Pillsbury House + Theatre uses puppetry to explore the impact of ICE on South Minneapolis, a group show explores mutual aid, a feminist choir turns 50 and more in this week’s MN Shortlist.
🏕️ Forest Service temporarily bans campfires in Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness campfire ban goes into effect at 12:01 a.m. Saturday and is set to run through June 30. It covers campfires and any stoves or grills fueled by wood or charcoal.
🎸 Prince's estate announces new compilation record alongside single release. MPR News host Clay Masters speaks with music journalist Andrea Swensson about the new compilation record announced during Prince’s birthday celebration.
📖 Three Minnesota literary organizations receive major national grant.
The Literary Arts Fund announced Thursday that the Loft Literary Center, Graywolf Press and the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop are among 40 recipients that will share $7.7 million.
MUST LISTEN
🎧 Land near Boundary Waters can be mined safely, expert says. MPR News host Clay Masters speaks with Ali Ling, an assistant professor of civil engineering at the University of St. Thomas, about mining safely near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
🎧 Qualls sees 'pocketbook issues' as key to Minnesota governor's race. GOP-endorsed gubernatorial candidate Kendall Qualls told MPR News Thursday that economic issues would be his top focus if elected and that he’d be “all in” if President Donald Trump chose to endorse him.
🎧 Minnesota Now: Live from Moorhead! Minnesota Now recorded a special edition of the show in front of a live audience at the new public library in Moorhead.
🎧 Power Pair: The mother-daughter duo behind Kobi Co. candle and wellness brand. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with a mother-daughter duo who are are spreading self-care and good vibes through their scented candle and wellness company.
— Michael Olson, Sam Stroozas and Payton Whaley, MPR News
