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Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025

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Amelia Roessler
November 11, 2025

Rise and grind Gophers,

It’s Tuesday. And like an industrial tub of Costco yogurt, our Tuesday newsletter is drowning in culture, with four A&E stories to aestheticize and entertain you.

On City, federal funding is lagging for early education centers. For Arts & Entertainment, we have stories about the Grinch, Straight No Chaser, the Twin Cities book festival and a local women’s community swap and shop. For Women’s Basketball, Mara Braun is back and balling harder then ever.

Quite frankly, there’s more here then I could summarize. It’s fabulous. Make like a plant and go reed some stories.

Very Respectfully,

Sam Hill | Managing Editor | [email protected]

Top Story

Head Start center in the Sheridan neighborhood of Minneapolis on Nov. 10, 2025. | Photo by Eleanor King

Head Start: A lifeline for Hennepin County families amidst federal uncertainty

by Shay Scanlan | City Reporter | Published Nov. 10, 2025

In Greater Minnesota, some Head Start early education program centers are being forced to rely on state funding, as federal funding lags amidst the government shutdown.

Head Start, a nationwide early childhood education program celebrating its 60th anniversary, serves children from 6 weeks to 5 years old coming from families living below the poverty line.

The program provides free education, meals and health support. Each family works with a parent-child advocate who helps connect them with food, housing and employment resources.

 

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City

Mesa Pizza closes Dinkytown location after rent increase

By Jingyuan Liu | City Reporter

Neighboring businesses say the high cost of rent is squeezing out small restaurants around campus.

 

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Opinion

Opinion: Politicians should not be this outrageous on social media

By Matthew Jagers| Columnist

Getting engagement from younger generations is not worth losing their respect.

 

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Arts & Entertainment

The Twin Cities Book Festival celebrates 25 years of togetherness

By Abby Mulcahey | A&E Reporter

Organizers and exhibitors appreciated Minnesota’s literary community at the Twin Cities Book Festival at Union Depot on Saturday.

 

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Sports

After two seasons cut short, Braun’s back and better than ever

By Samantha Roering | Sports Reporter

Mara Braun returned against North Dakota after 352 days off the floor, making an immediate impact.

 

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Podcasts

When Washington stops, we all feel it

Two UMN political experts unpack the partisan battle, public frustration and what’s at stake for Minnesotans during this government shutdown.

Multimedia

Editorial Cartoon

Editorial Cartoon: Frey’s on the side, or so we thought. Cartoon by Nhiache Xiong

Photos

David Byrne opened his show at the Orpheum Theatre on Nov. 3 with a performance of “Heaven” by Talking Heads, the band Byrne sang lead for before their breakup in 1991. (Image by Eleanor King)

In between his performance of “Heaven” and “Everybody Laughs”, David Byrne recounted his bike ride through Minneapolis, and showed a photo he took of the fall foliage. (Image by Eleanor King)