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Odds and ends from the local arts scene, including a Tom Cochrane concert, a kids' dino show, Culture Days events, and some musical theatre.

GARRETT — Garrett High School senior Gracie Rose won the title of Miss Garrett Saturday night from a field of eight contestants in the Performing Arts Center.

Set to make a civil rights announcement. they're expected to reveal the results of an investigation into the minneapolis police department, a two-year investigation, whether it routinely used excessive force and violated people's constitutional rights. the probe began as more than two years ago after former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin was convicted in the killing of george floyd in 2020. we're awaiting the beginning -- the start of this news conference. you're seeing right there the door, which will open just momentarily, and the attorney general and others will be talking about t...

Brewster, mark claxton and barbara mcquaid. the two-year plus investigation of excessive force used when no force was necessary. and people died. what is your reaction to this? >> i think this investigation was vitally important and necessary. but it raises a couple of very significant questions. and one question is whether or not the current mode of civil rights investigations being conducted by doj and several different police entities is as efficient as it should be. and i mean, by that i mean should it take over two years to have determinations that are understood probably within a day of ...

The necessary tools to efficiently investigate these civil rights violations. and whether or not they could shift away from the current practice of these protracted investigations that take multiple years, coming to conclusions that people are -- had made days and hours before the incident that spurred them. so, the question is whether or not this is an official process and whether or not this process will lead to significant or substantive change. and change in the toxicity that exists in police departments and then the additional question is whether or not we're prepared to move away from th...