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1881 by Lake Elmo Inn is a welcome addition to Union Depot, downtown St. Paul

It’s been a protracted eight years since Greek restaurant Christos closed its location in downtown St. Paul’s Union Depot. Several other restaurants have come and gone, but the primary outfit that I’ve felt has endurance has arrived. 1881 by Lake...

Meet Queen Adonika and King Mac, top dogs of the St. Paul Winter Carnival and Doggie Depot

The votes have been tabulated and St. Paul has two latest top dogs: Meet Queen Adonika and King Big Mac, the newly named canine royalty of the 2024 St. Paul Winter Carnival and Doggie Depot, an upcoming dog-friendly event at...

Vote for the canine king and queen of the 2024 St. Paul Winter Carnival within the Doggie Depot contest

Ahead of a doggie coronation at Union Depot, online voting is underway to pick out the canine king and queen of the 2024 St. Paul Winter Carnival. Voting for the Doggie Depot contest began on Thursday and runs through 11:59...

Canadian Pacific Holiday Train pulling into the St. Paul’s Union Depot on Sunday for a great cause

The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train, a mobile food bank that travels by rail through Canada and the northern and central U.S. yearly, will visit St. Paul’s historic Union Depot on Sunday. The free event will start at 5 p.m. inside...

Internal Amtrak memo highlights concerns over St. Paul Union Depot. 2nd train to Chicago, path to Duluth within the works.

Greater than a decade ago, Ramsey County poured $243 million into purchasing, renovating and reviving the downtown St. Paul Union Depot, a Twenties-era transit hub that hadn’t hosted passenger trains since 1971. Situated on 33 acres of riverfront property off...

Hunt for 2023 Union Depot holiday tree kicks off

Union Depot has officially begun their seek for the following Union Depot holiday tree and is asking Ramsey County residents to maintain a watch out for an overgrown, 50 to 70-foot evergreen tree to be the anchor for the...

Roof Depot secures win from legislature

Supporters of the East Phillips Urban Farm and town of Minneapolis will get some serious funding from the Minnesota Legislature that may allow the urban farm to roll out their vision and town to expand their water yard plan...

State lawmakers pays Minneapolis to walk away from Roof Depot site — and concrete farm supporters are declaring victory

East Phillips Neighborhood Institute board members Cassandra Holmes, left, and Dean Dovolis address reporters during a press conference on May 11. MinnPost photo by Kyle Stokes Just just a few weeks ago, the concept of starting an 8-acre indoor farm within...

City may sell Roof Depot site to activists in spite of everything

Earlier last week, the City of Minneapolis indicated it could sell land earmarked for a water facilities expansion within the East Phillips neighborhood to local activists who've fought for years to convert an abandoned warehouse on the location into...

Need to help protect endangered bees? Oppose the Roof Depot demolition

This rendering provides a view of what the Roof Depot site could appear like if it were developed in the neighborhood vision. Courtesy of the East Phillips Neighborhood Institute The City of Minneapolis is making every effort to demolish the Roof...
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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...