Minneapolis News

TC&W railroad, a big player in farm country, poses a major obstacle to Twin Cities Southwest light-rail project.

Champions Saloon & Eatery, the East Lake Street bar that lost its Minneapolis liquor license over city concerns about drugs and violence, was set to close down Saturday at midnight, owner Rick Nelson said.

And they are asking tough questions about them: How many are really necessary? How often? Which exams tell the most? Spending on standardized testing fees that districts and charter schools report to the state is up 30 percent in five years, to $8.1 million last school year.

Traffic is backed up for several miles on Interstate 94 Saturday morning as emergency crews respond to a serious rollover accident.

ILT is a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based designer and fabricator of custom laser workstations used to produce high-value, mission-critical components for numerous industries, including medical device, defense, energy and aerospace.

Hennepin County court officials are reminding people of its Housing Court project in the wake of the deaths of five children in a Minneapolis apartment fire.

A federal grand jury in Louisiana has indicted a University of Minnesota professor for allegedly enticing a 15-year-old girl to send him nude photos of herself.

A 46-year-old man was airlifted to a Minneapolis hospital after his truck collided with a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train around 2 p.m. Friday south of Granite Falls.

Minnesota legislative leaders sniped at each other Friday for a lack of progress in fixing the state's sex offender treatment program despite a federal judge's urging for fast action to correct it.

Minneapolis hotspot Bryant Lake Bowl serves a " Cheap Date Night" special every Monday night from 6:00pm until 1:00am.

Mill City Summer Opera, which stages performances in the open air ruin courtyard at Mill City Museum in Minneapolis, will perform Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca" in July.

A 24-year-old man has been convicted for killing a 17-year-old youth seven years ago in Minneapolis.

Police said a man is in custody early Friday morning after a pursuit ended with an SUV crashing into a house in Minneapolis.

In 2011, Denny Roach operated the last plating line at Superior Plating in Minneapolis, applying nickel chrome to steel table legs and chair frames.

St. Peter's AME Church, located at 401 E. 41st St. in south Minneapolis, recently celebrated the 80th birthday of long-time member, Harriet Bowman Solomon.

The driver has never been found in the hit-and-run collision that killed James "Jimmy" Nisser, 65, a beloved member of his St. Louis Park community who was struck in 2008 while cycling to work.

A veterans' home in Minneapolis has put new admissions on hold after a norovirus outbreak that may have been a factor in the deaths of four residents, a Minnesota Department of Veteran Affairs spokeswoman said Thursday.

Drum major Jim Tarbox leads the Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band along Fifth Street during the St. Patrick's Day parade in downtown St. Paul in 2012.

Mohamud Noor got a significant boost in his challenge of long-time state Rep. Phyllis Kahn on Thursday by winning the endorsement of former Mayor R.T. Rybak .

Genie Caldwell and Jeffrey Howard, both 49, died when fire broke out in a single-family home Tuesday evening.