What’s happening in Minnesota Today
Good morning, Minnesota. Happy Thursday!
Here's the latest news from across the state to start your day. | |
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🌥️ It’s a chilly start with Thursday morning temperatures in the 40s and 30s thanks to clearing skies up north overnight. Clouds will continue to decrease from north to south Thursday, leading to a much warmer day.
🌤️ Friday will be another rinse-and-repeat day with partly cloudy skies and highs back in the 60s. Those readings are near normal for northern Minnesota but a little cooler than normal for southern Minnesota.
🌡️ The holiday weekend still looks pretty decent with slightly cooler-than-normal conditions, mostly in the 60s to near 70 degrees and just some isolated to spotty rain chances. Summerlike temperatures will be back next week.
Get the latest weather news on Updraft. | |
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| | Timeline: What happened in Minnesota after police murdered George Floyd | | Minneapolis police murdering George Floyd in the street in front of bystanders on May 25, 2020, led to unrest, destruction and death in Minneapolis and St. Paul, mass protests around the globe, and years of work to rebuild the community and change the systems that played a role in his death. Here’s a timeline of some of the key moments of the fallout. | |
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🚓 Minneapolis will follow police reform consent decree, despite DOJ dismissal. The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a motion to dismiss its case against the city of Minneapolis that could have resulted in a federal consent decree and mandated reforms for the Minneapolis Police Department.
🚒 Despite fierce winds, crews keep wildfires in northern Minnesota from spreading. Firefighters made continued progress battling the Camp House and Jenkins Creek fires Tuesday, increasing containment figures and preventing the fires from spreading, despite strong winds.
🌲 Cleanup continues after storms left major tree damage in Minnesota state parks. Cleanup work continues at some Minnesota state parks — and could last into the Memorial Day weekend — in the wake of strong storms and gusty winds late last week.
📝 Judge orders U of M student's release from ICE custody. A U.S. District Court judge ordered the immediate release of the U of M student who was detained by immigration officials in March, ruling that the detention violates his procedural due process rights under the Fifth Amendment.
🏛️ House Republicans pass Trump's big bill of tax breaks and program cuts after all-night session. House Republicans passed their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package with Speaker Mike Johnson defying the skeptics and unifying his ranks to muscle President Donald Trump's priority bill to approval.
📜 Historian traces police brutality in Minneapolis back to 1800s. The death of George Floyd wasn’t an anomaly. Long before Floyd, there was Ophelia Rice, a Black woman violently assaulted by a white police officer named Thomas Britt in Minneapolis in 1899.
🚵 Minneapolis, St. Paul drop in rankings, but stay in top 5 list of park systems for U.S. cities. The list ranks the 100 most populous U.S. cities’ park systems using five categories: acreage, access, equity, investment and amenities. The Twin Cities are in the top 5 for 2025, but they ranked lower than last year.
💵 NBA fines Timberwolves G Anthony Edwards $50,000 for profane language. Edwards’ comments came a during postgame media session after the Timberwolves’ 114-88 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals Tuesday night. |
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🎧Promise and Peril: Technology and mental health. Technology is ever-present in modern life, from remote work to communities on social media, from dating apps to telemedicine. Join Call to Mind host Kimberly Adams for “Promise and Peril: Technology and mental health,” a one-hour broadcast special.
🎧 Mayor Frey: Even without federal support, Minneapolis plans to move forward with police reforms. Mayor Frey’s decision comes despite the Department of Justice’s motion to dismiss the agreement with the city and its police department. The agreement stemmed from the police murder of George Floyd five years ago and laid out sweeping reforms.
🎧 'City leadership had abandoned us': Minneapolis Council Member Robin Wonsley on Floyd uprising, 5 years later. Five years ago, Minneapolis City Council Member Robin Wonsley was a community organizer, one of the leaders behind the movement at George Floyd Square.
🎧 'There's reason to be hopeful': AG Ellison on five years after George Floyd. Reflecting on the years that have passed since the tragedy, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said “there’s reason to be hopeful” even as the country saw the highest number of police killings in a decade in 2024.
🎧 Listen to today's headlines on our Minnesota Today podcast. |
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| — Nicole Johnson and Anna Haecherl, MPR News |
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