Minneapolis to set up Lake Street Community Safety Center, and wants residents' help to define it
A temporary community safety center on the immigrant business corridor, followed by a permanent one coming to 2633 Minnehaha Av., aim to reinvigorate public safety in south Minneapolis.
Metro Transit steps up safety efforts with monitors displaying bus behavior for all to see
The strategy is to improve safety with a visual reminder to riders that their actions are being recorded.
Icehouse owner hopes to avoid eviction as music scene rallies around Eat Street venue
"It'd be a shame to lose it," one musician said as the Minneapolis supper club faces a lawsuit over unpaid rent.
Minneapolis
Gunfire from vehicle kills 14-year-old in SUV at northeast Mpls. gas station
The shooting occurred about 3 a.m. at the 24-hour BP in the 2600 block of NE. University Avenue, police said.
Minneapolis
Edina man admits to fatally shooting a man in Minneapolis during dispute over money
The plea agreement calls for Jashon Johnson to serve a 16-year sentence.
Variety
At 90, Minneapolis volunteer has lifetime of service
He's been helping at the House of Charity since he was a teenager.
Local
Jury selected for Feeding Our Future trial after unusually long process due to publicity of massive fraud case
More than 70 Minnesotans were questioned in an unusually long four-day process to select a jury for the first Feeding Our Future trial due to the high publicity in the massive case.
Minneapolis
Man gets more than 21 years in gun-battle crash that killed woman on scooter in North Loop
A teenager on a street corner with her scooter was hit and killed.
Minneapolis
Former MnDOT official approved as Minneapolis public works director
Timothy Sexton replaces Margaret Anderson Kelliher, who became city operations officer.
Minneapolis
Minneapolis approves $15 minimum for cigarette packs, highest in U.S.
The city's tobacco crackdown allows existing limited "sampling" inside cigar lounge.
Local
Minneapolis schools, teachers reach tentative agreement to avert strike
Details will be released after teachers vote to ratify the agreement, district officials said. The district's support staff is negotiating separately from the teachers.
Local
Minneapolis teachers union to vote on strike authorization
Members of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers will vote Thursday and Friday on whether to walk out if a contract agreement can't be reached.
Local
Minnesota sales, cleanups and other events to celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day
Several communities and organizations are hosting events across the state this weekend to celebrate the conservation holiday.
Local
Minneapolis pushes to recruit more employers for youth internship program
The city is asking more employers to participate in the Step Up program, which has 1,200 prospective summer interns but so far has only 800 spots available.
Business
8 Twin Cities area grocery stores, ranked by affordability
We shopped at eight local grocery stores, some locally owned and some not, in search of the cheapest eats.
Minneapolis
Charges: Friendly fire killed man standing among group who shot at moving SUV in south Minneapolis
The death came among a spate of shootings late last year that killed four and wounded at least seven others across Minneapolis.
Local
'He was about community': Scores memorialize north Minneapolis entrepreneur Sammy McDowell
Sammy McDowell, whose namesake eatery served as a hub for racial justice activists, died Sunday.
Local
Minneapolis City Council declines to endorse Frey's Third Precinct plan
Council members meeting as a committee did not lend their support to Mayor Jacob Frey's proposal to turn the burned-out police station into a voter center; the mayor says he'll move forward with plans anyway.
Minneapolis
Minneapolis will bid to host Sundance Film Festival
Sundance organizers have said they're open to moving away from Utah in 2027. Minneapolis wants to try to nab the star-studded festival.
Local
Man whose Snapchat group sold illegal 'switches' and ghost guns in Minnesota gets two years
Avont Drayton's attorney said his client 'thought of these items as really cool tools in a similar manner to buying a new power tool.'
Local
Medcalf: Exonerated of murder, author will speak at our Minneapolis book club about 'life and freedom'
Anthony Ray Hinton spent nearly 30 years on death row for a murder he didn't commit: "The only way I knew that I could get my joy back is that I had to forgive them."
West Metro
Officials reveal reason Robbinsdale shelter-in-place alert mistakenly was sent countywide
The Sheriff's Office said it has identified the step in the process that led to the mistake.
Wolves
Souhan: Wolves fans made Game 1 special. Now bring on Game 2.
The playoff opener was performance art, the kind of event that creates and rewards fans, bolsters optimism and banishes traditional Minnesota pessimism. "It was awesome," Chris Finch said
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