Food shelves could use your help – the food they provide costs more at a time when there’s more demand. READ: https://fluence-media.co/3TmsOHd
A nine-year-old who trains at a gym in Minneapolis recently won a national boxing tournament. READ: https://fluence-media.co/3QXe5BY
(For those who might be feeling a bit of déjà vu, yes, there was a story of yet another talented young boxer in last Tuesday’s mn good. SEE: https://fluence-media.co/4vSA3oX)
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HABITAT RESTORATION: Flint Hills Resources has earned Tandem Global WHC Gold Certification for habitat restoration at its Cottage Grove fuel terminal. The certification comes after two years of work in partnership with Friends of the Mississippi River to implement a restoration and monitoring plan to re-establish the 6.5-acre site’s natural prairie and savannah. Flint Hills has held gold certification for its work done with community partners over the past 25 years to restore more than 200 acres of the Pine Bend Bluffs, a critical natural area along the Mississippi River that is adjacent to Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend refinery. This makes two Flint Hills gold certified sites in Minnesota and the first two gold-certified sites ever in the Twin Cities. LEARN MORE: Environmental Stewardship (SPONSORED: Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend refinery)
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THURSDAY: Via MplsStPaul, VERBATIM: “Sakowin Synergy, a mixed-media exhibition of contemporary art inspired by Indigenous traditions and culture as well as video games, hip-hop, and pop culture, is opening July 9 at All My Relations Arts.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4vkDB2a
THIS MONTH: Via BCBS, VERBATIM: “This July, ThreeSixty Journalism will kick off its Multimedia Storytelling Institute, a three-week summer camp for 18 high school students interested in journalism and media careers. Hosted at the University of St. Thomas College of Arts and Sciences, the program gives aspiring reporters the opportunity to learn from local media professionals while gaining firsthand reporting experience covering stories focused on mental health and wellness across Minnesota.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3SDFycr
NEW AMERICANS: Via Sahan Journal, VERBATIM: “In late June, about 100 people from around the world now residing in Minnesota walked into a courthouse in St. Paul to pledge allegiance to the United States. They came from Argentina, from Cuba, from Ukraine, from North Macedonia, from Guyana, from Egypt, from Switzerland, from South Korea, from India and beyond — 25 countries in all.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4govJsH
SCHOOL SUPPORT: Via My North News, VERBATIM: “The last day of school at North High was a Wednesday in June. However, a final staff meeting took place that week at Mortimer’s Bar in Uptown to end what they called one of the darkest years as educators. They hosted a show on June 12 to raise funds for the Northside Mutual Aid Fund, which supports many of the school’s students and families impacted by Operation Metro Surge by providing groceries and rental assistance.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4f7nDT3
AFTER THE 4TH: Via Northern News Now, VERBATIM: “The Surfrider Foundation’s North Shore chapter invited community members to Park Point on Sunday morning to clean up debris left behind after Fourth of July celebrations. The nonprofit, which focuses on plastic pollution, said Sunday’s priority was firework debris, cigarette butts, and other trash along the shoreline — items that may have been too hot or easy to miss in the immediate aftermath of the holiday.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4vQ5hwI
COLLEGE: Via CCX Media, VERBATIM: “When playtime comes around, a 3-year-old probably isn’t picturing their future. But at Catholic Charities Northside Child Development Center, its teachers certainly are for them . . . A partnership with Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ), a network of organizations fighting multi-generational poverty, is taking that preparation one step further. Most of the youngest students at NCDC will receive financial support for their future: a college savings account preloaded with $500.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4wtGFKe
GRANT: Via Insight News, VERBATIM: “In North Minneapolis, a familiar script is being rewritten — this time by the people who have lived its consequences. A new $10,000 STEAM Forward grant might look modest on paper to traditional institutional funders. But what is unfolding behind it represents something far more significant: an authentic shift in structural power. This is not a top-down program dropped into the community. It is a resource completely engineered by it.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4bw5IEj
VETS: Via KEYC-TV, VERBATIM: “The Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association is a nationwide organization that aims to unite communities of veterans. Their tagline is ‘Veterans Helping Veterans’, and they aim to help on a local level with things like replacing appliances, building ramps for homes or even just transportation for treatment.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3SQzXiU
5K: Via Northern News Now, VERBATIM: “The Breezy Point 5K returned to Duluth on Saturday for its 18th year, raising money for Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge, a charity focused on helping those struggling with addiction. The race, which began with 25 runners, drew over 600 participants this year. Race founder Stevie Paulson said the event’s growth has allowed him to help other families access recovery resources.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4w7JHnT
4,000+ MILES: Via Northern News Now, VERBATIM: “A group of cyclists stopped in Duluth on Saturday as part of a cross-country ride aimed at raising money to fight poverty and housing insecurity. The Fuller Center Bike Adventure is cycling more than 4,000 miles across the nation.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4vRyIyH
GRAVES: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “A few years ago, Tim Shea and his partner Linda Donadei made a daytrip from the Twin Cities to the Minnesota State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children in Owatonna, which housed, fed and educated orphaned children from 1886 until 1945. While they were exploring the historical site and museum there, Shea and Donadei wandered over to the campus’s cemetery where nearly 200 children who lived at the school are buried. The gravestones were in bad shape . . . That one conversation triggered what’s become a major volunteer project for Shea. Over the last few years, he’s meticulously scrubbed each head stone, using the same kind of d/2 biological solution used to clean granite and stone at Arlington Cemetery.” LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/4h0n2Vz
NEXTGEN: Via 3M, VERBATIM: “3M and Discovery Education today announced the 10 finalists in the 2026 3M Young Scientist Challenge, the nation’s premier middle school science competition. Now in its 19th year, the annual challenge invites students in fifth through eighth grade to think creatively and apply the power of STEM to develop real-world solutions.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4y76lOh
PEACE: Via My North News, VERBATIM: “Muralist, illustrator and Franklin Middle School art teacher Melodee Strong passed away in June in a battle with cancer. Her love for the multicultural richness of Minneapolis lives on in more than 60 large-scale murals, including those that grace Lake Street, the Midtown Greenway and North Minneapolis.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/44PZrj2
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