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Eight local chefs and restaurants, including two in St. Paul, make long list for James Beard Foundation Awards

The 2024 James Beard Foundation semifinalists have been announced, and the Twin Cities has eight chefs and restaurants up for awards. The awards, widely considered to be the Oscars of the food world, consist of twenty-two categories — 10 national...

Literary calendar for week of Jan. 21 including veterinarian Jody Lulich and his memoir, ‘Within the Company of Grace’

JODY LULICH: Introduces his memoir “Within the Company of Grace,” during which he explains his path to veterinary medicine and the way caring for voiceless animals amidst his own shame and pain provided a lifeline and a likelihood to...

Weekend picks: Recent and old works including ‘Cyranoid’; a play on Kate Millet amongst scripts at ‘Raw Stages’ festival; and Schumann’s ‘Concerto in A...

“Marker,” Lisa Bergh, 2023 MinnPost photo by Sheila Regan Join to get Artscape in your inbox every Friday afternoon. There’s something about these dark days of January that feels nurturing for creativity. Possibly it’s the brand new yr, possibly it’s the shortage...

As retail evolves on St. Paul’s Grand Avenue, focus ought to be on the longer term — including walkability and housing

Pottery Barn on Grand and Victoria is soon closing up shop. Photo by Dan Marshall If there’s one constant in regards to the retail sector, it’s change. Consolidation, online shopping, price gouging, loss leaders, tax subsidies, consumer tastes, post-pandemic habits, too...

Everybody deserves a house. Including felons.

Photo by Julian Hochgesang For the past few months I’ve spent my Thursday afternoons traveling from Minneapolis to the Federal Correctional Institution in Waseca, Minnesota. There, I teach a course for girls who're about to depart prison and reenter society — a lot...

Two injured in shooting, including one police officer, in St. Paul

Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. Kare11 reports that a St. Paul police officer and one other person were injured in a shooting near the intersection of Cretin Avenue and Marshall Avenue. The officer has been...

Weekend picks: Hark the vacation plays sing, including shows by Latest Native and Open Eye theaters, Circus Juventus and Cantus

Genevieve Lane as Virginia Weetley in “A Christmas in Ochopee.” Latest Native Theatre Enroll to get Artscape in your inbox every Friday afternoon. I ventured into the land of holiday plays last weekend, and am comfortable to report there are some great...

St. Paul man sentenced for drive-by shootings, including one which grazed school staffer

A 19-year-old St. Paul man has been given concurrent prison sentences for his role in 4 shootings in town this 12 months, including one by which he fired a bullet that grazed a Washington Technology Magnet School staff member’s...

Biden launches 31 technology hubs nationally, including Minnesota MedTech 3.0 in St. Paul

The Biden administration on Monday designated 31 technology hubs spread across the country — including St. Paul — to assist spur innovation and create jobs in industries similar to artificial intelligence, precision medicine and clean energy which have previously...

St. Paul students head back to high school, including recent use for Jackson Elementary

St. Paul Public Schools welcomed some 30,000 students back to high school Tuesday as classes resumed for grades 1-12, with kindergarten and preschool students starting Thursday. Amongst those returning students were roughly 250 children attending East African Elementary Magnet School,...
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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...