Support is pouring in for a Chaska store that went viral after a customer confronted employees a couple of drag queen story time event, Bring Me The News writes. 

The Bemidji Pioneer reports that UnitedHealthcare is offering telehealth appointments “with no copay or out-of-pocket cost as a profit.”

The Black, Asian, and Hispanic populations within the Twin Cities doubled between 2000 and 2022, Axios reports. 

The flavor of the Minnesota State Fair will probably be Cheers for Cherries, WCCO writes. 

From KARE-11: 16 people were arrested through the Fourth of July chaos earlier this week. Eleven of the 16 were juveniles.

Thursday, Gov. Tim Walz issued a proclamation to honor Philando Castile on the seventh anniversary of his death. 

For the third day in a row, Earth experienced its hottest day on record, Fox9 says.

From Post Bulletin: A QAnon leader has died following a mud biking accident in Millville, Minnesota. Michael Protzman spread the conspiracy theory that John F. Kennedy and John F. Kennedy Jr. are still alive and could be reinstate Donald Trump as president.

A Twin Cities activist is highlighting the drug abuse crisis within the East African community through a brand new documentary, Sahan Journal writes. 

The closure of one other business in Waseca has residents, and the mayor, frightened in regards to the local economy’s competition with big box stores, Waseca County News reports. 

IVC2 has an in-depth look into Shinder’s rise and fall within the Twin Cities. 

A Rochester man was arrested after attacking individuals with a hammer at Cub Foods, KTTC writes. 

Cass County deputies helped free two eagles who were tangled together in Shingobee Bay, KVVR reports.

From the Star Tribune: A forty acre plot in Grand Marais tied to Warren Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, is now up on the market.