🌱 Patch AM: Former Burnsville hockey star Scott Bloom dies after suspected traffic incident

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• Former Burnsville hockey star Scott Bloom dies after suspected traffic incident

Today's riddle: What did the Buffalo say when his son left? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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• Sunday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 78 and low of 57 degrees.
• Monday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 81, low: 64.
• Tuesday: Partly sunny with a t-storm, with a high of 82 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Chauvin, again, asks a court to throw out his murder conviction (minnpost.com) — Burnsville readers may recall former hockey standout Scott Bloom, who starred for Burnsville High School before playing for the Gophers and has now died after a suspected traffic incident near his Prior Lake home. The broader news roundup also covers Derek Chauvin's latest bid to overturn his murder conviction, a firearm-sales settlement with Fleet Farm, and new state grants to northern cities battling emerald ash borer damage.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Apple Valley

• Five-Vehicle Chain-Reaction Crash on Highway 77 in Apple Valley (limitless-news.com)
• Trash Compactor Fire at Apple Valley Target Prompts Second-Alarm Response (limitless-news.com)
• Business After Hours at Dougherty, Molenda, Solfest, Hills & Bauer P.A. (businessdailynetwork.com)

Bloomington

• Court ruling could scramble early voting plans across Minnesota (kansascity.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bison! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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