Minnesota’s Colombian community seeks donations for earthquake victims, ICE agent Christian Castro is free in Texas despite a Minnesota warrant, and Siftungsfest kicks off for the 165th time in Noorwood Young America.
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WITH HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE STATE, I’M XAN HOLSTON.
--COLOMBIA EARTHQUAKE RELIEF--
A CALL TO HELP OTHERS IS GOING OUT FROM MINNESOTA’S COLOMBIAN COMMUNITY… AS THE SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY BEGINS RECOVERY AND REBUILDING AFTER TWO EARTHQUAKES IN TWO WEEKS…
ABOUT 9,400 MINNESOTANS IDENTIFY AS COLOMBIAN… MANY WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN THE SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY WHO ARE TRYING TO RECOVER AND REBUILD.
THE AUGUST TENTH QUAKE WAS THE STRONGEST EARTHQUAKES THIS CENTURY IN THE COUNTRY... HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED.. A SECOND, SMALLER EARTHQUAKE HIT WEDNESDAY/THIS WEEK.
TOMORROW… MINNESOTA’S “COLUMBIA-LIVE” ORGANIZATION IS HOLDING A CULTURAL CELEBRATION TO SUPPORT RED CROSS RELIEF EFFORTS.
[ALEJANDRE COOPER: LIFE IS MORE EASY WHEN YOU’RE DOING GOOD THINGS AND YOU SHOW UP FOR PEOPLE... YOU CAN BE THEIR HANDS... THEIR VOICE... THEIR ENERGY THAT THEY DON’T HAVE RIGHT NOW.]
THE BENEFIT RUNS SATURDAY FROM FOUR TO SIX-THIRTY AT THE ROC IN SAINT LOUIS PARK.
--ANNUNCIATION – ONE-YEAR LATER --
BELLS RANG ... CANDLES GLOWED ... AND VOLUNTEERS GOT TO WORK ACROSS MINNEAPOLIS ... AND THE STATE ... ONE YEAR AFTER THE ANNUNCIATION CHURCH AND SCHOOL SHOOTING.
AT PEARL PARK ... PEOPLE PLANTED FLOWERS AND TREES ... ASSEMBLED CARE KITS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ... AND COLLECTED SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
THE DAY HONORED TEN-YEAR-OLD HARPER MOYSKI ... EIGHT-YEAR-OLD FLETCHER MERKEL ... THE 29-OTHERS PHYSICALLY INJURED ONE YEAR AGO AT ANNUNCIATION CHURCH AND SCHOOL.
THE THEME ... “GUIDE OUR FEET INTO THE WAY OF PEACE” ... ASKED MINNESOTANS TO TURN PRAYER INTO ACTION ... AND REMEMBRANCE INTO KINDNESS IN HONOR OF THE YOUNG LIVES LOST..
[MUSIC TRANSITION]
--CHRISTIAN CASTRO RELEASED--
ICE AGENT CHRISTIAN CASTRO WALKED FREE FROM A TEXAS JAIL EARLY YESTERDAY... AFTER HIS 90-DAY EXTRADITION HOLD EXPIRED UNDER TEXAS LAW.
TEXAS RANGERS ARRESTED CASTRO IN MAY ON A NATIONWIDE MINNESOTA WARRANT.
PROSECUTORS SAY HE SHOT A VENEZUELAN MAN THROUGH A CLOSED DOOR IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS... THEN LIED ABOUT IT IN JANUARY DURING OPERATION METRO SURGE .
A FEDERAL JUDGE DENIED MINNESOTA’S REQUEST TO KEEP HIM JAILED... SAYING THE CASE IS PREMATURE UNTIL GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT ACTS ON EXTRADITION... BUT THERE IS NO LAW SETTING A DEADLINE FOR THE GOVERNOR.
--ICE FEARS IN SCHOOLS --
AS A NEW SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS … SOME DISTRICTS ARE RENEWING A LEGAL FIGHT TO KEEP ICE AGENTS OUT OF SCHOOLS … AND STUDENTS IN THEM.
FRIDLEY AND DULUTH SCHOOLS ARE ASKING A FEDERAL JUDGE TO RESTORE LONGSTANDING RULES THAT LIMIT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ON AND AROUND SCHOOL PROPERTY.
FRIDLEY SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT BRENDA LEWIS TELLS THE PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE THE LEGAL FIGHT COULD ENCOURAGE OTHER SCHOOLS TO DO THE SAME .
[BRENDA LEWIS: PEOPLE KNOW OUR DISTRICT AND HOW OUR COMMUNITY PULLED TOGETHER TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN. AND THEN THEY’RE LIKE, “WELL, IF THAT CAN WORK WITH YOU, IT CAN WORK ANYWHERE.]
COURT DOCUMENTS SAY FEAR OF ICE DROVE DOWN ATTENDANCE LAST WINTER … FORCING BOTH DISTRICTS TO EXPAND ONLINE LEARNING.
FRIDLEY SAYS IT MOVED MORE THAN 400 STUDENTS TO REMOTE CLASSES.
--BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CYBER ATTACK --
MINNESOTA-MEDICAL-DEVICE-MAKER … BOSTON SCIENTIFIC … IS TRYING TO HUNT DOWN THE SOURCE OF A CYBERSECURITY ATTACK THAT IS DISRUPTING PARTS OF ITS GLOBAL OPERATIONS.
IT EMPLOYS ABOUT TEN-THOUSAND WORKERS IN MINNESOTA ... WITH FACILITIES IN THE METRO AND WALNUT GROVE IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE STATE ... MANUFACTURING HEART AND VASCULAR DEVICES.
THE COMPANY DISCOVERED THE CYBER-BREACH ON TUESDAY...
--FITZ THE OCTOPUS--
SHE HAD THREE HEARTS... NINE ARMS... AND A HOLD ON THE HEARTS/LOVE/MINDS THOUSANDS MORE.
DULUTH’S GREAT LAKES AQUARIUM IS MOURNING FITZGERALD... ITS BELOVED GIANT PACIFIC OCTOPUS.
STAFF HUMANELY EUTHANIZED FITZ WEDNESDAY... AFTER A VETERINARIAN DETERMINED SHE HAD REACHED THE END OF HER HEALTHY LIFE .
FITZ, NAMED AFTER THE EDMUND FITZGERALD, HAD BEEN AT THE END OF HER NATURAL LIFE STAGE SINCE LAYING EGGS ABOUT A YEAR AGO... .
--IPD AT THE FAIR--
THE GREAT MINNESOTA GET TOGETHER IS PUTTING NATIVE CULTURE CENTER STAGE THIS SUNDAY … CELEBRATING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY.
“MITÁKUYE OWÁS’IŊ” … OR “ALL MY RELATIONS” …BRINGS NATIVE MUSIC … DANCE … FOOD AND ART … TOGETHER WITH PRESENTATIONS AND MORE THAN 20 EXHIBITIONS FROM ACROSS THE STATE.
THE OPENING CEREMONY STARTS AT NINE … AND IT RUNS UNTIL FIVE AT DAN PATCH PARK. AMPERS STATION KOJB WILL BE BROADCASTING THE EVENT LIVE.
--SIFTUNGSFEST--
AND FINALLY …
[POLKA PARTY BABY]
THE STATE FAIR MAY BE TWO YEARS OLDER … BUT CARVER COUNTY’S SIFTUNGSFEST … OR “FOUNDERS’ DAY FESTIVAL” … SAYS IT’S THE LONGEST CONTINUOUSLY RUNNING ORGANIZED FESTIVAL IN MINNESOTA.
ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS IN “NOORWOOD YOUNG AMERICA” … THE GERMAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL IS MARKING ITS 165TH YEAR WITH FOUR DAYS OF POLKA … BEER … BRATS.
SO DUST OFF YOUR DIRNDL … LATCH INTO YOUR LEDERHOSEN … AND DANCE TO THE TUNES OF DIEDESFELDER VOLXMUSIK … IN TOWN FROM BONN, GERMANY AND PERFORMING EACH DAY.
THE FESTIVAL RUNS THROUGH SUNDAY.
FOR NORTH STAR STORIES, I’M XAN HOLSTON.