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Northeast metro I-35 closure this weekend. Minneapolis approves $275k police settlement

Drivers in the northeast metro will have a major road closure to contend with this weekend as southbound I-35E will be closed from the I-35 split in the north metro to I-694. It begins at 10 p.m. Friday and will reopen Monday 5 a.m.

And the Minneapolis City Council has approved a $275,000 settlement with a man who alleged he was choked and punched by a police officer in 2020. 

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