Branching out into tree puns

Your daily Minnesota news roundup starts … NOW. Saturday’s No Kings event at The Commons in downtown Minneapolis brought hundreds together once again, but with a different emphasis this time around: getting out the vote. Although many speakers were critical of the current administration, the overall focus was on mobilizing people to simply go out and cast a ballot on Nov. 3. The lawsuit brought by St. Paul Police Chief Axel Henry against Mayor Kaohly Her got a bit wider over the weekend, with Henry’s attorneys adding a retaliation claim and allegations into how the city handled the initial investigation. Unclear where this is all headed, but I feel comfortable citing another police chief on this one. The war in Iran has sent various shockwaves rippling through the U.S. economy, especially in agriculture. Initially, it sent the price of fertilizer up, and then the price of diesel, which has risen from $3.57 at this time last year to $6.13 now. But scarcity driven by the confli