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Nacho mania: Seven of our favourite plates of chips, cheese and more within the east metro

For an off-the-cuff lunch or dinner, especially when sharing with friends, nachos are king. It’s a full meal on a plate — carbs (chips), vegetables (I mean, no less than salsa or tomatoes), dairy and protein. Plus, in case you’re...

Incoming winter storm to bring subzero temps, snow to Twin Cities metro, southern Minnesota

Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. Tim Harlow on the Star Tribune warns of arctic temperatures and snow this weekend within the Twin Cities metro and southern Minnesota. The Twin Cities could see between 3 to...

Met Council, Metro Transit officials ride Green Line, Blue Line all week

Five top officials with Metro Transit and the Metropolitan Council will ride the metro’s two light rail lines throughout this week as a part of their first-ever “Listening Sessions Tour,” an effort to attach with on a regular basis...

Metro Transit decides to increase final Recent Yr’s Eve train service past midnight

After taking a gander at passenger demand, Metro Transit is extending its Recent Yr’s Eve light-rail schedule so the ultimate trains of the night leave downtown St. Paul and downtown Minneapolis past midnight. The schedule had initially called for the...

Metro Transit routes free after 6 p.m. on Latest 12 months’s Eve– but Green Line wraps service by midnight

For Latest 12 months’s Eve revelers seeking to avoid driving within the Twin Cities, there’s excellent news and bad news on the horizon. First the excellent news: On Sunday, Metro Transit customers can ride free from 6 p.m. to...

West metro bakery Muddy Paws Cheesecake has closed — but is asking for donations to assist reopen

Muddy Paws Cheesecake, a 30-year-old bakery in St. Louis Park that boasts over 200 flavors of cheesecake, closed this week — possibly permanently, unless it may possibly pay down significant debts inside the subsequent couple weeks. And it’s asking the...

Metro Transit targets fare evasion with non-criminal fines on light-rail trains

With a citation book in hand, Metro Transit community service officers Vy Vang and Chi Vang boarded a westbound light-rail train on the downtown St. Paul Union Depot station on a mission to discourage — but not detain —...

Metro Transit taps private security company to implement fares, code of conduct on buses and light-weight rail

Using private contractors relatively than Metro Transit staff is a change in plans from what had been envisioned for the reason that Legislature approved a transit safety plan in May. MinnPost file photo by Peter Callaghan Metro Transit will engage a...

Letters: Amongst metro transit-rail systems, ours is an outlier — to sick effect

Control access, collect the fare, improve safety During a part of my profession I needed to travel an awesome deal. Mostly to our larger metropolitan cities. A lot of which had light rail or subway systems incorporated into their mass...

Meet three powerhouse women of East Metro chocolate, connecting individuals with each other and the earth

Somewhat unexpectedly — including to them — the three dominant women chocolatiers within the East Metro share an identical trajectory. Mary Leonard, Robyn Dochterman and Susan Brown all feel lifelong connections to food but began their lives in other spheres,...
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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...