Ex-Minneapolis police officer sentenced to workhouse for high-speed chase that caused fatal crash

Plus: How lutefisk was reinvented as a new State Fair food ͏ ͏ If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may [see it online](. [Star Tribune]( Talkers TOP STORIES - Ex-Minneapolis police officer sentenced to workhouse for high-speed chase that caused fatal crash: The former Minneapolis police officer who killed an innocent driver during a high-speed chase two years ago was ordered Wednesday to serve nine months in the county workhouse — and he will be eligible for electric home monitoring in three months. [Read more.]( - Former Twin Cities executive admits embezzling $3M to fund lavish lifestyle: David E. Katz pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Paul to wire fraud in connection with the embezzlement while he was the chief financial officer for Durand and Associates (D&A) in South St. Paul from 2012 to until his firing in 2017. [Read more.]( - City breaks ground on 112-acre Hillcrest Golf redevelopment: Tuesday's groundbreaking ceremony at the Heights, a 112-acre redevelopment site on St. Paul's East Side, marked the official beginning of transforming the former Hillcrest Golf Course into 1,000 units of housing and 1,000 jobs for a neighborhood that's long needed economic investment. [Read more.]( - Minneapolis woman charged after 2022 racist tirade against Black Uber driver captured on video: The woman was initially charged with disorderly conduct and falsely reporting a crime to police in connection with the incident on Hennepin Avenue in south Minneapolis last year. However, the second charge was dropped Tuesday afternoon without explanation. [Read more.]( - Rebates are coming this fall: Here's how to update your banking information. Minnesotans eligible for rebates passed last session could be getting a check by mail or directly in their bank accounts by this fall, as long as their information is up to date. [Read more.]( WATCH THIS Sharks feast on buffet of bunker fish off coast of Long Island: Facebook user Fish Guy Photos shares drone footage of an enormous school of Atlantic Menhaden, also known as bunkers, serving up an easy meal for a group of hungry sharks off Southampton, N.Y. [See the video.]( *** Talk to us! Send feedback on this newsletter, questions, story tips, ideas or anything else to [talkers@startribune.com](. *** TRENDING How Minnesota's most infamous dish was reinvented as a new State Fair food: The Minnesota State Fair has never selected a lutefisk dish as one of its official new foods. Until now. [Read more.]( SPORTS BLINK Big Ten football mayhem, Twins TV future and more: Daily Delivery podcast host Michael Rand digs into the hazing controversy at Northwestern — featuring a visit from college football writer Randy Johnson — and the future of the Twins on television. [Listen here.]( *** Did someone forward this newsletter to you? You can [sign up for Talkers here](. *** WORTH A CLICK NASA releases spectacular image to celebrate James Webb Space Telescope's first anniversary: "365 days after NASA unveiled the mission's first batch of data and images, it's clear that the JWST can produce the hard science and the beauty shots with equal aplomb. NASA is marking the first anniversary of the JWST's scientific debut with the release of a new image, demonstrating the telescope's ability to re-envision the universe. The dramatic, somewhat hallucinatory image captures the dynamism of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth, where planetary systems like our own could be in the initial stages of forming," Joel Achenbach reports for the Washington Post. [Read more.]( FROM THE ARCHIVES July 12, 2022: A Poweshiek skipperling butterfly sits on a prairie flower after being released by Cale Nordmeyer, butterfly conservation specialist at the Minnesota Zoo, in a central Michigan wetland — one of three remaining spots known to the world to have a wild population. (Photo: David Joles/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.](