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Small theater, big impact: zAmya Theater Project tells stories drawn from real lifetime of homeless

Kris Jackson believes everyone should take care of their neighbors, homeless or not. Jackson and her daughter, Swazi, participated in zAmya Theater Project’s “A Prairie Homeless Companion” two years in a row. The show was created for the stage in...

Fall arts and entertainment guide: Gallery shows tell big stories in personal ways

As summer ends, museums across the Twin Cities are elevating individual narratives as a option to explore larger, thornier societal topics. How can drawings communicate the experience of 37 continuous years of incarceration? What can we find out about pre-Soviet...

DC Memo: Crypto industry spending big on Craig’s reelection campaign

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Small businesses fear big problems with proposed minimum wage bill

If a driver is in Northwest-Central Minnesota tooling around on roads covered in chips and crushed rock, they were likely spread by Asphalt Preservation Co. The Detroit Lakes-based company has a half-dozen full-time employees and about 30 who work throughout...

Big Ten tip-off starts countdown at 50 days

The 2 Big Ten postseason tournaments (WBB March 6-10, MBB March 13-17) kick off five major sporting events scheduled for the Twin Cities in a six-week span this 12 months. It's greater than basketball for a few weeks in March....

Local preps advance to the Big Ten

Kendall Coley Cindy Brunson Tre Holloman Adelia McKensie Ronnie Porter There are a lot of former Minnesota prep players on Big 10 college basketball rosters this season. The MSR recently chatted with a few of their coaches on their progress thus far. Wisconsin’s...

PACs spend big to influence St. Paul City Council races as candidate fundraising slows

The Seal of the City of St. Paul MinnPost photo by Craig Lassig Gary Unger believes the St. Paul City Council has lost its way. Gary UngerAn excessive amount of discuss childcare – an enormous problem, but not the town’s job, Unger said...

St. Paul’s go-to playground designers take a giant cue from the disabled

Jill Moore’s wheelchair doesn’t prevent her from exploring parks, playgrounds and other public spaces. In reality, as an inclusive play specialist for Minnesota-based playground designer Landscape Structures, she’s developed an expertise in noodling through landscapes that able-bodied people sometimes...

Minneapolis raises utility fees to fund climate plan in first big step toward implementation

Xcel Energy and CenterPoint Energy will collect an additional $12 per household on average annually, and people additional funds shall be collected by the town starting in January to implement the provisions in its Climate Equity Plan. Photo by Dan...

Big Ten postseason will bring Madness here next March

Each tournaments in Mpls will draw 1000's The countdown is on, as slightly greater than five months remain before March Madness Big 10-style converges on downtown Minneapolis. Two conference teams will earn the NCAA automatic bid while others may also...
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U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum seeks thirteenth term in rematch with May Lor Xiong in 4th District

Longtime St. Paul Democratic U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum is in search of one other term in Minnesota’s Fourth Congressional...
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Believed to have been the oldest working nurse in Minnesota, Joyce Gimmestad retired at 88. She reflects on 7 many years in healthcare

Joyce Gimmestad hoped to succeed in 90 before retiring from being a nurse. Still, she retired on June 22, at 88, attributable to a...

Family of 83-year-old St. Paul man killed in hit-and-run: ‘We’ll forgive you. … Please turn yourself in’

For 30 years, John Bidon took each day runs around Lake Phalen near his St. Paul home. He’d stretch it out to 5 miles...

Alemar Cheese, longtime Minnesota producer of soppy French-style cheeses, moves to California

Alemar Cheese, an award-winning creamery that’s been positioned on the Food Constructing in Northeast Minneapolis since 2019, has packed up and moved west. Founder Keith...

Federal civil case against Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan dismissed

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