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June 26, 2024

Wednesday evening will be cooler and less humid. Thursday will be dry during the day with thunderstorms developing at night. Get the latest on Updraft.

Rebuilding from a recent fire, 19 Bar is still a cornerstone of Twin Cities Pride

Minneapolis is gearing up for Twin Cities Pride this weekend — but a local staple will be missing this year. One of the oldest gay bars in the city, 19 Bar, has been closed since a fire destroyed the interior in March. Its staff and regulars are reminiscing on its many years, and planning pride without it.
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New Feeding Our Future charges: Prosecutors say 5 tried to bribe juror with $120K
Comparing it to a mob movie, U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Andrew Luger called the alleged plan to bribe the person known as juror 52 “a chilling attack on our justice system” as he laid out details that included a contact flying in from Seattle and a list of juror names spirited from the courthouse in a water bottle.
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💰 Cities receive state aid to help plan for climate change, extreme weather
The Legislature allocated $100 million last year for a grant program to help local governments and tribes develop plans and tackle projects to make their stormwater and wastewater systems more resilient.
🌈 ‘An important part of the fabric’: exploring Two Spirit identity with artist Charli Fool Bear
Yanktonai Dakota poet and New Native Theatre senior artistic producer Charli Fool Bear shared what her Two Spirit identity means to her in a conversation with MPR News host Cathy Wurzer.
🏒 Hockey Hall of Fame 2024 inductees include Minnesotans Natalie Darwitz, Krissy Wendell-Pohl
The two were teammates at the University of Minnesota, as well as on U.S. teams that won silver at the 2002 Olympics and gold at the 2005 world championships.
🚓 Minneapolis City Council asks public to weigh in on police union contract
In a city struggling to maintain police officer staffing levels, the Minneapolis City Council is holding public hearings on a tentative union contract that would make Minneapolis officers some of the highest paid in the state.
🌲 A northern Minnesota celebration of Paul Bunyan enters its 75th year
This week our summer festival spotlight series takes us to Akeley, a small northern Minnesota town of 400 people, located just 40 miles south of Bemidji.
🤔 Another monolith appeared near Las Vegas. Who's behind these mysterious objects?
First it was Utah. Then Romania. And California. Spain. Wales. Paraguay. The metallic monoliths began to be found in late 2020 by unsuspecting viewers in seemingly random locations around the world.
– Madelyn Bonkoski, MPR News
 
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