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Approximately 80 local Black men met with Black male students on Friday, April 11 at Patrick Henry High school as part of the 100 Strong Who Care mentoring program.

The Roseville Police Department said Thursday it has opened an internal investigation into allegations four officers beat and Tased a compliant man during a traffic stop last May. Four officers -- Justin Gunderson, Erin Reski, Kyle Eckert and Grant Dattilo -- were sued in federal court this month by Victor Yair Hernandez-Rivera.

Property description: The first phase of the Elan Uptown apartment complex spans a block between Dupont and Colfax avenues on the north side of the Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis.

It's a great day to play two. Okay, it might be a little gloomy, but there's always something a little special in the air when there's a doubleheader, even if it is a split day-night doubleheader and thus a total money grab by the franchise.

If completed, the Northern Lights Express passenger rail line would travel 155 miles between Minneapolis and Duluth, with at least four stops in between.

Dan Oskey is leaving the Strip Club in St. Paul for the new Hola Arepa along Eat Street in Minneapolis.

Mpls. considers plastic food containers ban on sctimes.com: http://www.sctimes.com/story/news/local/minnesota/2014/04/16/mpls-considers-plastic-food-containers-ban/7805439/ First-term Minneapolis City Council Member Andrew Johnson eats Indian food out of a container he hopes to ban.

Coconut cake.] JIM GEHRZ 'Ä¢ jgehrz@startribune.com / Minneapolis, MN / April 4, 2014 / 1:00 PM BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Reporter Kim Ode bakes a coconut cake for Baking Central, complete with step-by-step photos showing the making of batter and custard, assembling and decorating.

It's high noon at the popular Marino's Deli along Johnson Street in northeast Minneapolis.

New statistics released by the Minnesota Department of Health indicate both the state's chlamydia rate and the raw number of reported cases has never been higher than it was last year.

Unrest in Mexico, coupled with flooding in some areas and drought in others, has brought on the squeeze for lime prices.

Besides ranking near the top places in the country for bikers and walkers commuting to work, Minneapolis now can boast of safety rates for walking and biking that are also among the best.

Early morning commuters boarded a bus at the Burnsville Transit Station, about a block east of Interstate 35W on Hwy.

This weekend's Come Up Tour presented by etnies is going down at Minneapolis' Familia HQ Skatepark .

There have never been more options for outdoor dining in the Twin Cities than we have right now: We've got rooftops here, courtyards there, and sidewalk tables everywhere.

Northeast has its brewery row; Lyndale Avenue has its line of restaurants. But before Northbound Smokehouse & Brewpub opened up in 2012, its south Minneapolis neighborhood was sorely in need of another nearby watering hole.

One customer took a tree home on his bike from a tree distribution site in St. Louis Park.

Black Diet have band practice every Tuesday evening at the south Minneapolis home of bassist Garrison Grouse, fondly dubbed the "Grouse House."

Two teens and an adult have been charged with three violent robberies in Edina and southwest Minneapolis , a string of crimes that nearly took a man's life.

A 16-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy have been charged with numerous felonies in connection to a robbery spree in Edina where two people were stabbed.