Maury’s Stories: Stone Arch Bridge

A longstanding fixture in Minneapolis, this Maury’s Stories goes in-depth on the history of the Stone Arch Bridge, a popular attraction to this day.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – It’s a big weekend in Minnesota, with barrel racing, block parties, brewery anniversaries, a bookish festival, outdoor markets, and live music stretching from Shakopee to Minneapolis.

Battle of the Barrels

• June 19, 7 p.m.
• Canterbury Park, Shakopee
• Tickets available at Canterbury Park’s website

Watch the region’s top cowgirls race against the clock in a high-stakes barrel racing competition where every turn counts. Come early for a pre-party featuring live music, a Busch Light Happy Hour, vendor sip and shop, and games. Stick around after for more live music and a Pure Adrenaline FMX show.

Pryes Block Party 2026

Pryes Block Party kicks off its two-day run with a Friday night concert at the Pryes Side Lot featuring Soul Asylum, Agnes Uncaged and LAAMAR. The taproom and patio are open to the public all weekend, but a ticket gets you into the heart of the party.

Midwest Bookish Fest 2026

• June 19–21
• DoubleTree by Hilton Bloomington Minneapolis South, Minneapolis
• Tickets required; ages 10 and under are free, ages 11–17 must have a ticket and be accompanied by an adult

A two-and-a-half-day celebration of books, authors, and all things literary, featuring authors and bookish vendors from around the world. Expect a masquerade, author brunch, panels, trivia, and more across the full weekend.

Unmapped Brewing’s 9th Trip Around the Sun Outdoor Party

• June 20, 11 a.m.–11 p.m.
• Unmapped Brewing, 14625 Excelsior Blvd, Minnetonka
• Free entry; limited edition anniversary T-shirts and giveaways available on-site

Unmapped Brewing celebrates nine years with an all-day outdoor party packed with live music from Teacher Party, The Southern Resident Killer Whales, The Changeups, and Static Jones. Food trucks, yard games, free face painting, beer sampling, and a tote bag giveaway round out a full day of fun for the whole family.

Stone Arch Bridge Festival – Vintage & Vinyl Market

• June 21, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
• Stone Arch Bridge, Minneapolis
• Free entry; no tickets needed

The Minneapolis Vintage Market takes over the Stone Arch Bridge Festival, the Twin Cities’ third-largest festival, drawing an average of 75,000 visitors over two days. Browse more than 200 artist and vendor booths spanning fine art, vintage goods, classic cars, food, and drink along the Minneapolis riverfront behind the Guthrie Theater.

• The Justice Department has charged 15 people in Minnesota with conspiring to impede immigration officers.
• The defendants are part of two Minneapolis-based antifa groups, federal officials said.
• Charges follow a period of heightened tensions and protests against an ICE crackdown in the state.

At a press conference in Minneapolis on Tuesday, June 16, the Justice Department announced criminal charges against 15 people for allegedly conspiring to impede or injure an officer during the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement immigration crackdown in Minnesota from about January to June of 2026.

Minnesota U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen said the alleged conspiracy related to efforts by two Minneapolis-based antifa groups that violently opposed law enforcement. “Antifa” is a collective term for an assortment of groups in an anti-fascist movement, which President Donald Trump in September designated as a major terrorist organization.

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“These defendants have been charged not for what they said, but for what they did,” Rosen said.

“They all joined an agreement, a conspiracy, to interfere with lawful immigration enforcement operations,” he added. “The conspiracy was not to interfere by their voice, but to do it by force.”

Lawyers for the defendants weren’t immediately identifiable.

An indictment unsealed June 16 alleges the defendants tried to halt immigration enforcement operations with “hard blockades” such as wood, leaf blowers and vehicles to impede officer movement, and with “soft blockades” such as homemade shields to resist and wedge between officers.

One defendant, Kyle Wagner, is also charged with soliciting another person to commit a crime of violence. During the June 16 press conference, Rosen played a video that he said was of Wagner.

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“My name is Kyle, I’m antifa, and there’s so much rage in me that I’ve had to record this, like, 15 times, trying to get the message out,” the man in the video said.

“Not talking about peaceful protests anymore. We’re not talking about having polite conversations anymore,” the man said in the video, adding that he was speaking specifically to his followers.

“Get your f—— guns and stop these f—— people,” the man added.

Charges follow immigration crackdown and mass protests

In December, the Trump administration began a surge of thousands of federal agents to Minnesota as part of an immigration crackdown. That sparked heightened tensions in the state, with some locals organizing against the crackdown, including by using whistles to alert others to approaching immigration agents.

Interactions between federal immigration enforcement agents and protesters turned increasingly heated and even violent in January, after federal law enforcement shot and killed Minneapolis mother Renee Nicole Good while she was driving a car, and later shot and killed Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti, after tackling him and discovering a gun that, in videos of the incident, appeared to be secured in his waistband.

On Jan. 16, FBI Director Kash Patel posted on social media that the FBI was working around the clock to crack down on “violent rioters.”

In February, the Trump administration announced an end to the surge.

Since then, the Justice Department has brought charges against dozens of defendants for allegedly interfering with or assaulting federal agents during the surge, but about a third of those cases have been dismissed, according to an analysis by The Minnesota Star Tribune.

Asked about cases that have been dismissed or failed in some way at the June 16 press conference, U.S. Attorney Rosen stood by the cases his office has brought.

UNDATED (WJON News) — A strong surface low-pressure system will move through the region on Wednesday and will be the driver of scattered showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon/early evening hours.

National Weather Service

Severe thunderstorms are possible across southern Minnesota, with the primary threat of large hail (~1.5″). Damaging winds and a few tornadoes are also possible.

St. Cloud has officially had 1.32 inches of rain so far in June, which is 0.53 inches below
normal.

Dry weather returns Thursday and most of Friday, but will be followed by storm chances for the first half of the weekend.