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Two Mercury-like figures, each with a plane, ornament one of the five entries to the Rand Tower at 527 Marquette Avenue.

The failure to meet job targets has caused Coloplast Corp. to lose $600,000 of the $2.9 million in tax increment financing it was scheduled to receive to help with the construction of a $38 million, five-story glass office building at 1601 West River Road N. in Minneapolis.

A Minneapolis gang member who romanced a Hennepin County corrections officer and convinced her to buy guns for him while he was jailed pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to illegal possession of firearms.

Ramadan, the Muslim month of prayer and dawn to dusk fasting, runs through July 28. The faithful break the fast each evening with a festive dinner, and a number of local Middle Eastern restaurants mark the occasion with well-stocked buffets.

Minneapolis police are asking for help in identifying two men they'd like to talk to in connection to Wednesday's triple shooting that left three women seriously injured.

It may only seat 56 inside, but Kim Bartmann's Tiny Diner is taking measures to educate, impact, and sustain many more people than its walls can actually hold.

Roads in downtown Minneapolis will start closing soon for events related to the All-Star Game as the city prepares for one of its busiest weekends of the summer.

This Thursday night, Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett of MST3K , will be riffing on Sharknado! , arguably the worst/best movie of the past decade, live at the State Theatre for the first-ever Rifftrax event.

The fires of the sixties cast a veil of disdain and gross contempt over these men of integrity and quiet strength - my Daddy and other area heroes.

A man serving a lengthy sentence in a California prison has been charged with a brutal double homicide on Christmas Eve in Northeast Minneapolis more than 15 years ago.

Man charged in 2 1998 deaths Thirty-five-year-old Jason Preston is charged with first- and second-degree murder.

A gathering of mayoral candidates in September 2013 included Ole Savior, Merrill Anderson, Mike Gould, Bob Carney Jr., Abdul Rahaman and Captain Jack Sparrow.

Minneapolis police are asking the public's help in finding the person who set fire to a well-used Little Free Library.

A potential light-rail deal crafted in closed-door negotiations between transit planners and Minneapolis is catching other communities along the Southwest Corridor by surprise and threatening to delay scheduled votes on the project.

A 24-year-old Brooklyn Center man is charged with second-degree murder in connection to a fatal shooting in north Minneapolis over the weekend , Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced.

Joseph Wajda's house is a mess. Even from the front doorway, I can see stacks of yellow newspapers, unopened mail, and fast-food ketchup packets -- trash on top of trash that's accumulated in the kitchen and rotted over the years.

Filming is currently underway on the show's seventh season. Nicks, the 66-year-old Fleetwood Mac singer, has been working with Levine and his 12 team members as they assign songs and rehearse with the contestants in preparation for the show's battle rounds.

The historic Town Talk Diner on Lake Street in Minneapolis, which has been vacant for the past three years, is about to be revived with a French twist.

Idina Menzel , Imagine Dragons and Aloe Blacc are among the artists who'll be providing the entertainment during the festivities surrounding this year's Major League Baseball All-Star Game, which will take place July 15 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Recently 50 residents living at 2909 Bloomington Ave. S. met with Minneapolis Police Officer Mukhtar Abdulkadir to find solutions to crime and safety problems that have been plaguing their neighborhood and their building.