The public has the opportunity on Friday to bid farewell to slain Democratic Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their dog, Gilbert — all of whom will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman will lie in state in the Minnesota Capitol rotunda on Friday while the man charged with killing her and her husband, and wounding a state senator and his wife, is due in court.

Minnesotans paid their respects to Melissa and Mark Hortman at the Minnesota Capitol on Friday as the couple received one of the state’s highest honors. It’s a rare honor typically reserved for former governors,