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Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s daily roundup of Minnesota news. Your daily Minnesota news roundup starts … NOW. A week after being released from custody in Texas, suspended ICE agent Christian Castro is facing federal charges for making false statements to law enforcement following the shooting of Venezuelan national Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis.

When Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey presented his proposed budget for 2027, he returned again and again to a familiar theme: tough times call for tough decisions about which programs work for the city and which don’t.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The man who carried out a deadly shooting in a Minneapolis apartment building on September 2 had been investigated in June after displaying a handgun, but wasn’t charged, the county prosecutor said Thursday. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said Carlton Johnson had “displayed the weapon but it did not leave his waistband” in the June 25th encounter.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s derision of communities that oppose the construction of data centers as wanting to be “backwards and poor” has put some Minnesota Republicans in a tough spot. Data centers have rapidly become one of the defining issues in this year’s midterm elections, with polls showing both Republican and Democratic voters rejecting these facilities that Trump maintains are job-producing boons.

Last year, I moved into a rented studio apartment with a gas stove. I noticed the knobs on the stove were loose and just a small tap could release gas. One day, I came home from work, and my entire apartment smelled like gas. I rushed to tighten the loose gas stove knob, opened windows and turned on fans. I could feel the gas irritating my throat and lungs. Even though my background is in health education, I hadn’t thought a lot about the health impacts of my stove’s gas emissions until that moment.

An original Steve Sack cartoon — like this one on President Donald Trump’s body and appearance shaming — appear on MinnPost each Thursday. For more of Sack’s work, follow him on Substack.

This story about men and eating disorders was written by ThreeSixty Journalism student Graciella Victoria (DeLaSalle High School) with additional reporting by by Muhammad Memon (Normandale Community College) and J’Angelo Moore (Jefferson High School). “Eric, you look good. Have you lost weight?” A single compliment. Unassuming. And perhaps, with no idea of where it would lead. In his 20s, this comment fueled Eric Pothen to work out at the gym constantly.

Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s daily roundup of Minnesota news. Your daily news roundup starts … NOW. A shooting at an apartment building in the Loring Park neighborhood has left three dead, including the shooter, and several injured, including police officers. It was hard to avoid photos and footage of the devastating floods that hit Nepal and Tibet last week.

Warren Limmer left Maple Grove Republicans scrambling. After more than 30 years in the state Senate, the GOP lawmaker retired in February, right before the legislative session began. “It was a real shock to the community,” Limmer said in a phone interview. “No one was expecting me to retire.” Limmer said he did minimal recruiting for his replacement to represent District 37, which also represents smaller towns to the west of Maple Grove, including Medina, Corcoran and Greenfield.

MinnPost’s Twin Cities Documenters program trains and pays community members to take notes at local government meetings. Below are Documenter Matt Wells’ summary and observations from the St. Paul Planning Commission’s Aug. 28 meeting. You can find Matt’ full notes here, which include links to the agenda and audio recording. The commission approved a permit clearing the way for development of LuLuLand Adventure Park in the old Herberger’s on University Avenue, between Fairview and Pascal.