Minneapolis News

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the Upper St. Anthony Falls Locks and Dams in Minneapolis got frequent use in the 2013 navigation seasons.

Medpace Medical Device B.V., long known throughout the medical device community for its excellent clinical trial conduct and regulatory/quality consultancy in Europe, will continue to be based in Vaals, NL, headquartering the European device operations.

At least one Minnesotan is up for a Screen Actors Guild Award, considered by many critics to be the most likely indicators of the Academy Award nominations.

St. Paul and Minneapolis have joined a growing list of cities where at least a fifth of public school students attend charters.

What used to be a 2007 Lamborghini Gallardo sits in Jud Champlin's garage, a hunk of Italian wreckage, albeit elegant Italian wreckage.

It's fun to give while receiving. At least that's the carrot extended by Eat for Equity, a nonprofit that organizes and cooks collaborative dinners to raise money for organizations that address community inequities at the local level, such as the American Refugee Committee or the Just Health Network.

Pope Francis comes across to some as a refreshing change to the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church and his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI.

A Ramsey County judge has ruled that an alleged sexual abuse victim's nuisance claims against the Catholic Church may proceed.

The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis released a list of 30 priests who have been credibly accused of sexually abusing minors on Thursday, Dec. 5. The list also includes an additional four priests who have unsubstantiated claims against them.

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.