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Mpls advances controversial Roof Depot demolition

The Minneapolis City Council Policy and Government Oversight Committee on Monday, Sept. 19 advanced without advice plans to maneuver forward with demolishing a polluted constructing in a South Minneapolis neighborhood beset by pollution. In a 3-2 vote, with Councilmembers Robin...

Light rail route through North Mpls still unsettled

Blue Line environmental comments accepted until Nov. 7 Northside residents have scored some wins, yet they continue to be concerned in regards to the impacts the Blue Line Extension could have because the Metropolitan Council prepares to review how it...

Mpls realtors surrender years of housing discrimination

Minneapolis Area Realtors (MAR) held a press conference Thursday, Oct. 13 to apologize for the organization’s history of racial discrimination in real estate sales.   “Our apology and efforts to have interaction in policy change are overdue and are necessary steps...

Free program in North Mpls this week goals to ‘crack the code’ to lucrative government contracts

Whenever you consider a business owner that has secured multiple government contracts, you would possibly imagine a construction company or a business that sells computers or phone systems. But Robert Grace, who’s built a powerhouse business based on government contracts, got...

Newark deputy mayor nominated for Mpls police chief

Mayor Jacob Frey’s nominee for the subsequent Minneapolis police chief pledged in a September 29 press conference to remake the town’s beleaguered police department into the “golden standard for policing” across the nation.  Frey intends to nominate current Deputy Mayor...

Mpls keeps the homeless on the move

An encampment on East twenty eighth St. and Bloomington Ave. was the most recent to be evicted last week. / Photos courtesy of Jack Nobles Officials claim secure shelter spaces available A tent encampment of about 60 people at East 28th...

Mpls advances controversial Roof Depot demolition

The Minneapolis City Council Policy and Government Oversight Committee on Monday, Sept. 19 advanced without advice plans to maneuver forward with demolishing a polluted constructing in a South Minneapolis neighborhood beset by pollution. In a 3-2 vote, with Councilmembers Robin...

Mpls schools, teachers reach agreement to finish strike

This story was originally published on March 25 and updated to follow the developing news. Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) held a press conference Friday morning March 25 to announce that a tentative agreement had been reached between MPS and the...

Purple party: Prince fans rejoice mural completion in downtown Mpls

Prince fans on the block party / Photos by Steve Floyd Sharon Smith-Akinsanya, CEO of Rae Mackenzie Group (l), and Tracey Williams-Dillard MSR Publisher/CEO (r) with Prince muralist Hiero Veiga on the June 2 Purple Block Party & Prince Mural...

Mpls. North High seniors surprised with $10K scholarships

North High seniors got quite a surprise on Friday, April 15 as Pillsbury United Communities (Pillsbury United) announced the launch of $1M in scholarship funds. Every graduating North High senior this yr will receive as much as $10,000 for...
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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...