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If successful, the Timberwolves and Lynx crew would become the second in-house sports group to unionize after the Minnesota United. Courtesy of Gabe Northrop.

Minnesota Timberwolves, Lynx AV crew file for union recognition

by Katrina Bailey and Eitan Schoenberg
Published November 11, 2024

The Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx in-house audio-visual crew filed for union recognition under the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 745.If successful, the crew will...

The announcement follows the termination of UMN and Fairview’s partnership in late 2023.

Student Counseling Service to merge with Boynton Health

by Avery Vrieze
Published November 10, 2024

The University of Minnesota’s Student Counseling Services (SCS) and Boynton Health mental health clinic have been working to merge since 2023, though affinity groups through SCS will be unaffected by...

Community members assembled alongside activist groups to protest the re-election of Donald Trump and Biden’s administration.

Activists march against two-party system

by Tyler Church
Published November 8, 2024

Several local activist groups organized a march through the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood Wednesday night to protest the two-party system of American democracy and the re-election of Donald Trump.Before...

Protesters barricading Morrill Hall on  Oct. 21.

SDS claims President Cunningham lied about taking faculty hostage

by Tyler Church
Published November 7, 2024

In a video posted to the Students for a Democratic Society’s (SDS) Instagram account on Oct. 31, the group defended themselves from accusations that they held faculty members hostage during their occupation...

President Donald Trump addresses the crowd at a rally held in the Target Center in downtown Minneapolis on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019.

Why AP called Wisconsin and the White House for Donald Trump

by Robert Yoon, Associated Press
Published November 6, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press declared that Republican Donald Trump won Wisconsin — and with it, a return to the White House — once it determined that remaining uncounted votes mostly...

Trump wins, election coverage

Trump wins, election coverage

The presidency, Congress, Minnesota Legislature and more are up for grabs on the general election Tuesday.The Minnesota Daily will provide live updates to this story as results come. Polls closed in...

Minneapolis has a leash law for dogs, which requires all dogs in public must be leashed, to help prevent bites.

Dog and cat bites up 30% in Minneapolis in 2024

by Katrina Bailey
Published November 5, 2024

Minneapolis Animal Care and Control Director Tony Schendel said the city is projecting a 30% increase in bites in 2024 compared to this time last year. That averages to more than 600 bites in 2024 compared...

The Lead and Healthy Homes team offers free lead testing for children in Minneapolis communities in the Leadie Eddie van (seen above). Courtesy of Jason Chavez.

City seeking end to childhood lead poisoning

by Katrina Bailey
Published November 4, 2024

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is planning an over $1 million investment in his 2025 budget to make Minneapolis the first city in the country to eliminate childhood lead poisoning.Minneapolis reported...

Snowfall on Halloween, 2024.

A look back on the 1991 Halloween blizzard

by Ainsley Brown
Published November 1, 2024

Like some years before, Halloween 2024 had snowfall. However, one Halloween stands out among the rest — Halloween 1991.At the time, the “megastorm,” as dubbed by a 1991 Minnesota Department of...

After former DBA president Kent Kramp sold his Dinkytown business in the spring, the organization became inactive, though it still exists legally.

The Dinkytown Business Alliance is dead — for now

by Grace Aigner
Published October 30, 2024

After Kent Kramp sold his Dinkytown business in the spring, the Dinkytown Business Alliance (DBA) that he ran for over five years immediately collapsed in his absence under the corporatizing Dinkytown...

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