Minneapolis News

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.

Two Mercury-like figures, each with a plane, ornament one of the five entries to the Rand Tower at 527 Marquette Avenue.

The failure to meet job targets has caused Coloplast Corp. to lose $600,000 of the $2.9 million in tax increment financing it was scheduled to receive to help with the construction of a $38 million, five-story glass office building at 1601 West River Road N. in Minneapolis.

A Minneapolis gang member who romanced a Hennepin County corrections officer and convinced her to buy guns for him while he was jailed pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to illegal possession of firearms.

Ramadan, the Muslim month of prayer and dawn to dusk fasting, runs through July 28. The faithful break the fast each evening with a festive dinner, and a number of local Middle Eastern restaurants mark the occasion with well-stocked buffets.

Minneapolis police are asking for help in identifying two men they'd like to talk to in connection to Wednesday's triple shooting that left three women seriously injured.

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

Roads in downtown Minneapolis will start closing soon for events related to the All-Star Game as the city prepares for one of its busiest weekends of the summer.

This Thursday night, Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett of MST3K , will be riffing on Sharknado! , arguably the worst/best movie of the past decade, live at the State Theatre for the first-ever Rifftrax event.

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.