Duluth's Proctor High School cancels football season amid "serious misconduct" investigation

If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may [see it online](. [Star Tribune]( Talkers TOP STORIES - Duluth's Proctor High School cancels football season amid "serious misconduct" investigation: The remainder of Proctor High School's football season is canceled, players learned Wednesday, as [a police investigation into alleged student misconduct continues](. The district suspended football activities last week following reported allegations that have not been made public. - Record COVID-19 cases reported in Minnesota pre-K-12 schools: The state is recording [more than 50 COVID-19 pediatric hospital admissions per week]( right now, federal hospital data shows. - Lawsuit targets University of Minnesota vaccine mandate: A University of Minnesota Duluth student has [filed suit challenging the university system's COVID-19 vaccine mandate]( for all students. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, seeks an order halting the university's requirement that students at its five campuses be vaccinated by Oct. 8. The university, Board of Regents and University President Joan Gabel are named in the suit. - School board group asks U.S. for help policing threats: A group representing school board members around the country [asked President Joe Biden on Thursday for federal assistance]( to investigate and stop threats made over policies including mask mandates, likening the vitriol to a form of domestic terrorism. - Workers return to the office only to be on Zoom all day: Many employees say [they're operating at work the same way they were at home.]( - Minneapolis Traffic Control to respond to overnight parking violations, not police: Starting Oct. 4, Minneapolis will extend Traffic Control hours so that the Minneapolis Police Department won't have to respond to parking complaints that are submitted overnight. The extension is a pilot program the city is launching to [test an alternative to police response.]( - Twin Cities patients must travel for promising COVID treatment: A persistent lack of appointment slots at health systems across the metro is [forcing patients to drive far from the Twin Cities]( to receive a promising treatment for COVID-19. Infusions of monoclonal antibodies, an outpatient treatment for patients within 10 days of first symptoms, became available in Minnesota during late 2020. From the start, health care providers in the seven-county metro area have provided a disproportionately small share of the statewide total — less than 10% of the doses administered, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. - Life Time hopes to raise nearly $1B from new IPO: If the final price is at the high end of the proposed offering, [it would be the largest IPO in Minnesota history.]( - Man opens emergency door, jumps onto wing of plane in Miami: A passenger on an American Airlines flight that landed at Miami International Airport opened an emergency door and [walked onto the wing as the plane reached the terminal](, authorities said. Flight 920 from Cali, Colombia, had just landed in Miami Wednesday night when the incident happened. 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