Quick Hits

• Rabies concerns in Minneapolis: The woman seen picking up a rabid bat off a sidewalk has come forward, and the Minnesota Department of Health conducted a risk assessment with her Monday (KARE11). Separately, health officials are urging customers of ASAP Wildlife Services MN to come forward as the state investigates the service over potential rabies exposure.
• Light-rail fatality: A Blue Line train struck and killed a person at 46th Street Station Saturday morning — the second fatal light-rail collision in the metro in less than 24 hours, according to Metro Transit police.
• New Hope crash: A semi driver was hospitalized after a crash in New Hope; the State Patrol says the driver suffered a "non-crash-related medical event."
• Sports Sunday: The Vikings shut down the Bears 9-3 in rainy Chicago, the Lynx won 101-89 at Connecticut to close in on the WNBA's top playoff seed, and the Twins and Angels split a pair in Anaheim.
• Governor's race: Klobuchar went on the offensive against Demuth over healthcare plans as Democrats, Klobuchar included, frame rising healthcare costs as a defining midterm issue.

Golden Valley & West Metro

Nothing Golden Valley-specific crossed the wire today. Just north of town in New Hope, a semi driver was hospitalized after a crash that the Minnesota State Patrol attributed to a "non-crash-related medical event" (KARE11). No further details on the driver's condition were released.

Minneapolis

• Rabies investigations: MDH says it spoke Monday with the woman seen picking up the rabid bat from a Minneapolis sidewalk and completed a risk assessment. In related coverage, KARE11 reports the state is investigating ASAP Wildlife Services MN and urging its customers to come forward amid concerns over possible rabies exposure — worth a call if you've used the service.
• Transit fatality: A Blue Line train struck and killed a person at 46th Street Station Saturday morning, the second fatal light-rail collision in under 24 hours, Metro Transit police said (KSTP).
• Hit-and-run: A 9-year-old boy was struck by a car in Northeast Minneapolis, and police are searching for the driver, who left the scene on foot (KSTP).
• Court outcomes: On Monday, a judge sentenced Shay Michael Benson, 38, to life in prison — with parole possible after 30 years — for the murder of his Richfield roommate a year ago (KSTP). Separately, Martaveis Lamier Roberts, 24, received three years' supervised probation, avoiding prison, after pleading guilty to serving as the getaway driver in a fatal 2024 Minneapolis shooting (KSTP).
• Riverfront milestone: Upper Harbor Regional Park — 20 acres — has opened as the first phase of the major riverfront redevelopment in north Minneapolis (KSTP).
• Market find: KARE11 spotlighted Rapha Farms at the Minneapolis Farmers Market, which sells handmade goat-milk soaps, lotions, and other natural body-care products.

St. Paul & East Metro

A Little Canada man accused of hitting and killing a pedestrian early Sunday before driving off — an incident KSTP reports is tied to a late-night McDonald's stop — makes his first court appearance Tuesday (KSTP).

Local Sports

• Vikings 9, Bears 3: Isaiah Rodgers recovered a fumble and blocked a late field-goal attempt as the Vikings shut down Caleb Williams and Chicago on a rainy Sunday at Soldier Field (KSTP).
• Lynx 101, Sun 89: Napheesa Collier scored 23 and Olivia Miles added 21 in Uncasville, Conn., moving Minnesota closer to clinching the WNBA's top playoff seed (KSTP).
• Twins split in Anaheim: Alan Roden's three-run homer (a career-high four RBIs) and Dean Kremer's one-hit, six-inning start powered an 8-0 win, but the Angels answered with a 6-5, 11-inning win on Christian Moore's two-out, bases-loaded infield single that bounded off reliever Taylor Rogers' leg to score Zach Neto.

Minnesota Statewide

• Nonprofit scrutiny: KSTP reports allegations of abuse and neglect at a taxpayer-funded nonprofit's residential psychiatric facility in East Bethel that treats children with severe mental health and behavioral conditions (KSTP).
• Governor's race: In the contest for Minnesota governor, Klobuchar pressed the offensive against Demuth over healthcare plans, with Democrats nationally portraying rising costs as one of the defining issues of the midterms (KARE11).
• NTSB recommendations: The safety board is urging changes after an Ohio Turnpike crash that killed two Minnesotans; the NTSB says the crash was caused by confusion over the new toll plaza design (KARE11).
• College football injury: Matthew Donovan, a Kasson-Mantorville graduate, is in a medically induced coma after a severe head injury during a Mayville State game Saturday (KARE11).
• Elsewhere: Albert Lea High School switched to an e-learning day after extensive vandalism involving spray paint, eggs, and baby oil (KARE11), and Owatonna leaders moved a proposed police facility to a new site, though voters still face the $65 million question (KSTP).