A local service aiming to address food insecurity in the metro area opened in Brooklyn Park Wednesday, hoping to commemorate its namesake.

WCCO TV reports that “after a successful food giveaway earlier this summer, [Philando’s Pantry] is making its services more permanent.” The pantry, organized by the Minneapolis NAACP, opened to a large turn out in the mid-morning. “Organizers say the name pays respect to Philando Castile’s legacy of paying it forward. Police shot and killed Castile, a Black man who worked as a nutrition services supervisor at a St. Paul school, in 2016.”

Gov. Tim Walz could soon announce his choices for the four empty seats on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents.

MPR News writes “the reinforcements come at a moment of incredible change and challenge in highe

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