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Amber Iwan knows city living rarely comes with a close parking spot. She walks a block to find a small, blue-and-white smart car - one of the newest ways to commute around the metro.

We knew something was up when Joseph and Sara Scrimshaw announced an open house for their south Minneapolis home.

Dec 15, 2013; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen celebrates a failed fourth down attempt by the Philadelphia Eagles in the third quarter at Mall of America Field at H.H.H. Metrodome.

Former pre-Revolution Prince bassist Andr Cymone brought his band to 7th Street Entry for a homecoming of sorts to celebrate his first new full album since 1985, The Stone .

Late last week, a reader sent City Pages a photo showing men dressed in German SS uniforms seated in the main dining room of northeast Minneapolis restaurant Gasthof Zur Gemutlichkeit surrounded by Nazi flags.

Nothing heralds spring like the first sighting of a string of food trucks lining Marquette Avenue in downtown Minneapolis.

The Minnesota rock star who grew up on a North Dakota farm will enter the ring for a vocal battle royale Monday on "The Voice."

The 67-year-old governor is stuck at his official state residence in a body cast, recovering from hip surgery he underwent at Mayo Clinic just over a month ago.

A woman was grazed in the arm by a bullet while she was sleeping early Sunday and another person was hit by glass shattered by another random bullet Sunday afternoon, Minneapolis police said.

Some lawmakers want to pass a bill this session to raise it to $9.50 an hour, but some workers in Minneapolis were rallying for much more Saturday.

With nine-term state Rep. Michael Paymar, DFL-St. Paul, choosing not to run for re-election, six DFL candidates are vying for the rare open seat in House District 64B.

Paul Douglas is a nationally respected meteorologist with 33 years of television and radio experience.

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.