TOP STORIES
- Famous Dave's and famous pies: BBQ Holdings, parent company of Famous Dave's, is continuing its expansion outside of barbecue with the acquisition of family restaurant chains Village Inn and Bakers Square.
- Hospitalizations down in Minnesota: COVID-19 hospitalizations in Minnesota dropped below 100 for the first time in more than a year, reflecting continued progress in vaccinating people and slowing the spread.
- Minneapolis schools examine equity in fundraising: Some of the city's schools lack organized parent donation groups while others have foundations bringing in hundreds of thousands of dollars.
- Florida death toll now at 10: Rescue workers digging for a fifth day into the remnants of a collapsed Florida condo building stressed today that they could still find survivors in the rubble, a hope family members clung to even though no one has been pulled out alive since the first hours after the structure fell.
- Northwest braces for hottest day: Forecasters said temperatures today could reach 110F in Seattle and 115 F in the Portland area before it begins to cool Tuesday.
- Justices leave transgender ruling in place: The Supreme Court today rejected a Virginia school board's appeal to reinstate its transgender bathroom ban.
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What will it be like when four years of rebuilding 35W is finished in September? MNDOT brings you a virtual flyover of traffic heading from the Crosstown north to downtown Minneapolis.
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TRENDING
- Cape Cod in Bryn Mawr: An award-winning designer dreamed up a Cape Cod-style home in Minneapolis while renovating. Now it's on the market for $695K.
- Lending their voices to a protest: Indigo Girls headline a free concert this afternoon to protest Enbridge pipeline in northern Minnesota.
- Blueberries and raspberries are ripening: With strawberry picking waning, it's a good time to plan a trip to these Minnesota and Wisconsin blueberry and raspberry farms.
SPORTS ROUNDUP
- Former Wolves guard is new Blazers head coach: With news that Portland has hired Chauncey Billups as their head coach, Randball is reminded that Billups is one of the most underrated "ones who got away" in recent memory.
- About that Twins rainout on Saturday: Columnist Patrick Reusse says that the Twins spent the first three months of the season disappointing their fans on the field, but Saturday's postponement because of light rain upped the ante.
- Best WNBA center ever? The Lynx' Sylvia Fowles makes her case as an all-time great with dominant performance vs. Las Vegas over the weekend.
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WORTH A CLICK
Spectator causes big tumble at Tour de France: A race official says the woman who caused a huge crash with her large sign bearing the words "ALLEZ OPI-OMI!" (German terms of endearment for grandparents) will be sued.
TRIVIA WINNER
Congratulations to Grant Tiefenbruck! Grant was randomly selected from among the many readers who correctly answered that Tom Kurvers won a Stanley Cup title with the Montreal Canadiens. He wins a $15 gift card. Talkers Trivia will take a brief hiatus next week while your regular newsletter scribe is on vacation, but it will return the following week. Thanks for reading!
FROM THE ARCHIVES
June 28, 2018: Greyton Becker IV, 2, played in a stream of mist during Marketfest in downtown White Bear Lake. (Photo: Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune)
