Good morning! Sunny and warm today with highs in the 60s. 70 on Saturday. Let's hear it for Lindsay Whalen! The Minnesota Lynx will honor the basketball star by making her jersey the first to be retired by the 20-year-old franchise in June. Whalen, now coaching at the University of MInnesota, played nine of her 15 years in the league with the Lynx and won four championships. She's the all-time WNBA leader with 323 wins in 477 career regular-season games. | What's on MPR News today? | Forecast
Minneapolis police officer Matthew Harrity testified Thursday he heard a "thump" and a "murmur" in the alley and feared a possible ambush before his partner, officer Mohamed Noor, shot and killed 911 caller Justine Ruszczyk. | Full coverage of the trial
Mayor Jacob Frey made the announcement Thursday during his annual State of the City speech, saying that so-called 'fear-based or warrior training' courses make officers overly aggressive.
The days are longer and the forecast is sunny, but the uncertainty of flooding season continues across southern Minnesota. The effects of the midweek rains are coming to fruition, as the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers are projected to hit their second flooding-season crests over the weekend. | Spring flooding in Minnesota
The Walz administration has announced it will change state hiring policy after a former state DFL legislator was appointed to a six-figure job at the Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation without going through standard hiring procedures.
Lauren Cartaya and her older brother, Zach, were at Columbine High School in 1999 when two students opened fire. At StoryCorps, they remember that day and discuss the effect it has had on their lives.
