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St. Paul police on the lookout for hit-and-run driver who fatally struck 83-year-old man

An 83-year-old pedestrian died after a hit-and-run crash near St. Paul’s Lake Phalen and police asked for the general public’s help Monday to search out the driving force. Officers were called just after 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, after a...

Weekend picks: Savion Glover; the Twin Cities Black Film Festival; ‘Bloom’ in St. Paul

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How do the St. Paul mayor and city council plan to vote on two St. Paul ballot questions?

When St. Paul voters go to the polls, they’ll encounter two ballot questions that would have far-reaching impacts on their property taxes, childcare options and municipal elections. The primary query asks voters whether to approve a 10-year property tax increase...

B Kyle: The case for early childhood investment is compelling, but this St. Paul property tax isn’t the way in which

On the November election, St. Paul voters face a vital decision: whether to approve a compulsory property tax increase for the subsequent 10 years to fund early-childhood care and education initiatives. While I imagine the goal of this ballot...

Barrio Lowertown exits St. Paul neighborhood after 15 years

Barrio, a restaurant and tequila bar that brought some badly needed life back to St. Paul’s Mears Park in 2009, called it quits on Friday in Lowertown. A printed sign posted within the door says: “Barrio Lowertown has closed. Our...

Tour seven recent murals in St. Paul at annual Chroma Zone festival

Wish to witness murals within the making, ask artists questions, eat food and revel in live music? Chroma Zone Mural & Art Festival is perhaps just the place for you this weekend. “It’s really a probability to get out and...

St. Paul small business owners are finding success, giving back at community-driven Mali Center

A hulking beige brick constructing near St. Paul’s North End houses a cluster of BIPOC and women-owned small businesses starting from a clothing retailer and mental health professionals to an entertainment production company and a handful of private trainers. Despite...

Downtown St. Paul constructing sales raise questions on over-valuation, unpaid property taxes

A view of downtown St. Paul from Cathedral Hill Park on Summit Ave. on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)Chain-link fence surrounds the Gallery Skilled Constructing in St. Paul on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (John Autey...

Entertainment, sports remain draws for downtown St. Paul

After some 20 years within the downtown skyway system, the doctors at Metro Optics recently relocated their eyeglass store to Roseville. The St. Paul Winter Carnival’s signature daytime parade — the King Boreas Grande Day Parade — is leaving...

St. Paul: The promise and challenges of office-to-residential conversions downtown

Every future apartment needs its own sink, toilet and window, which will be prohibitively costly to retrofit into an old office or warehouse constructing. Still, at City Hall and elsewhere downtown, officials have said a silver lining for downtown office...
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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...