Minneapolis News

July 12--Minneapolis officials long insisted they wouldn't stomach a light-rail line next to freight tracks in a part of the city popular with bicyclists, hikers and canoeists.

You have been hearing about these for days, but just in case you need a reminder, here are the roads that will be closed in downtown Minneapolis in association with Tuesday's All-Star Game and related activities.

PHOTOS BY Monica Herndon / Minneapolis Star Tribune / MCT Target customers sit at a counter in the electronics section of the store.

Experimental drug means hope for boy with cancer Other treatments haven't helped St. Cloud boy after his cancer diagnosis.

The sound of jets is nothing new in Duluth with the 148th making regular flights, but this week you might get to spot the Air Force Thunderbird F-16s who landed at the base on Sunday.

A team of firefighters from the Minneapolis area is heading to the Colorado mountains to search for two hikers from Minnesota who've been missing since April.

Police are looking for at least one suspect after one person was killed and another hurt in a stabbing in north Minneapolis early Sunday morning.

One of two men stabbed early Sunday in a north Minneapolis home is dead and the other hospitalized, authorities said.

Black is an always hip, powerful neutral that can help define a space and serve as a dramatic backdrop to more vibrant colors.

Tracy Tabery-Weller and Brad Weller were planning to buy a little cabin - until they saw the blue sign for the Minnesota Airstream Park near St. Cloud.

Courtesy Dylan, who lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota made a sign advertising his "free piano concert."

According to a news release from the Fridley Police Department, officers were called to the 6300 block of Pierce Street N.E. about 5:45 a.m. There, they found a 23-year-old woman who apparently had been stabbed several times, including in her throat.

Blair and Eric are 2008 graduates of Foley High School, and 2012 graduates of Bethel University in Arden Hills, Minnesota.

Is it back? A version of what some are calling the polar vortex, last winter's favorite whipping boy, will make a rare summer cameo in the central U.S. next week.

First Avenue will be serving alcohol until 4 a.m. during the final night of All-Star festivities.

Ryan Tuenge is an avid home brewer and craft beer lover who is not afraid to spend his last $5 on a pint of beer at the local pub.

Discounts rarely get better than at FinnStyle's Marimekko Summer Sale, at least when it comes to nabbing pieces from the Finnish label known for its bright poppy colors and patterns in clothing and home pieces.

A Minneapolis man has been charged with second degree murder and attempted second degree murder in connection with a fatal shooting in north Minneapolis that occurred over Fourth of July weekend, according to Hennepin County Attorney Michael O. Freeman.

It's pocked with potholes, curbs have eroded completely in some blocks, and its once-decorative fencing has turned rusty or filled with chain-linked gaps.

The polar vortex is on its way back again, say forecasters, meaning it's going to be unseasonably cool in much of the continental United States next week.