Open Mic Night Tonight, Park and Ride Lot to Expand

1. It'll be mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and high near 51 today, according to the National Weather Service forecast.

2. Show off your musical talents—instrumental, vocal or both—at Bierstube’s open mic night tonight. People can start signing up at 6:30 p.m. and the music starts at 7 p.m.

3. On this day in 1892, James H. Burrell became the first member of the St. Paul police force, according to the Minnesota Historical Society.

4. Washington County is planning a makeover of the streets surrounding the Washington County Government Center in Stillwater.

5. If you use the Maplewood Mall Park and Ride lot, you might be interested to know Metro Transit is planning to put up a parking deck to increase capacity to as many as 800 vehicles, the Star Tribune reports.