Moorhead is hitting the reset button in its entire downtown

Plus: Tony Bouza, colorful and controversial Minneapolis police chief in the 1980s, dies at 94 ͏ ͏ If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may [see it online](. [Star Tribune]( Talkers TOP STORIES - Moorhead is hitting the reset button in its entire downtown: The city across the river from Fargo is tearing down a mall to rebuild a downtown in hopes of drawing residents and fostering lively streets. [Read more.]( - Minneapolis hopes to persuade drivers to leave their cars at home: In seven years, Minneapolis transportation planners want 60% of trips in the city taken on public transit, or made by biking, walking or rolling. The effort to achieve that ambitious goal, which is laid out in the city's Transportation Action Plan, began this month as the city partnered with marketing agency Vision Flourish to kick off the mode-shift campaign called "As You Go Minneapolis." [Read more.]( - U.S. Bank Stadium is officially paid off, two decades early: U.S. Bank Stadium will be debt-free Monday when the Minnesota Department of Management and Budget (MMB) directs about $378 million to retire the remaining bonds. Under the bond agreement, this month is the first opportunity for the state to refinance or pay off the remaining debt on the $1.1 billion stadium, which opened in July 2016 in Minneapolis. [Read more.]( - Teen admits to killing St. Paul driver at random: A teenager has admitted that when he was 15 years old he drove behind a motorist heading home from a St. Paul grocery store and killed her with a gunshot to the head at random. Melvin D. Williams, of St. Paul, agreed to plead guilty Friday in Ramsey County District Court to second-degree murder during a drive-by shooting in connection with the killing of 34-year-old Yuliya "Julia" Li on Feb. 16, 2022. [Read more.]( - Tony Bouza, colorful and controversial Minneapolis police chief in the 1980s, dies at 94: Bouza, a former New York City police administrator who ran the Minneapolis Police Department during the 1980s with a mandate for reform — and often riled the police union in the process — died Monday at the Amira Choice care center in Bloomington after a short illness. He was 94. [Read more.]( WATCH THIS Bull shark pulls angler into the water in Everglades National Park: Scary video from a fishing trip to Florida's Everglades shows a man reaching over the side of the boat when a large bull shark grabbed him the hand and pulled him overboard. The man's companions quickly pulled him back into the boat but his hand was injured. [See the video.]( *** Talk to us! Send feedback on this newsletter, questions, story tips, ideas or anything else to [talkers@startribune.com](. *** TRENDING Yes, Taylor Swift shimmered in Minneapolis. Swifties were even better. Taylor Swift was dazzling on all fronts: wardrobe, dancing, prancing, singing and the stamina it took to perform 44 songs over 3½ hours each night at U.S. Bank Stadium. That said, I'm not sure she was actually the biggest star of these shows, writes Chris Riemenschneider. [Read more.]( SPORTS BLINK Reusse on Naz Reid's Timberwolves deal: Is a KAT trade coming? It was a newsy Sunday as we learned that Timberwolves big man Naz Reid is returning on a three-year, $42 million deal. Does that make it more likely that the Wolves run it back this season? Or is it foreshadowing for a Karl-Anthony Towns trade? Host Michael Rand and columnist Patrick Reusse discuss on the Daily Delivery podcast. [Read more.]( *** Did someone forward this newsletter to you? You can [sign up for Talkers here](. *** WORTH A CLICK Belgium was out of hurdlers. So a shot-putter agreed to run. "The runner to watch was in Lane 2, and she was hard to miss: Jolien Boumkwo of Belgium was a head taller than every other woman in the second heat of the 100-meter hurdles. Boumkwo regularly competes in track and field's strength events — the shot-put, hammer throw and discus — but on Saturday at the European Team Championships in Krakow, Poland, Belgium needed a hurdler. Any hurdler," Andrew Das and Clare Moses write for the New York Times. [Read more.]( TRIVIA WINNER Congratulations to Karin Harris! Karin was randomly selected from among the many readers who correctly answered that state and federal biologists are reporting potentially record numbers of herring in Lake Superior this year. Karin wins a $15 gift card. Be sure to read Talkers on Friday for another trivia question! FROM THE ARCHIVES June 26, 2017: Zamara Tomko played an electric violin in the Richfield High School marching band during the RoseFest Rose Parade in Roseville. (Photo: Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune) Connect with Star Tribune [facebook]([twitter]([pinterest]([instagram]( [Manage email preferences]( • [Subscribe to Star Tribune]( • [Privacy Policy]( • [Unsubscribe]( This email was sent by: StarTribune, 650 3rd Ave S, Suite #1300, Minneapolis, MN, 55488 © 2023 StarTribune. All rights reserved. We value your opinion! [Give us your feedback.](