Brooklyn Center human trafficking investigation; Congressional watchdog clears Rep. Omar

Minneapolis Public Schools is considering three restructuring plans that would leave 15 or 16 buildings without K-12 programming. Depending on the proposal, 12 percent to 14 percent of students would be affected by school mergers or boundary changes. Two judges at the Fort Snelling immigration court have stepped down. Their departures last month mean there are just four full-time judges to handle tens of thousands of cases. The immigration court — part of the Executive Branch — decides deportation and asylum cases.The city of Fargo and a police detective are being sued by a woman who says she was falsely arrested after police relied on artificial intelligence. Angela Lipps was arrested in Tennessee last year and held in jail for six months in connection with a case of bank fraud in Fargo.

FBI Director Kash Patel says his agency continues to work with utilities across the country to strengthen their cyber defenses. That's in the wake of cyberattacks on U.S. water systems earlier this year, including in Minnesota. And Carleton College has announced it will eliminate loans from its financial aid packages beginning next fall.Those stories and more in today’s evening update from MPR News. Hosted by Emily Reese. Music by Gary Meister.

About 150 doctors at Allina Health’s Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids and its Unity campus in Fridley began a four-day strike Monday. Physicians have been negotiating their first union contract for three years but haven’t been able to reach a deal.The Olmsted County Board will consider competing plans Tuesday for the long-vacant Seneca Foods site. Fire officials in Duluth say a worker was injured when a large fuel tank exploded at a fuel transfer facility. Local officials and cycling advocates are celebrating the completion of the state's longest paved biking trail Tuesday in Tower, Minn.

The average price of diesel in Minnesota has crossed the $6 mark for the first time — another record high. And those high diesel prices are throttling the benefits of the highest corn prices in three years. Part of the rally in corn prices is due to U.S. expectations of a tighter crop supply, making it more valuable. Jordan Goblish farms corn, soybeans and black beans in Redwood County. He says the price bump is nice, but it's not enough to fully offset increasing costs.

Minnesotans can start casting their ballots in the midterm election this Friday. Absentee ballots will start to be mailed out and voters will also be able to vote absentee in person at certain early voting locations. Two office buildings in downtown St. Paul have a new owner. 375 Jackson Street and 135 5th Street were recently purchased by Florida real estate investor Jamie Rand through his Downtown Revival Trust.The average tenures of Minnesota school board members are shrinking. School board members are serving about half as long as they once did.

Diesel prices continue to set records amid the ongoing war in the Middle East — with the average price in Minnesota jumping more than 10 cents overnight. And hundreds of people in St. Paul gathered to pack meals for food shelves today to commemorate 25 years since 9/11.Those stories and more in today’s evening update from MPR News. Hosted by Emily Reese. Music by Gary Mesiter.

Events around Minnesota Friday are marking twenty-five years since the September 11 attacks with music, ceremonies and community service.A man convicted in the 1970 ambush killing of a St. Paul police officer is expected back before the state parole board Friday. The Republican nominee for Minnesota governor doesn’t support President Donald Trump’s plan to issue five thousand dollar dividends to all adult citizens if Republicans keep congressional control. The city of Crystal is the latest municipality in Minnesota to stop using Flock cameras. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs executed a search warrant at a tribal building on the Red Lake Reservation Thursday.

Some good news and some bad news for Minnesota in the latest U.S. Drought Monitor update, issued earlier today.And a Hennepin County judge today found a Minneapolis man not guilty by reason of mental illness in the 2023 killing of a Loring Park grocery store clerk. All that and more in today’s evening update from MPR News. Hosted by Emily Reese. Music by Gary Meister.

The chief of the Brooklyn Center police department says nearly two dozen people have been arrested in a human trafficking investigation that targeted four area hotels. And a congressional watchdog has cleared U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of allegations of 'false reporting of her assets.’Those stories and more in today’s evening update from MPR News. Hosted by Emily Reese. Music by Gary Meister.