Minneapolis News

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A University of Minnesota student was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday morning roughly a block from the school's Minneapolis campus, police said.

According to a crime alert from the University of Minnesota, a student was walking near the intersection of 14th Avenue Southeast and 6th Street around 9 a.m. Wednesday when someone came up to her with a gun.

The memorial for the late South African leader and anti-apartheid fighter will begin at 1 p.m. in the Cathedral of St. Paul.

At least four of the 15 Southwest Light Rail Transit stations are in Eden Prairie, including one next to the 1.5-million-square-foot UnitedHealthGroup campus under construction.

A man is in custody for allegedly posing as a police officer and sexually assaulting a Fridley woman last month.

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.