Minneapolis News

The fires of the sixties cast a veil of disdain and gross contempt over these men of integrity and quiet strength - my Daddy and other area heroes.

A man serving a lengthy sentence in a California prison has been charged with a brutal double homicide on Christmas Eve in Northeast Minneapolis more than 15 years ago.

Man charged in 2 1998 deaths Thirty-five-year-old Jason Preston is charged with first- and second-degree murder.

A gathering of mayoral candidates in September 2013 included Ole Savior, Merrill Anderson, Mike Gould, Bob Carney Jr., Abdul Rahaman and Captain Jack Sparrow.

Minneapolis police are asking the public's help in finding the person who set fire to a well-used Little Free Library.

A potential light-rail deal crafted in closed-door negotiations between transit planners and Minneapolis is catching other communities along the Southwest Corridor by surprise and threatening to delay scheduled votes on the project.

A 24-year-old Brooklyn Center man is charged with second-degree murder in connection to a fatal shooting in north Minneapolis over the weekend , Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced.

Joseph Wajda's house is a mess. Even from the front doorway, I can see stacks of yellow newspapers, unopened mail, and fast-food ketchup packets -- trash on top of trash that's accumulated in the kitchen and rotted over the years.

Filming is currently underway on the show's seventh season. Nicks, the 66-year-old Fleetwood Mac singer, has been working with Levine and his 12 team members as they assign songs and rehearse with the contestants in preparation for the show's battle rounds.

The historic Town Talk Diner on Lake Street in Minneapolis, which has been vacant for the past three years, is about to be revived with a French twist.

Idina Menzel , Imagine Dragons and Aloe Blacc are among the artists who'll be providing the entertainment during the festivities surrounding this year's Major League Baseball All-Star Game, which will take place July 15 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Recently 50 residents living at 2909 Bloomington Ave. S. met with Minneapolis Police Officer Mukhtar Abdulkadir to find solutions to crime and safety problems that have been plaguing their neighborhood and their building.

If you asked James Barnett to write one of those proverbial high school essays on how he spent his summer vacation, he might say he spent it writing a giant want ad.

It may seat only 56 inside, but Kim Bartmann's Tiny Diner is taking measures to educate, affect, and sustain many more people than its walls can actually hold.

The Southwest Light Rail route will be the third by Metro Transit. Pictured, the network's Blue Line, connecting Minneapolis to Minneapolis-St.

Following a weekend of violence, Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges will walk with community leaders along the Broadway Avenue and Lyndale Avenue North area Tuesday afternoon.

If you're looking for more of a challenge than our beginners' road trip is able to offer, consider taking our intermediate trip out to Summit Brewing Company in St. Paul.

With several vacant properties throughout downtown Minneapolis the empty storefronts provide the perfect vehicle to showcase works - and in one case a whole museum's worth of works - by area artists.

June 25, 2014 - The National Urban Alliance for Effective Education will give Dr. Aldo Sicoli, superintendent of Robbinsdale Area Schools, the "Leadership Award for Promoting Equity and Social Justice" on July 7 in Minneapolis during its Summer Academy.

The president, in his final term, has visited the area three times within two years - twice within the past few months.