Minneapolis News

The Minneapolis City Council decided Tuesday it will grant the privately-owned Midtown Global Market in south Minneapolis a public bail out.

A Minneapolis City Council committee gave an initial OK to forgive debt on a city loan to the struggling Midtown Global Market.

The buildings, at 9350 and 9380 Excelsior Boulevard, are each seven stories and part of a three-building campus Cargill occupies called Excelsior Crossings.

Superintendent Kathy Kelly has rebuilt the Columbia Heights school district's elementary band program and nurtured its K-12 art program even in tight budget times.

A 15-year-old proposal to build a golf-focused athletic facility atop a downtown Minneapolis parking ramp received an initial green light from the City Council Tuesday.

A plan to reconstruct Minnehaha Avenue moved forward at City Hall with some new amenities for bicyclists, though not the protected bike lanes some had requested.

Plans are coming together to put the top floor of the gargantuan Ramp A/Hawthorne Transportation Center building near Target Center to very productive use.

Police said homeowners in the Third Precinct should keep an extra eye out for suspicious activity.

Snowfall amounts overnight were little more than a dusting, but they were enough Monday morning to make Twin Cities motorists ease off the accelerator on greasy highways, and snow-packed and icy city streets and county roads.

A car slid into a city lightpost on Grand Avenue near Snelling during last week's snowfall in St. Paul.

The city has 12 bars per 10,000 residents, more per capita than any other city in the nation, according to a new tally by a business data collection group.

The Minneapolis public schools have a dilemma . Minneapolis currently has seven high schools spread across three attendance zones.

Milken Educator Award winner Natalie Rasmussen taught at Minneapolis North High for 20 years, including the Summatech years.

Randy Hobbs of Minneapolis does beautiful remodel projects in the state of Minnesota.

With an insider's eye, Hot Dish tracks the tastiest bits of Minnesota's political scene and keep you up-to-date on those elected to serve you.

Cemented in the bluffs of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, outside of Minneapolis, the Tap has been selling burgers since 1958, but it's far older than that.

Most of the sidewalks near the Dinkytown neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota are now covered in snow.

Minnesota Republicans are taking their party headquarters from the shadow of the state Capitol to a less-glamorous neighborhood in Minneapolis.

While many may dream of a white Christmas, the reality of one may not be favorable, depending on one's geographical location during the holidays.

What's Minnesota's most well-regarded export? From Chicago to Nashville to New Orleans, the answer may very well be its people.