Tim Harlow at the Star Tribune reports the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District has found its first mosquitoes to test positive for West Nile virus this year in samples collected June 17-18 in Oak Grove in northern Anoka County.
Via Minnesota Public Radio: Minneapolis park officials have temporarily closed four beaches due to high bacteria levels in the waterjust ahead of the busy Fourth of July weekend. Beaches at Lake Harriet North and Lake Hiawatha are closed along with North Beach and the 32nd Street Beach on Bde Maka Ska.
Dana Thiede at KARE is reporting an 81-year-old woman in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday in the murder of a romantic rival but will be considered for parole in 20 years’ time. Mary Jo Bailey was sentenced to a mandatory life term with the possibility of parole for the 1985 shooting of Yvonne Menke.
Katelyn Vue at Sahan Journal is reporting the developers behind a proposed Muslim-centric community in Lino Lakes — as well as the current owner of the land — are pushing back on city plans to put the project on hold.
Al Brown at the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder reports a street in north Minneapolis will be renamed in honor of longtime activist Spike Moss on July 16.
Chris Riemenschneider at the Star Tribune pays tribute to Zuzu’s Petals singer/guitarist Laurie Lindeen, who died unexpectedly Monday of a brain aneurysm at age 62, according to friends.
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