News Quiz: Unease dominates Minnesota news this week - also beer and goats

A Somali-American woman records video with her phone
A Somali-American woman records video with her phone as Mark Blaxill, chair of the nonprofit advocacy group Health Choice, speaks at Safari Restaurant in Minneapolis on April 30.
Matt Sepic | MPR News File

Minnesota is now dealing with 44 confirmed cases of measles, another in a series of alleged racist incidents on a college campus and the possible bribery of a St. Paul mayoral candidate.

It wasn't all bad news this week though, with a team of goats helping fight invasive plants, and glasses of beer helping strangers harmonize.

Check out all these stories below. And when you're good and informed, try taking our news quiz here:

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Public health workers push back against anti-vaccine claims at Somali community meeting

At least 44 people in Minnesota have contracted measles since an outbreak began last month. The vaccination rate among 2 year olds in Minnesota's Somali-American community is 42 percent, compared with 88 percent of non-Somali kids.

With classes canceled, St. Olaf addresses race concerns

Classes were canceled at St. Olaf College in Northfield on Monday because of a boycott by students who were protesting in the wake of alleged racist incidents on campus.

Tensions were high as students moved to occupy an atrium inside the college's administrative building.

Lobbyist on Dai Thao's alleged bribery: 'It's just shocking to me'

Lobbyist Sarah Clarke said she met with council member Dai Thao at a St. Paul coffee shop in February about food packaging, and that remarks by Thao, who is also running for mayor of St. Paul, made it uncomfortable.

In Beer Choir, strangers find a new harmony

Michael Karaman came for the beer, and to perform in one of the choirs.
Michael Karaman came for the beer, and to perform in one of the choirs. It was his first time at a Twin Cities Beer Choir event on April 29.
Christopher Juhn for MPR News

How do you get several hundred strangers to hang out and sing songs together, and to cheer on choirs as though they were football teams?

It's simple — just add beer.

Hungry goats join the ranks of St. Paul city staff

Some three dozen goats took to the bluffs at Indian Mounds Regional Park on Tuesday where they'll start chomping down on invasive plants like buckthorn.

Bonus — A must listen: Counter Stories on the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards

Jordan Edwards, 15, was shot in the head by an officer last weekend as he and his friends were leaving a party in suburban Dallas. The Counter Stories hosts discussed the incident.