Where to celebrate Juneteenth in Minnesota today
☁️ It’ll be cooler and considerably less humid Wednesday. Some showers will linger in southeast Minnesota, but most will be dry before more rain develops for southern Minnesota Thursday. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.
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| | Heavy rain brings flooding to the Iron Range, North Shore |
Parts of northeast Minnesota will be cleaning up Wednesday after strong thunderstorms dropped close to a half-foot of rain in the Arrowhead.
The rain flooded streets and basements across the Iron Range and washed out some local roads. Flood warnings remain in effect Wednesday from Leech Lake and Grand Rapids east to Hibbing, Ely and the North Shore. | |
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| | Mother of autistic kids Sheletta Brundidge raises awareness for interior door locks after death of Hopkins toddler |
Sheletta Brundidge understands firsthand how difficult it is to ensure the safety of children who may be particularly prone to elopement. Like many other guardians of children with autism, Brundidge said hearing about the Hopkins toddler — who authorities said was nonverbal and autistic — made her think “this could be me.”
That’s why she wants other guardians in similar positions to find some extra security in a safety measure she’s calling a game changer: interior door locks. | |
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✊🏿 Where to celebrate Juneteenth around Minnesota. Cities around Minnesota are celebrating Juneteenth, also called “Freedom Day,” which commemorates the end of slavery in Galveston, Texas, two years after the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation that freed enslaved Black people. Here’s where to go across Minnesota to join in on the festivities.
🐚 Hill Annex State Park closure means end to public fossil digs at Hill Annex Paleontology Project. Co-founder and paleontologist John Westgaard said that the closure of the state park is a loss, as it was the last publicly accessible fossil site in Minnesota.
⚾ Willie Mays, Giants’ electrifying ‘Say Hey Kid,’ has died at 93. The center fielder, who played for the Minneapolis Millers, was baseball’s oldest living Hall of Famer. His over-the shoulder catch of a long drive in the 1954 World Series is baseball’s most celebrated defensive feat.
🏛️ New charges in anti-violence effort target Minneapolis gang. More alleged gang members are facing federal gun and drug charges as part of an ongoing crackdown. A grand jury has indicted 10 men allegedly connected to the 10z and 20z gang, which primarily operates south of downtown Minneapolis around Franklin and Chicago Avenues.
🕯️ ‘Joe was a living legend‘: Longtime criminal defense attorney Joe Friedberg dies at 87. Friedberg was involved in some of the most high-profile court cases in Minnesota in the last half century, including the Minnesota Vikings boat-party sex scandal and the U.S. Senate recount between Al Franken and Norm Coleman.
— Nicole Johnson and Anna Haecherl, MPR News
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