Minneapolis News

It occurs to me that many of you may not know this because you don't live in the Twin Cities or are not Facebook Friends of the Mayor of Minneapolis, but the guy is very funny and creative and produces a lot of poetry, especially this time of year.

Lilydale Senior Living and the Villas of Lilydale were developed on the last pieces of undeveloped land in the small city of Lilydale near the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers.

Thomas, Danny and Charlie Broder will display the flavors of Italy at Broders' annual Fresh Off the Boot event Saturday.

Norwegians have been weaving strong threads into Minneapolis culture, politics and business for more than a century.

Named Bdote Learning Center, with the prominent word 'Bdote' that signifies the birth or origin place of the Dakota people where the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers meet.

For fans of the Replacements, 2013 provided one memorable moment after another from a band that no one was sure they would hear from ever again.

On a recent weekday afternoon, shoppers at the Midtown Global Market mused over what to have for lunch, the fish tacos at Los Ocampo, or maybe a camel burger at Safari Express.

In a presentation to a group of Cathedral High School seniors on Tuesday during Jenny Janssen's science class, Dr. Stephen Najarian, a surgeon and theologian, explored interrelationships between science and faith and how faith informs personal decisions.

A Minnesota interstate has been shut down after corrosion ate away at a bridge support, reportedly to the point that inspectors could see right through it.

For Minneapolis North High School graduate Dr. Ronda Chakolis, learning how not to drown in deep water, literally, was an important part of the North High magnet program, called Summatech, that she attended.

Final results of the investigation into the St. Louis Park accident that killed two children probably won't be released for several weeks.

Minneapolis is past the unproven theory phase of education reform. A city whose recent election focused on improving school performance and whose retiring mayor will soon spearhead a major effort to close the achievement gap is ready to seize and maximize strategies that have produced proven results.

When the choir director at Skyview Middle School in Oakdale heard about plans for a gigantic "Clouds" sing-along at the Mall of America, she registered right away.

As government officials and Vikings owners were preparing to break ground Tuesday for the team's new stadium, leaders of three conservative groups predicted proponents will be back for more state funding to finish the project.

About 20 years ago, Arwen Wilder and Kristin Van Loon, two friends who had met in class at Colorado College, performed for the first time as Hijack.

Two protests on Black Friday - one at the downtown Minneapolis Target and another at the Midway Walmart in St. Paul - pulled large crowds to call attention to the low wages and poor working conditions written into the company cultures of the two corporations.

A 2,499-character email to the White House from a Minneapolis woman at the center of a high-profile fight to save her home has prompted a promise to investigate the situation from a top government agency that oversees mortgage lenders.

We are committed to developing talent and interest in our industry and provides internship opportunities in radio promotions for student interns.

City leaders want more people to use transit as they seek to grow Minneapolis ' population, but some local urbanists feel some relatively simple improvements are being overlooked.

Although my first-choice mayoral candidate didn't win this year, I can't help feeling excitement and pride about the results of this year's Minneapolis municipal elections.