Quick Hits

• Federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington, D.C., home Monday as part of a criminal investigation, the AP reports via MinnPost. Omar's Fifth District includes Golden Valley and neighboring west-metro communities, making this the biggest political story of the day for local readers.
• Medicare shake-up hits home: Up to 390,000 Minnesota seniors — roughly a third — are set to lose their current plans as open enrollment gets underway this week. Brokers and Minnesota Aging Pathways are bracing for record call volume. "It's madness," KARE11 reports.
• Minneapolis will pay $2 million to settle an excessive-force claim after officers fired projectiles at Stop N Shop owners who were guarding the store from looters during the 2020 unrest following George Floyd's murder.
• Three weeks to Election Day (Nov. 3): Secretary of State Steve Simon says Minnesota will be ready with a "war room mentality," and Minneapolis is testing its voting machines.
• Wild 4, Golden Knights 2 — another special-teams-powered win Monday night in St. Paul.

Minneapolis

• The $2 million settlement stems from an incident caught on camera: the Stop N Shop owners and their friends were protecting the store from looters when police officers started firing projectiles, KARE11 reports. KSTP notes it's another taxpayer-funded payout tied to the 2020 civil unrest, more than six years after Floyd's murder.
• Archives may be at risk after a fire tore through a store and Minnesota Chippewa Tribe buildings in Minneapolis. People who work there say the archives span decades.
• Northeast Minneapolis homicide: A man found with at least one life-threatening gunshot wound inside an apartment building Sunday morning later died at the hospital, police said. No arrests have been made; spokesman Sgt. Garrett Parten confirmed the fatal shooting.
• Two firefighters were injured battling a three-alarm fire at a commercial building on the 1400 block of East Franklin Avenue Sunday afternoon.
• KSTP obtained camera footage of juvenile suspects smashing car windows in south Minneapolis, where a resident near Lake Nokomis says repeated break-ins have left him feeling unsafe and frustrated with the city's response.

St. Paul

• St. Paul Public Schools could make midyear staffing cuts after lower-than-expected enrollment created a budget shortfall, the district told stakeholders.
• JS Bean Factory has temporarily closed after a fire in its roasting room. The shop hopes to reopen by the end of next week but couldn't confirm a date.

Local Sports

• Wild 4, Golden Knights 2: Max Shabanov scored a power-play goal during a three-goal first period Monday night in St. Paul, and Minnesota held on behind another stellar special-teams performance, per AP/KSTP.

Minnesota Statewide

• On the Omar search: MinnPost, citing two people familiar with the matter, reports the search is part of a criminal investigation; the Justice Department confirmed the pre-dawn raid. A companion MinnPost piece says the raid "raises plenty of questions" — legal, ethical and political.
• HourCar's looming closure would be "everyone's loss," argues a MinnPost Cityscape column on the Twin Cities car-sharing service, contending the Trump administration has systematically scuttled climate investments since returning to office.
• Minnesota State is weighing a plan to shift millions of dollars from its two-year colleges to shore up two financially unstable universities — a move college presidents, students and employees condemned, MinnPost reports.
• Feel-good closer: Travis Gienger, a teacher from Minnesota, hauled his 2,389-pound pumpkin named "Rocky" across the country and won the annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California — along with more than $20,000 in prize money.