Dinkytown is one step closer to becoming historic.   The Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission released a report Monday that said Dinkytown’s four-block core meets most of the...

Minnesotans’ waistlines are shrinking.   As the nation’s average obesity rate rises, the state’s statistic is on the decline, according to a study released Monday by the...

When scientists reach out to community members to do their work for them, it turns out they can get results on a massive scale.   A University of Minnesota paper published earlier this month showed...

A University of Minnesota student was molested Friday evening in the same area of Prospect Park where three others had reported being groped in February.   The victim was walking near the...

Chef Isaac Becker is nothing if not a local culinary force of nature. Unlike most chefs who earned their chops in culinary school, Becker’s hard-nosed grit helped him rise to the top of the local...

A new program that aims to strengthen residents’ voices on neighborhood issues by incentivizing diversity within local organizations could rollout in Minneapolis.    The proposed program,...

Scientists are trying to figure out how to keep bacteria that can defy antibiotics out of grocery stores and waterways.   Researchers at the University of Minnesota’s College of Veterinary Medicine...

About half of the United States adult population has herpes.   Not to be confused with cold sores or sexually transmitted herpes, a strain of the virus called cytomegalovirus could be what’s...