What to expect as the Arrowhead floods, rain breaks

Plus: Where to celebrate Juneteenth in the Twin Cities [Plus: Where to celebrate Juneteenth in the Twin Cities] View this email as a [web page]( [Star Tribune]( [Essential Minnesota logo] ESSENTIAL MINNESOTA [Essential Minnesota logo] ESSENTIAL MINNESOTA Good morning, Minnesota! It's gonna be a great day for a bike ride. The rest of the week? Err, not so much ... 🌧️ On to the news 📢 [Eder Campuzano] By Eder Campuzano TODAY’S TOP STORIES - 911 transcripts detail chaos of mass shooting in Whittier that killed four, including Minneapolis police officer]( - [Tensions, confusion inside HCMC over postponed event with Palestinian focus]( - [Bump stocks are still illegal in Minnesota, despite Supreme Court ruling]( - [Stearns County officials finally pin down site for new justice center — sort of]( - [Joe Friedberg, "godfather" of Minnesota defense lawyers, dies at 87](   A break in the rain today but more to come into the weekend Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune Minnesota has taken a battering so far this month as heavy rain descended on much of the North Star State, breaking a three-year drought but bringing with it high water in the metro area and flooding in the Arrowhead. Thankfully, we get a reprieve today before another day or two of precipitation. Just in time for Juneteenth. Still, videos posted to social media show streets overtaken by water and roads that were practically impassable as the heaviest rain fell in the state's northeastern corner. Flash flooding even closed portions of the Interstate 35 tunnel in Duluth on Tuesday evening. And a tornado touched down in Cotton, Minn. The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office did not report any injuries. We'll have several follow-ups here and at StarTribune.com throughout the week, including a look at how the recent rainfall totals compare to historical averages. If you capture photos or video of storm damage in your neighborhood that you'd like to share, send them to essential@startribune.com. Related coverage - [Flooding continues in northeastern Minnesota where roads remain underwater after severe storms]( - [Minnesota farm fields are waterlogged, complicating growth]( - [Brooks: "No such thing as bad weather," Minnesotans remind ourselves as it rains and rains and rains on our parades](     GOING OUT - [Where to eat and drink in Duluth]( - [Duluth's first Palestinian market and deli aims to humanize headlines]( - [Review: Janet Jackson brings her Black girl magic to St. Paul]( Where to celebrate Juneteenth today and beyond Several Juneteenth celebrations took place in the Twin Cities over the weekend but there are at least three major events on tap for today and plenty more to come Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Today's offerings include readings in Edina, tours of Fort Snelling, improv at the Ordway and the Soul of the Southside Festival at Hook & Ladder. Melissa Walker has the full [list of Twin Cities-area Juneteenth celebrations here](. Jerry Holt/Star Tribune [Share this newsletter with friends]( Do you enjoy Essential Minnesota? Encourage your friends and family to [sign up](. You also can share it using the links below. More from the Star Tribune - [House listings are on the rise in the Twin Cities, but so are home prices]( - [Ramstad: Alarm over foreign buyers of Minnesota businesses has become excessive]( - [New federal charges halt re-emergence of south Minneapolis street gang]( hey, we won some awards last night Carlos Gonzalez/Star Tribune Star Tribune journalists took home several accolades Tuesday night during the Page One Awards ceremony by the Twin Cities chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Data Editor MaryJo Webster won one of the night's most prestigious prizes: the Peter S. Popovich Award, which goes to a local journalist who "exemplifies the fight to uphold First Amendment rights." Reporter Andy Mannix was awarded journalist of the year by the organization for his dogged and in-depth reporting on the public safety beat and his investigation into the death of domestic abuse victim Heather Mayer. Several Star Tribune journalists took home individual awards for a body of work in their respective fields: columnist Laura Yuen, business reporter Kavita Kumar and sports reporter Ben Goessling. READ The award-winning stories - Story of the Year: [What happened to Heather Mayer?]( - Andy Mannix, Renee Jones Schneider - Investigative Reporting, Best Use of Public Records: [In Harm's Way]( - Jeff Meitrodt, Jessie Van Berkel, MaryJo Webster, Aaron Lavinsky - Breaking News: [Gratuitous Force]( - Star Tribune staff - Feature Reporting: [Should men go shirtless in summer?]( - Richard Chin - Profile Reporting: Rachel Hutton for stories on [Bill Alkofer](, [Sheletta Brundidge]( and [Scott Seekins]( - Business News Reporting: [Rewilding Minnehaha: A decadelong plan to repair the degraded creek begins to pay off]( - Susan Du - Best Interview: [Grocery shopping with the Minneapolis Federal Reserve president]( - Kavita Kumar     THE MINNESOTA GOODBYE At long last. Nerds everywhere understand the pangs of irritation that sweep across your body when a friend, relative or acquaintance notices there's a "Legend of Zelda" game playing on a screen in the room and asks, sometimes sincerely and sometimes in a trolling manner: "Is that Zelda?" It hasn't been, at least for nearly 40 years. The series is named after the titular damsel in distress even though you play as elf-boy Link. But on Tuesday Nintendo announced that it's releasing a new entry where the typically captured princess is, in fact, the hero of her own story. So, yeah, mom. That is Zelda! (At least it will be in September when you'll find me playing this game for hours on end.) Boy, bye. 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