A proposed data center in NE Minneapolis faces continued pushback from residents

This is Minnesota today for Friday, August 21st. I'm Finneyos Pope. Here's what's happening in Minnesota. A developer's plans to turn the former Minnesota Star Tribune printing plant into a 20-watt data center is getting pushed back from many residents. The Minnesota Design Center will share resident feedback in a presentation tomorrow. Ari Chernikov, with legacy investing, made his pitch to the North Loop neighborhood this week. Chernikov says the data center would be an economic boon itself and could fund mixed-use development on the land around the plant. But it also provides an economic engine for these adjacent parcels to allow them to be developed into whatever the city sees as its highest and best use. Residents have criticized the scant public information around the proposal. Tomorrow's resident feedback presentation is at 1 p.m. at Fulton Beer Tap Room. The two candidates who battled it out for the DFL nomination for the U.S. Senate race stood together on stage yesterday as a show of unity. Congresswoman Angie Craig and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan praised each other as Craig threw her support behind Flanagan. Flanagan, the party nominee, thanked Craig for her work in Congress and her campaign. Angie and I are proud Democrats who love this state. We love this country, and we know that we have always agreed on DFL values that matter most, standing up for working families and helping Minnesotans to afford their lives. And for both of us, those values are personal. Also on stage, where DFL governor nominee Amy Klobuchar and her current U.S. Senate colleague, Tina Smith. In a court filing yesterday, a Minneapolis church says the Department of Homeland Security violated a judge's order prohibiting immigration enforcement at Houses of Worship. Matt Sepik reports. In February, a federal judge ordered immigration agents to stay out of several thousand churches nationwide, including University Baptist in Dinky Town, that followed a lawsuit by religious organizations that object to the Trump administration's lifting of longstanding restrictions on immigration enforcement in churches. In documents handed over last week to defend... charged with impeding ice agents, the government admitted that an undercover agent took part in a self-defense class at University Baptist on May 28th and got added to the group's signal chat. The church calls the move a, quote, complete violation of our sacred space. The plaintiffs want a judge to order homeland security to show why it should not be held in contempt of court. The government declined to comment. I'm Matt Seppig, Minneapolis. Minnesota and Wisconsin health officials are investigating a multi-state outbreak of salmonella and E. coli linked to alfalfa sprouts grown in Minnesota. Health officials have reported 41 illnesses in the two states, and they expect more cases as the investigation continues. The affected sprouts were sold under the Everything Sprouts and Calco brands to grocery stores and restaurants between July 8th and August 8th. The Minnesota Department of Health urges customers to check their refrigerators for alfalfa sprouts branded as Everything Sprouts and Calco. Anyone who finds these products should discard them and avoid eating them.