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Minneapolis police Sgt. David Clifford was jailed Sunday, June 17, 2012, on suspicion of assault after a fight at Tanners Station bar in Andover.

The overhaul of St. Louis Park's Highway 7/Louisiana Avenue interchange is one of several items up for consideration as the City Council meets on Monday, May 20.

Fillmore County Veterans' Services Officer Jason Marquardt speaks to the veterans attending the forum.

The presidents of the Minneapolis Regional Chamber and Saint Paul Area Chamber on Sunday condemned the Legislature's inability to approve a dedicated funding source to expand Twin Cities transit.

A second teenager has pleaded guilty in the shooting death of a 5-year-old boy who was killed by a stray bullet in north Minneapolis.

An appeals court has upheld the murder conviction of Timothy Bakdash of Roseville, who is serving 40 years for the booze-fueled hit-and-run killing of a Wisconsin man.

A man who fired numerous gunshots in a Minneapolis park where children were playing has been sentenced to a year in jail and eight years of probation.

To celebrate the passage of the marriage equality bill, Revolution Church pastor Jay Bakker served rainbow bread to congregants gathered at Bryant-Lake Bowl.

Police in Minneapolis are investigating and telling residents to be on alert after at least five luring incidents have been reported since May 2. Authorities said they've all taken place in the Fifth Precinct but it's unclear if they are related.

If you believe making a dowdy retailer into a brand new company will come without a few uncomfortable quarters, if not years, well, you've probably been living under a rock.

As the school year wraps up so does the first year of new national requirements for healthier school lunches.

Construction continues on a new transit station at 147th Street and Cedar Avenues, in Apple Valley.

Some pet owners will do just about anything to ensure their pet lives a happy healthy life, but these days it can come at a pretty hefty price.

A car towed from Brooklyn Park with a body inside drew authorities late Monday morning to a wrecker lot near downtown Minneapolis in what authorities are characterizing as "a possible homicide." A car towed from a Brooklyn Park retail parking lot with a body inside drew authorities late Monday morning to a wrecker lot near downtown Minneapolis in ... (more)

Hennepin County deputies are processing a scene at a tow yard in Minneapolis after a body was found in the trunk of a vehicle.

The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday says the price of a gallon of regular is $3.66. Midgrade costs an average of $3.84 a gallon, and premium is $3.98. Diesel held steady at $3.93 gallon.

One is lighthearted, funny, thoughtful with elaborate costumes and sets and a large cast.

Foy, a Shakespeare specialist who taught British literature and led the St. Paul university's English and faculty development center during a nearly three-decade career, hosted a book club meeting 10 days before he died May 1, the school and family said.

Each week, Southwest Minneapolis Patch community members turn to Patch's Local Voices section to share information, insight and opinions about what matters to them.

I have two folders in my work computer. One is titled "lack of common sense." The other is "your government at work." There's no question that the stories sent to the folders will overlap quite often, considering the tale I'm about to tell you.