Two years ago, Angela Determan didnâÄôt know much about the community across the street from her school.
The then-graduate student started volunteering with the Cedar-Humphrey Action for Neighborhood...
Steve FletcherâÄôs Northeast Minneapolis home is sandwiched between two foreclosed houses.
For him, like most Twin Cities residents, the foreclosure crisis has been more than a series of...
A Madison, Wis. man was sentenced Tuesday for a drunken car crash last fall that killed three students, including two University of Minnesota cheerleading recruits.
Bradley Erickson, 32, will serve 13...
The Southeast Como and Marcy-Holmes neighborhoods have long sought involvement from the thousands of University of Minnesota students living in the two communities.
Both neighborhoods have active organizations...
A Madison, Wis. man was sentenced Tuesday for a drunken car crash last fall that killed three students, including two University of Minnesota cheerleading recruits.
Bradley Erickson, 32, will serve 13...
An influx of luxury apartments near campus is drawing students away from their traditional dinky dwellings.
In the past two years, University of Minnesota area neighborhoods gained many complexes âÄî...
There has been a significant drop in crime rates in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood.
Serious crimes in the area âÄî like aggravated assault, burglary and homicide âÄî dropped nearly...
A chemical spill seeping onto University of Minnesota property in the Southeast Como neighborhood has yet to be removed after being cornered off for nearly a week.
About 500 gallons of potassium hydroxide...
The Minneapolis Police Department has spent nearly $100,000 on the Occupy Minnesota movement.
MPD has had successful dialogue with protesters since the movement landed in Minneapolis nearly two weeks ago,...
Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty has been appointed to the RedPrairie Corporation’s Board of Directors, according to a press release.
The company announced today that the “well-established advocate for business”...
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo recently said he’s toying with the idea of paying people to tweet.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Costolo is open to the idea of sharing revenue with tweeps who post interesting...
Gov. Mark Dayton said Monday he wants to call a special November session to vote on a new Minnesota Vikings stadium, according to the Star Tribune.
Dayton said he and the Republican-majority Legislature...
The Occupy Colleges movement âÄî one of the largest student protests to hit campuses across the country in decades âÄî didnâÄôt resonate with University of Minnesota students on...
The Twin Cities have the nation's largest unemployment disparity rate between black and white people, according to MPRNews.
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman joined a 20-member commission of community leaders...
Kelly Doran fell into real estate more than 25 years ago. Now, the 53-year-old developer has become a key name in luxury housing for University of Minnesota students.
In the past two years, Doran built...
Many residents in the Prospect Park neighborhood will see slight increases in rent next year.
Some landlords said they will increase monthly rent between $25 and $100 per home, depending on how hard their...
Christian Gerrard started riding Rob ThompsonâÄôs bus on a rainy fall afternoon two years ago.
The University of Minnesota junior was âÄúblown awayâÄù when he first stepped onto...
A decade-old tiff between a University of Minnesota-area neighborhood and local landlords is keeping properties from upgrades.
Marcy HolmesâÄô aging housing stock has created issues for property...
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak spoke to a room full of reporters and attendees about the âÄúhundreds of storiesâÄù that buildings all over the Twin Cities area have to tell.
This month, a...
Neal Fredrickson and his two roommates were shocked with what they found in their new Marcy-Holmes duplex. The building had broken windows and an opening on the exterior siding.
The three University of...
Hundreds of emails and phone calls flooded Pastor David KindâÄôs University Lutheran Chapel office Wednesday after his congregation heard the church will close by the end of the year.
The...
The University of Minnesota continues its search for the next senior vice president for academic affairs with a second name in the running: Gary Wihl.
He will take part in a public forum Wednesday as the...
Minneapolis has launched a citywide “read,” exploring race, as part of an effort to promote literacy and conversation among community members.
Minneapolis native and NPR host Michele Norris’s memoir...
Brad VanRegenmorter noticed an unusual item in a Dinkytown yard a few weeks ago âÄî a toilet. HeâÄôs seen a fair share of curbside junk since moving to the neighborhood a year ago.
Twice...
As most University of Minnesota students are settling into their fall housing, a small group gave up spots last minute âÄî but made $650.
On Aug. 9, Housing and Residential Life emailed roughly...
Peter PepowskiâÄôs apartment was unlivable for three days.
He said the remodeling of the Marcy-Holmes building this summer came with âÄúawfulâÄù conditions âÄî and damaged...
The Graduate Record Exam (GRE) , a test taken by 600,000 students across the world each year, will look significantly different in 2011. The Educational Testing Service , which administers the exam, announced...
Long considered a major driver of global climate change, a pair of studies by University of Minnesota researchers have revealed positive aspects of excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. A study by researchers...
An education policy center is planning to leave the University of Minnesota to move to another local college next month. Beginning Jan. 1, the Center for School Change, a University of Minnesota Humphrey...
Students living in co-ed dorms are nearly three times more likely to binge drink and engage in risky sexual behavior, according to a study by a University of Minnesota graduate. Brian Willoughby, who wrote...
Since August, MinnesotaâÄôs falling unemployment rate has left state officials hopeful despite a national economic downturn. But in October the stateâÄôs unemployment rate climbed to 7.6...
The 2010 Minneapolis city budget was up for public discussion Thursday night as nearly 40 residents debated how much the city can afford to spend in the upcoming year. Concerned homeowners and advocates...
This month, the University of Minnesota and the Walker Art Center are marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PeopleâÄôs Republic of China through a series called The PeopleâÄôs...
After more than a decade of state planning, the Northstar commuter-rail line opened to the public Monday. Residents throughout the north metropolitan area celebrated the lineâÄôs opening on Saturday...
In 2006, Hennepin County Commissioners and the Minneapolis City Council banded together in an effort to end homelessness in the city by 2016. The ten-year plan, called Heading Home Hennepin , is an organization...
When Pat Anderson was a teenager, she got her âÄúsparkâÄù for politics when the Reagan administration reformed AmericaâÄôs welfare system. Anderson, a former state auditor and University...
Cam Gordon and Diane Hofstede, the incumbent City Council members for Wards 2 and 3, easily won re-election Tuesday night in a lightly-attended election. Ward 3 DFL incumbent Diane Hofstede was challenged...
One of Election DayâÄôs lone controversial spots was at a precinct located at University Lutheran Church of Hope in Dinkytown. Officials said Ryan Ahlberg and William Wells , representatives of...
Street sweepers on University Avenue âÄúgoofed upâÄù by towing cars without advanced notice on Friday morning to the dismay of dozens of people who parked along the unscheduled route. Minneapolis...
For the first time in city history, Minneapolis will use a voting method called instant-runoff voting, or rank-choice voting, in its Nov. 3 election. Adopted in 2006, officials call IRV a groundbreaking...
Construction on Marquette and Second avenues is nearly complete after more than a year of reconstruction that began in August 2008. Traffic lanes, more lighting and renewed bus-only lanes will open for...
Candidates for Minneapolis City Council Ward 3 âÄî DFLers Diane Hofstede and Allen Kathir , Republican Jeffrey Cobia and Melissa Hill , who is running without a party endorsement but under the...
The Central Corridor Funders Collaborative hopped on a bus on Oct. 22 to educate those affected most by the Central Corridor light-rail line, which is scheduled for completion in 2014. The partnership...
The St. Paul Police Department and the University of MinnesotaâÄôs College of Veterinary Medicine have partnered to provide K-9 units with health care services in a new three-year contract. Currently,...
Minnesota law enforcement began cracking down on unbuckled drivers and passengers Oct. 9 as part of MinnesotaâÄôs first Click It or Ticket campaign following the passage of a stricter seat belt...
Brains were on the mind and, for some, the menu Saturday night, as thousands of partiers gathered for the fifth annual Zombie Pub Crawl through the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood. First descending on GrumpyâÄôs...
As a young girl growing up in Mankato, Minn., Margaret Anderson Kelliher was taught a lesson that shaped her future: hard work and perseverance are essential to good politics. On Sept. 16, Kelliher, the...
