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Parking concerns are mounting in residential areas surrounding the University.

Dinkytown, Marcy Holmes and Como areas continue to lack parking spaces

by Adelaide Manthey and Anshu Patel
Published June 10, 2025

Residents in Dinkytown, Como and Marcy Holmes apartments continue to struggle to find adequate parking in the concentrated neighborhoods.Last fall, the city attempted to alleviate some pressing parking...

The garden is the oldest public wildflower garden in the U.S. and opened for its 118th season on April 15.

Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden educates community today, protects Minnesota tomorrow

by Grace Aigner
Published May 8, 2025

In May, spring flowers bloom in shades of bright blue, yellow and white for a few weeks until the weather warms into early summer. Virginia bluebells, trilliums and violets are a few of the briefly blooming...

Mental health affects everyone in different ways.

Minnesotans share mental health struggles, coping skills to raise awareness

by Katrina Bailey
Published May 7, 2025

Editor’s Note: This story mentions a variety of traumatic events. Reader discretion is advised.Four Minnesotans shared their process of overcoming mental health struggles with the Minnesota Daily...

At the Abyssinia Event Center, Frey spoke about the accomplishments of his administration.

Minneapolis Mayor Frey celebrates local government successes in city address

by Maya Bell
Published May 7, 2025

In the crowded Abyssinia Event Center, a cultural center revitalized after the 2020 protest, city officials gathered to listen to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s State of the City Address.In his address,...

Immigration rights groups and workers unions protested at the Capitol building for immigrant workers march.

Thousands of protesters march for immigrant workers’ rights through rain, thunder

by Maya Bell
Published May 7, 2025

Thousands of people gathered at the St. Paul State Capitol on a rainy Thursday for the Unity Rally protest to support immigrant workers.The Unity Rally protest was part of a larger set of protests...

The market is also offering free monthly yoga classes and cooking tutorials.

Mill City Farmers Market ushers in community, variety for 2025 summer season

by Grace Aigner
Published May 6, 2025

Tucked into the Mill City Museum and overlooking the Mississippi River, the Mill City Farmers Market spills onto the surrounding city blocks on Second Street and Chicago Avenue.On Saturdays, the farmers...

The types of plastic that can be recycled in Hennepin County are numbers one, two and five.

Minneapolis Green to Go ordinance celebrates 10 years

by Katrina Bailey
Published May 6, 2025

The Green to Go ordinance celebrates 10 years of regulating Minneapolis food places to use environmentally friendly to-go packaging, including compostable, recyclable or reusable.Food businesses must...

Minneapolis police car in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on July 7, 2023. Minneapolis Police have struggled to maintain stable and adequate staffing since 2019.

Minneapolis event planners, police get ready for summer safety

by Maya Bell
Published May 4, 2025

Officials from the Minneapolis Department of Neighborhood Safety, Minneapolis Police Department and Minneapolis Fire Department gave a presentation outlining its summer safety plans for the summer at the...

The badge of ICE Field Office, in Hawthorne, California, U.S., March 1, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

University of Minnesota leases gun range to ICE, contract renewal uncertain

by Katrina Bailey
Published May 4, 2025

The University of Minnesota has leased out a Rosemount gun range it owns to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement since 2022, according to public federal spending data. The University of Minnesota...

New 911 dashboard, police encryption coming to Minneapolis

New 911 dashboard, police encryption coming to Minneapolis

by Katrina Bailey
Published April 30, 2025

The City of Minneapolis announced a new 911 Emergency Incidents Dashboard to keep the public informed about emergencies, just as the police department plans to encrypt its radios. The dashboard will...

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