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🌱 How a Lake City native is shaping Congress’s rules on AI art

Lake City, Minnesota Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • How a Lake City native is shaping Congress’s rules on AI art

Also on today's calendar: Apple Valley July 4 Fireworks 2026: What To Know and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why don't eggs tell Jokes? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 76 and low of 62 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Partly sunny with a shower, temps: high: 77, low: 56.
  • Thursday: A couple of showers, with a high of 74 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Oscar-winning composer and Lake City native talks to Congress about AI (postbulletin.com) — A Lake City native and Oscar-winning composer, Mark McKenzie, recently testified before Congress about how artificial intelligence is reshaping the music industry. He urged lawmakers to protect artists’ credit, permission, and compensation when AI systems use their work, and shared cautiously hopeful views on balancing new technology with genuine human creativity.
   

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💬 Chatter

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  • Aerotek posted a job opening for General Production Worker in Lake City. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

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  • 3 Critically Hurt in 2 Southern Minnesota Motorcycle Crashes (krocnews.com)
  • PEM youth wrestling coach, booster accused of juvenile rape (postbulletin.com)
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  • Florio, U.S. Women's Sitting Team Win Bronze at 2026 Dutch Tournament - Purdue Fort Wayne Athletics (gomastodons.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They might crack up... (Thank you Cat R. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Lake City

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