Hennepin County Prosecutor Adds Five Murder Counts in Fatal Crash

KSTP reports that Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced Monday Derrick Johnson Thompson faces five additional counts of third-degree murderThompson is accused of driving 95 mph in a crash that killed five women in June 2023.

KARE reports a Fire in Minnesota border waters The Canoe Area Wilderness Area has expanded to 27 acres.

MPR reports how the The closures of Building Blocks Learning Center and Observation Hill Children’s Center in Duluth are further impacting families struggling to find child care. “Even before these closures, Duluth area short of more than 1,000 child care spaces according to data compiled by the Northland Foundation and economic development group Northspan.

In Racket, former Minneapolis DFL chairman Mike Norton writes about the “temporary disappearance” of Uptown in Minneapolis.

Bring Me the News reports the U.S. Department of Education awarded a $31,150,000 grant to Get Ready, a Minnesota program which provides support and resources to middle school students from low-income families to increase their college attendance.

Via ESPN: “Minnesota is still has a chance to take the top playoff spot in New York; “The Liberty would have to lose their last two games and the Lynx would have to win their last two games. If that happened, the Lynx would have the tiebreaker after winning the season series against the Liberty.”

WDIO Exposes Billionaire MacKenzie Scott made an unrestricted $9 million gift to the Duluth-based Entrepreneurs Fund.

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