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Latest mural in Highland Bridge represents the Dakota creation story

The sounds of the drum circle resonated as people young and old gathered Thursday at Uŋčí Makhá Park in celebration of a brand new 150-foot-long mural, an ode to the Dakota community in Minnesota. “Today’s celebration is only a culminating...

Biden visits the Twin Ports to advertise Blatnik Bridge rebuild money

President Joe Biden surveying the John A. Blatnik Bridge beside construction staff, state and native officials in Superior, Wisconsin, on Thursday. REUTERS/Tom Brenner Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. Christa Lawler and Jana Hollingsworth on the Star Tribune...

To bridge funding gaps, Winter Carnival holding ‘clean out the attic’ auction of vintage memorabilia

Three vintage posters are amongst several dozen items of Winter Carnival memorabilia which are being auctioned off online as a fundraiser for the annual festival. The St. Paul Festival and Heritage Foundation, the non-profit behind the carnival, currently leases...

Met Council backs real estate in Highland Bridge, University Avenue, East Seventh, Maplewood

The Metropolitan Council, the seven-county metro’s regional planning agency, approved a series of grants this week to back inexpensive housing and job creation, much of it along transit corridors. One set of “Livable Communities” grants will support transit-oriented development in...

Olson Bridge mural brings the North Minneapolis community full circle

On a chilly Saturday afternoon, a mural installation was unveiled on the Olson Memorial Bridge sound wall across I-94. It helps restore a little bit of history that was lost greater than 20 years ago.  The ceremony on December 2...

Golden Valley’s mayor-elect Roslyn Harmon hopes to bridge the community divide 

In its 136 years, Golden Valley has never had a Black mayor— but that may change when Roslyn Harmon is sworn in next month. Harmon, a 47-year-old Black woman who runs the nonprofit Dispute Resolution Center, was the primary...

Highland Bridge: More Baseball, Fewer Homes

Top: The Collections at Lunds & Byerlys; Bottom: Highland Bridge Twin Cities Business There was loads of movement on the 122-acre site of the previous Ford Twin Cities assembly plant during the last yr. Nevertheless, one piece of the Highland Bridge development stays...

8 candidates, heavy fundraising, Rondo land bridge, Summit bikeway heat up Ward 1 council race

By early September, James Lo’s campaign for the Ward 1 seat on the St. Paul City Council had raised greater than $115,000, significantly greater than any of the opposite seven candidates within the race. That’s no small feat for...

Northside event helps bridge healthcare gap 

The second annual “Live Your Healthy Lyfe” event took place on Saturday, August 12, with dozens of booths representing health organizations, community groups, and small businesses, putting the subject of health and wellness center stage. The day-long block party,...

Dedicated pickleball courts at latest Highland Bridge park are a primary for St. Paul

A brand new city park at Highland Bridge features St. Paul’s first three regulation pickleball courts, in addition to a standard playground, outdoor basketball court and picnic tables. There are a couple of dozen locations throughout the town where outdoor...
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St. Paul prevails in legal fight to raze, replace historic Hamline-Midway Library

Following 16 months of litigation, a Ramsey County district judge has given the town of St. Paul the go-ahead...
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St. Paul-based Securian Financial lays off 58 employees across departments

Securian Financial has notified 58 employees — roughly 2% of its total workforce — that their roles with the corporate are being eliminated in...

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 District and again faces May...

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...