5 September 2024
Kirsten Mitchell at WCCO News is reporting Abdul Wright, a former Minnesota Teacher of the Year, has been charged with criminal sexual conduct involving a 14-year-old student. The alleged sexual assault was said to have taken place in 2017, when Wright was an English teacher at Harvest Best Academy in north Minneapolis.
Frederick Melo at the Pioneer Press reports the troubled Lowry Apartments in downtown St. Paul were sold Wednesday at a sheriff’s sale to mortgage lender Lowry Apartments LLC — a subsidiary of Colliers International — for $7 million in credit.
Nicole Norfleet at the Minnesota Star Tribune writes that while Target’s practice of locking up “everything from deodorant to boxer briefs” has curbed theft, experts say keeping rows of products behind plexiglass, among other theft deterrents, could eventually drive shoppers out of stores or leave them feeling alienated.
Dustin Nelson at Bring Me the News is reporting this weekend’s second annual NBNL Festival, formerly North by North Loop, has been canceled, organizers announced Thursday morning.
Imani Cruzen at the Pioneer Press writes that westbound Interstate 94 between Interstate 35E and Highway 280 will be closed in St. Paul this weekend. The closure begins at 10 p.m. Friday and ends at 5 a.m. Monday.
Tim Harlow at the Minnesota Star Tribune reports two amur tiger cubs — one boy and one girl — were born last week at the Como Zoo in St. Paul. The twins are the first tigers to be born at Como in more than 40 years.
Audrey Kennedy at Axios is reminding U of M alumni that their umn.edu accounts will be shut down soon:
PSA to University of Minnesota alumni: Your email/Google account will be shut down in two weeks (Sept. 19).
Download your data, folks!!
(Context on why, via me: https://t.co/bif005vrpJ) pic.twitter.com/Y0PFr3mNRz
— Audrey Kennedy (@_AudreyKennedy) September 5, 2024
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