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Left to right, Rim Woldeslassie, Nathan Walker, Erin Colasacco and Isa Sponslier pose for portraits at Rock the Garden 2016 at Boom Island Park on Saturday.

Street style: A different kind of garden party

by Sophia Vilensky
Published June 22, 2016

Festivals have become synonymous with a certain kind of wardrobe, but Minnesotan folks still have some originality left in them. In what could have been a crop-top wasteland, 14,000 people gathered to...

A group plays a game of pick-up basketball at Holmes Park located in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood of Minneapolis. The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board has money designated for renovations that are set to start in 2018.

Marcy-Holmes parks need renovations

by Raju Chaduvula
Published June 22, 2016
Marcy officials are seeking funding and board assistance for parks in disrepair.

Eat this: food trucks

by Joe Cristo
Published June 22, 2016
Rock the Garden brings dozens of food trucks to Boom Island Park.
John Kari from Prospect Park 2020 leads a tour in Prospect Park for members and supporters of the Central Corridor Funders Collaborative on June 17.

Green Line collaboration wraps up work

by Aaron Job
Published June 17, 2016
The Central Corridor Funders Collaborative held an event Friday to showcase the group's accomplishments.

St. Cloud State University President dies in car crash

by Eliana Schreiber
Published June 15, 2016
Earl Potter III died on his way to the Twin Cities for a meeting on Monday.
Former Star Tribune editorialist Jim Lenfestey poses with copies of his anthology of bee-related poems at his home on Monday. The anthology, titled "If Bees Are Few", was published with the University of Minnesota Press, and all proceeds will be donated to the University's Bee Lab.

Lenfestey’s poem anthology creates buzz

by Eliana Schreiber
Published June 15, 2016
James Lenfestey published an anthology of poems about bees.

Former UMD employee sues over sexual orientation discrimination

by David Clarey
Published June 15, 2016
Angie Nichols filed the lawsuit against the Board of Regents last Wednesday.

Is ‘deadliest’ deadly enough?

by Daily Editorial Board
Published June 15, 2016

Fifteen times since he assumed office in 2009, President Barack Obama has stood behind a podium, and with downtrodden eyes, decried America’s gun epidemic.On Sunday afternoon, he delivered his 16th...

Katie Eichele, Director of the Aurora Center, gives a presentation during the MN Campus Sexual Violence Prevention Summit at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul on Thursday. The summit, designed for campus administrators and prevention staff, aimed to share best practices for preventing sexual assault, harassment, dating violence and stalking on college campuses.

Summit tackles campus sexual violence

by Ryan Faircloth
Published June 15, 2016
More than 50 Minnesota colleges and universities were represented at the summit.
Members of the North Minneapolis community come together on the Lowry Avenue Bridge in unity against Northern Metal Recycling, as seen in the distance behind them on the evening of June 9. A report by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency that lists the neighborhood surrounding the facility as the city's highest levels of lead poising and asthma hospitalizations, and points to the recycling facility as a leading cause in the issue.

Facility spurs community health concerns

by Ryan Faircloth
Published June 15, 2016
The MPCA is trying to revoke Northern Metal Recycling’s permit following outcry.

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