As the University of Minnesota fights for $1.3 billion in state funding this spring, one of its leading lobbyists is leaving his post. Todd Iverson, the University’s assistant director of state relations,...

Hennepin County health officials sent a letter notifying residents of Dinkytown's Sydney Hall apartment complex that they may have been exposed to a case of the measles through contact with an ill resident...

The University of Minnesota Medical Center has agreed to care for patients diagnosed with Ebola, the Minnesota Hospital Association announced Friday. The West Bank hospital is one of four health care facilities...

Minneapolis police are investigating a “suspicious death” after finding a body blocks off the University of Minnesota’s West Bank campus early Wednesday morning, according to a news release. Police...

Minneapolis police are investigating a suspicious death after finding a body blocks off the University of Minnesota's West Bank campus early Wednesday morning, according to a news release. Police responded...

The last time the Gophers men’s hockey team won a national championship, there were riots in Dinkytown. That was in 2003. As the No. 1-ranked team heads to Philadelphia for the Frozen Four this weekend,...

As higher education institutions increasingly rely on adjunct faculty to supplement their teaching workloads, one of the largest union organizations in the country is urging these contingent employees...

The University of Minnesota has scrapped a possible merger of the College of Biological Sciences and the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences. A task force charged with studying...

The University of Minnesota Faculty Senate will discuss a resolution Thursday to create an independent, external panel to investigate how the institution conducts clinical research on human subjects. The...

A University of Minnesota student was robbed at gunpoint while entering his home in Dinkytown early Wednesday morning, according to a Minneapolis police report. The student wasn’t harmed, but the...

A University of Minnesota student was robbed at gunpoint while entering his home in Dinkytown early Wednesday morning, according to a Minneapolis police report. The student wasn’t harmed, but the...

A University of Minnesota employee committed suicide in Nils Hasselmo Hall on Monday morning, University police said. The 37-year-old man was a part-time University employee, said University police Deputy...

As negotiations continue in the Minnesota Orchestra lockout, a state legislator announced plans Monday for a bill that would turn the world-renowned ensemble into a publicly owned corporation. Rep. Phyllis...

University of Minnesota police recovered a body from the Mississippi River after authorities received a report of a man jumping off the Washington Avenue Bridge around 7 a.m. Wednesday, according to a...

A shots-fired report locked down the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus Wednesday night. The incident was part of an alleged armed robbery in a residential area near campus, close to several fraternity...

University of Wisconsin-Madison police are responding to a shots fired report near the school's campus. The shots were reported on the 100 block of Langdon Street, where several fraternity and sorority...

President Barack Obama is expected to sign a bill into law this week that will, for now, lower student loan interest rates. Congress passed the measure July 31, tying interest rates on multiple student...

The Dinkytown Greenway opened to bike traffic on Aug. 4, providing cyclists with a mostly car-free path from the suburbs to downtown Minneapolis. The bikeway, which runs from TCF Bank Stadium to the Mississippi...

Two major University of Minnesota transit areas will experience closures in the next month for light rail testing and Washington Avenue bridge construction projects. Crews will conduct overnight tests...

New safety measures will keep bikes and cars farther apart on Minnesota roads starting Aug. 1. The Legislature’s transportation bill prohibits parking or pausing in bike lanes and tightens restrictions...

The University of Minnesota is gearing up for the 2014 legislative session with a $230 million preliminary bonding bill request. The request, released July 15, asks for funding of six construction and...

Underage University of Minnesota students who overdrink will have new legal protections when a medical amnesty law begins Aug. 1. University students had urged state legislators to pass the law for years...

Moody's Investor Service downgraded Minneapolis' credit rating in a report released on Monday. The city went from Moody's highest rating of Aaa to its second highest of Aa1, which applies to...

To combat sex trafficking in the Twin Cities, Metro Transit officials are looking to train bus drivers to spot suspicious activity and implement a public awareness campaign. Although it isn’t frequently...

While most of the attention is focused on Democratic City Council candidates Diane Hofstede and Jacob Frey, a third candidate is carving her own niche in Ward 3. Fifty-seven-year-old Kristina Gronquist,...

Detroit became the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy on Thursday.After years of economic turmoil, the city's emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, asked a federal judge for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection,...

Twin Cities commuters have chosen Metro Transit for rides nearly 40 million times so far this year. Metro Transit released its mid-year report on Wednesday, showing a 0.8 percent increase in overall number...

Minneapolis is weighing the option of taking public control of its utilities, similar to the way the University of Minnesota does. City leaders are looking into forming a public option for electrical and...

The University of Minnesota has started funding requests for some key construction projects.  The Minnesota Management and Budget Office released the University's preliminary capital budget request...

A Duluth head shop known for its controversial sales of synthetic drugs stopped selling the substances on Thursday as a city ordinance banning the product took effect, the Duluth News Tribune reports. The...

After weeks of debate, Congress still can’t agree on how to tackle student loans. A bipartisan plan to lower the recently doubled interest rate on subsidized Stafford loans was found to be too costly...

The man behind Minnesota's legalization of same-sex marriage will now lead similar efforts around the country. Richard Carlbom, campaign manager for Minnesotans United For All Families, announced Tuesday...

Stadium Village’s Smokedale Tobacco location was raided for synthetic drugs about two weeks ago. Store manager David Yousef said a U.S. marshal and Drug Enforcement Administration agents stormed...

For Minneapolis residents without a car, it will soon become easier to rent one for short-term use. City Council voted last week to expand car sharing with Hourcar and Zipcar programs, according to a news...

Many of this legislative session's new laws take effect July 1, including some that affect University of Minnesota students.  -The tax on cigarettes increases by $1.60 per pack, worrying some...

Congressional inaction has led the interest rates on the most common federal student loans to double. Interest rates on Stafford loans jumped to 6.8 percent Monday after lawmakers were unable to agree...

Summer time in Minnesota always comes with a slew of construction projects. Road closures, remodeling work and new building projects are prevalent throughout the state and Twin Cities — especially...

In the last year, bikers on the Midtown Greenway in South Minneapolis have been attacked, robbed — and one man even had a Molotov cocktail thrown at him from an overpass. With the Dinkytown bikeway...