Minneapolis News

Coconut cake.] JIM GEHRZ 'Ä¢ jgehrz@startribune.com / Minneapolis, MN / April 4, 2014 / 1:00 PM BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Reporter Kim Ode bakes a coconut cake for Baking Central, complete with step-by-step photos showing the making of batter and custard, assembling and decorating.

It's high noon at the popular Marino's Deli along Johnson Street in northeast Minneapolis.

New statistics released by the Minnesota Department of Health indicate both the state's chlamydia rate and the raw number of reported cases has never been higher than it was last year.

Unrest in Mexico, coupled with flooding in some areas and drought in others, has brought on the squeeze for lime prices.

Besides ranking near the top places in the country for bikers and walkers commuting to work, Minneapolis now can boast of safety rates for walking and biking that are also among the best.

Early morning commuters boarded a bus at the Burnsville Transit Station, about a block east of Interstate 35W on Hwy.

This weekend's Come Up Tour presented by etnies is going down at Minneapolis' Familia HQ Skatepark .

There have never been more options for outdoor dining in the Twin Cities than we have right now: We've got rooftops here, courtyards there, and sidewalk tables everywhere.

Northeast has its brewery row; Lyndale Avenue has its line of restaurants. But before Northbound Smokehouse & Brewpub opened up in 2012, its south Minneapolis neighborhood was sorely in need of another nearby watering hole.

One customer took a tree home on his bike from a tree distribution site in St. Louis Park.

Black Diet have band practice every Tuesday evening at the south Minneapolis home of bassist Garrison Grouse, fondly dubbed the "Grouse House."

Two teens and an adult have been charged with three violent robberies in Edina and southwest Minneapolis , a string of crimes that nearly took a man's life.

A 16-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy have been charged with numerous felonies in connection to a robbery spree in Edina where two people were stabbed.

"We're thrilled, shocked, astonished and really happy for Vijay Seshadri," said Jeffrey Shotts, executive editor at Minneapolis-based Graywolf Press.

A Minnesota man accused of stealing identification information from members of his former Army unit has pleaded guilty to an identity theft charge.

The picture at the top of this post shows the precarious situation a car ended up in after gunshots rang out in the area of Queen Avenue and Golden Valley Road in north Minneapolis yesterday evening.

University of Minnesota TCF Stadium By Randy Stern [CC-BY-2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons MINNEAPOLIS, Minn (KFO AM -- Crews are removing the artificial turf at TCF Bank Stadium this week to prepare for the Minnesota Vikings.

After two disturbances in Dinkytown over the course of three days, University of Minnesota administrators said any students involved "will be held accountable."

A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in a synthetic drug conspiracy case in North Dakota.

The low-powered FM channel is among the first to be licensed in Minnesota, and it aims to be a vehicle for community unity.