🚴🏻 Watch out on the road for children this morning and afternoon. That’s because it is Bike and Roll to school day. More than 150 schools are expected to take part in the national initiative. Students will be biking to school or joining bike trains a few blocks from school. Many schools will offer safety education events or be taking field trips by bike.
🎵 Minneapolis music legends Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis are the latest additions to the Grandstand lineup for this summer’s Minnesota State Fair. They’ll be bringing in a bunch of guests for an Aug. 29 show they’re calling “Homecoming: A Celebration of the Minneapolis Sound.” Those guests include Morris Day and Jerome Benton of The Time, Ann Nesby and Sounds of Blackness, and Yolanda Adams. Tickets go on sale Friday
⛽ Gas and diesel prices continue to climb with economic uncertainty around the war in the Middle East. AAA reports a gallon of gas is averaging about $4.20 a gallon in Minnesota, up more than 35 cents over the past week. Minnesota remains below the national average price for gas of $4.53 a gallon. Diesel in Minnesota is about $5.43 a gallon. That’s up nearly 40 cents over the past week, and it’s nearly $2 a gallon more than this time last year.
In sports news:
🏒 The Wild lost to the Colorado Avalanche last night 5-2 in Game 2 of the second-round Stanley Cup playoff series. Colorado leads the best-of-seven series 2-0. Game 3 is Saturday in St. Paul.
🏀 The Timberwolves take on the Spurs tonight for Game 2 of the Western Conference Semifinals. Minnesota leads the best-of-seven series 1-0. Tip-off is at 8:30 p.m. in San Antonio.
⚾ The Twins beat the Washington Nationals yesterday 11-3. Those teams play again this evening at 5:45 p.m. in Washington, D.C.
⚾ The St. Paul Saints beat Las Vegas 15-7 yesterday in their first game of six against the team this week.They'll face off again tonight in Nevada.
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A Dakota-led nonprofit breaks ground this month on a major restoration project at St. Anthony Falls in downtown Minneapolis. The decade-in-the-making effort aims to bring Dakota presence back to a cultural site along the Mississippi River.
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NEWS ROUNDUP
🏛️ Minneapolis poised to pass assault weapons ban. The Minneapolis City Council is expected to ban assault weapons in the city during its Thursday meeting. The move would largely be symbolic due to the state’s preemption laws which prevent city governments from regulating firearms.
🦌 Minnesota hunters are donating more venison for local food banks. Minnesota's Hunter-Harvested Venison Donation Program has been around since 2007, but
it's growing more popular. In 2025, the program saw a 50 percent jump in donations compared to the previous year.
🎙️ Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey's State of the City address, first since ICE surge. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey gave his annual State of the City address Tuesday. It was his first State of the City gathering since the federal immigration enforcement surge earlier this year.
🚩 Day of remembrance in Duluth provides solidarity, support for missing, murdered Indigenous people. May 5 is widely marked as a day to remember missing and murdered Indigenous people. Families convened at Duluth City Hall Tuesday to share stories of their relatives.
👠 Heidi Klum, the Met Gala and the Minnesota ‘Veiled Lady’ connection, explained. The supermodel's outfit for resembled the “Veiled Lady,” a famous bust at the Mia. The way the costume was designed, by manipulating latex and spandex to create a gauzy veiled illusion, echoes what the sculptor did with marble.
🚨 St. Paul police investigating gunfire that left two injured near RiverCentre. Officers found two young men with what police said were non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. Three other people — identified as possible suspects — were taken into custody nearby a short time later.
🏠 Minneapolis emergency rent relief fund on track to dole out $300K in the first month. The Minneapolis City Council approved $2 million in emergency rent relief funds. In the first two weeks
$150,000 has gone out to residents.
🤔 New Human Services commissioner out on medical leave with timing of pick under scrutiny. An abrupt change atop the Department of Human Services had raised questions prior to the disclosure that a new agency leader is out on medical leave.
👮 Minnesota State Fair assistant police chief sues Ramsey County sheriff for retaliation. The Minnesota State Fair assistant police chief said in a whistleblower lawsuit that Ramsey County Sheriff Robert Fletcher tried to have him fired for reporting Fletcher’s alleged use of chemical munitions on bystanders.
✈️ Delta cutting back on snacks and beverage service on shorter flights. Delta Air Lines — which handles more than 70 percent of passengers flying to and from the Twin Cities — says it will no longer offer snacks and beverages to most passengers on flights of less than 350 miles.
MUST LISTEN
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🎧 St. Louis Park music teacher honored as Teacher of the Year. David Davis is the 62nd recipient and the second teacher from St. Louis Park Public Schools to receive the award.
He teaches music to students in kindergarten through fifth grade.
🎧 MPR News arts reporters on covering Minnesota music, theater and the arts. Host Angela Davis talks with MPR News arts and culture reporters Alex V. Cipolle and Jacob Aloi about the shows you won’t want to miss and some of the challenges facing Minnesota arts organizations.
🎧 Local academic, CEO publishes new framework for social change. Brittany Lewis explains
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