Wolves in 7? 🐺

Plus: Donald Trump is coming to town [Plus: Donald Trump is coming to town] View this email as a [web page]( [Star Tribune]( [Essential Minnesota logo] ESSENTIAL MINNESOTA [Essential Minnesota logo] ESSENTIAL MINNESOTA Good morning, Minnesota! I could hear the chants of "Wolves in 7" in Uptown. The city feels alive again 🐺 Here's the news 📢 [Eder Campuzano] By Eder Campuzano TODAY’S TOP STORIES - [Target rolling back Pride product availability is a step backward, LGBTQ advocates say]( - [Guthrie reports a record $3.8 million deficit]( - [Minnesota House to take up contentious bill setting minimum pay for Uber, Lyft drivers]( - [As housing market remains tight, Edina is the next suburb to allow ADUs]( - [Minnesota poised to lose nearly 40% of its sign language interpreters]( Is there a mercy rule in pro basketball? Photos by Carlos Gonzalez/Star Tribune Well, that was a game of basketball, wasn't it? Anyone who lived within sight of downtown Minneapolis could surely hear the chants of "Wolves in seven" emanating from Target Center as Anthony Edwards and company led the Denver Nuggets by nearly 50 points during the fourth quarter of last night's game. It sure felt like I could, anyway. (And to be completely honest I was also streaming the game.) The Wolves' 115-70 victory over the Nuggets means that Sunday's matchup is do-or-die for both teams. Whoever wins moves on to the Western Conference finals against either the Dallas Mavericks or the Oklahoma City Thunder. [image] You can bet the city will be full of diehard fans and bandwagoners alike this weekend as the Wolves shoot for their first conference championship series appearance in two decades Sunday in Denver. Our sports crew has last night covered from every angle. Check out the links below. Send us your reactions to Game 7, win or lose. Reach us at [essential@startribune.com.](mailto:essential@startribune.com) Related coverage - [Timberwolves run Nuggets out of town and into Sunday's Game 7 of NBA playoffs with 45-point win]( - [Jaden McDaniels brings his best to Game 6 after struggling against Nuggets in playoffs]( - [Ten clutch points: Everything to know about the Timberwolves' 45-point destruction of the Nuggets]( - [Souhan: Timberwolves defense smothers Nuggets in Game 6. Now it needs a nickname.]( - [When is Game 7 between the Timberwolves and Nuggets?](     GOING OUT - [Prince-endorsed Kandace Springs to replace Regina Carter at Twin Cities Jazz Festival on June 22]( - [Former Current DJ Mary Lucia joins Radio K team]( - [You owe it to yourself to check out this Native American fashion show]( Donald Trump is coming to town Photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times Former President Donald Trump is in for a busy day. While on a break from his criminal trial in New York, he's flying to Florida to attend his son Barron's graduation ceremony at Oxbridge Academy, a college prep school. Then he's headed to Minnesota, where he will deliver the keynote address for the state GOP's annual Lincoln Reagan fundraiser. But will the former president's presence be a lifeline or a liability for Republicans here? Politics reporters Ryan Faircloth and Briana Bierschbach set up the stakes of Trump's Minnesota visit [here](. Reporter Louis Krauss has a story on the logistics of Trump's day [here](. IN OTHER NEWS - [Minnesotans honor the state’s Japanese American veterans]( - MPR - [Trying to solve the ‘cruel mystery,’ lupus]( - MinnPost - [How Falling Knife Brewing Co. 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We end this first five-day stretch of Essential Minnesota with an astounding image of a rainbow — or, as Ma calls it, an arcoiris — taken by a North Shore photographer. Let it take you gently into the weekend. We'll see you back here on Monday! Thanks for reading Eder Campuzano, reporter David Taintor, editor [Email]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Manage email preferences]( • [Subscribe to Star Tribune]( • [Privacy Policy]([Unsubscribe from this newsletter]( [Unsubscribe from this newsletter]( [Manage]( your preferences | [Opt Out]( using TrueRemove™ Got this as a forward? [Sign up]( to receive our future emails. View this email [online](. 650 3rd Ave. S. Suite 1300 | Minneapolis, MN 55488 US This email was sent to {EMAIL}. To continue receiving our emails, add us to your address book.