Former Gophers basketball player Daquein McNeil pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting his girlfriend, though he will serve no jail time for the November incident.
McNeil, a sophomore...
Two people were robbed at gunpoint early Sunday morning in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood near the University of
Minnesota. Three suspects approached the victims, and one of them pointed a gun at...
A new law will take effect Saturday to increase fines for drivers who are caught texting two or more times, WCCO reported.
The fine for first time offenders will remain at $50, but repeat offenders...
A Minneapolis Police Department service used to investigate crimes citywide might come to Dinkytown businesses.
At a meeting with Dinkytown business owners earlier this month, police introduced...
A shooting in Dinkytown early Saturday morning left a 24-year-old woman injured. University of Minnesota officials say there is no ongoing threat to students’ safety.
The shooting...
Cedar-Riverside residents are joining together in an effort to help pedestrians feel safe when crossing some intersections in the area.
A group of six residents met last week to discuss traffic...
Apartment buildings now dominate the University of MinnesotaâÄôs skyline in places where, a decade ago, houses and businesses dotted the landscape. Despite the recent surge in housing projects...
According to a study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, depression may be able to be identified through phone usage. Researchers found a correlation between the amount of time someone...
Despite a rise in homicides in Minneapolis this year, overall crime is decreasing for nearly every city neighborhood. Compared to numbers over the first half of the past four years, the number of homicides...
Community pushback has persuaded Minneapolis officials to hold off on the redevelopment of area public housing facilities. City officials originally slated a public hearing for Tuesday to discuss the revamp...
Minneapolis City Council members decided in a unanimous vote Friday to make Dinkytown a commercial historic district. The designation will apply to buildings erected during DinkytownâÄôs Streetcar...
Minneapolis City Council members decided in a unanimous vote Friday to make Dinkytown a commercial historic district.
The designation will apply to buildings built during the Streetcar Era, 1899 to 1929....
Lawmakers in Minnesota are attempting to ban gun-shaped phone cases.
Reps. Joe Atkins (DFL-Inver Grove Heights) and Dan Schoen (DFL-South St. Paul) will introduce a bill Friday that would forbid...
Police say two people — one of whom was a University student — were robbed and assaulted near the University of Minnesota campus Saturday night.
The victims were walking along...
Just more than a month after his hiring announcement, Matt Clark joined the University of Minnesota Police Department Monday as its new chief.
Clark, a 22-year veteran of the Minneapolis...
A local Marcy-Holmes restaurant could see an addition to its property in the coming year, should the Minneapolis City Council approve a proposal allowing an increase in smaller hotels throughout the city.
City...
Two people were robbed and assaulted near the University of Minnesota campus Saturday night, one of whom was a University student.
The victims were walking down Washington Avenue near Ontario Street Southeast...
Major League Soccer set its eyes on St. Paul Wednesday in an effort to get a franchise to Minnesota. The league was originally looked at Minneapolis as the site for their soccer stadium, the Star Tribune...
Local skate advocacy group City of Skate teamed up with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board two years ago to learn how to improve area parks to better serve the growing needs of diehard skaters.
Now,...
Former University of Minnesota basketball player Daquein McNeil has yet to go to trial for two felony charges made after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend last fall, but he was arrested on Friday —...
The thrift store chain Savers has agreed to pay out $1.8 million to several charities and be more transparent in its business practices to settle last month’s lawsuit filed by Minnesota's Attorney...
Homeless people living in Minneapolis could find shelter in places other than religious organizations, if a city ordinance passes later this year.
City officials met with Minneapolis residents and...
Pope Francis told both his parishioners and the world at large to change their lifestyles in response to climate change in a paper released Thursday.
Francis cited the scientific consensus that humans...
More than 100 local residents gathered at the Luxton Community Center in Prospect Park last week to express growing concern over the potential redevelopment of 63-year-old low-income townhomes.
Glendale...
A chain-link fence adorned with calculated placements of “No Trespassing” signs lines much of the Bunge grain elevator’s exterior, along with empty cigarette packs and aluminum cans.
Broken...
Dinkytown could be declared a historic district by the end of the summer.
At a public hearing Tuesday, the Minneapolis Heritage Preservation commissioners unanimously voted to approve a staff report, which...
There were three attempts to steal University of Minnesota bait bikes — bikes equipped with campus police GPS tracking —three house burglaries and an attempted robbery at the Royal Cigar and...
One of the University of Minnesota’s main roads will have a new look come fall.
In addition to the University’s original goal to repave the Pleasant Street Corridor — heavily frequented...
A woman who fell to her death from the Bunge Grain Elevator late Saturday night was identified as a University of Minnesota student Monday.
Sophomore Emily Roland was trespassing in the Southeast Como...
A committee of locally elected officials must decide where to cut $341 million from the Southwest Corridor light-rail, according to Minnesota Public Radio.
The proposed budget of the project rose...
University of Minnesota police say a change in climate brings a change in types of crime, though the warmer temperatures don’t usually affect the overall number of
incidents.
University...
Plans to build a bridge to connect Cedar-Riverside to downtown Minneapolis and a lid over I-35W are generating discussion among neighborhood residents.
Members of the University of Minnesota Metropolitan...
Management at the Marshall apartments in Dinkytown is taking steps to improve safety after a 20-year-old man was shot outside the complex in the early hours of May 25.
Minneapolis police responded...
Nurses, professors and retired health professionals gathered in Reykjavik, Iceland, last week for an event centered on improving health care through alternative means.
The first International...
The White House is restricting which military weapons land in the hands of local law enforcement agencies.
President Barack Obama announced in New Jersey last week that his administration...
A Minneapolis police officer is getting kids on bicycles while mending relationships between law enforcement officials and communities.
Officer Mike Kirchen and other officers ride bikes throughout...
To run more effectively in the evolving media market, the Minnesota Daily is adding a full-time general manager position.
The new position will not have control over any editorial content and will...
A new apartment complex that promises to buck the recent trend of expensive luxury housing is getting pushback from a local neighborhood organization.
Dinkytown Rentals, a company with more than...
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...
Cedar-Riverside neighborhood organizations turned Earth Day into a weeklong program aimed at promoting a sense of community among residents.
Neighborhood leaders dedicated the week before Earth...
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,...
Barway Collins’ father has been arrested for his murder, according to MPR. The arrest comes after Hennepin County Medical Center identified a body pulled out of the Mississippi river as that of the...
Dinkytown residents awoke Wednesday morning to the sound of chainsaws cutting down some area trees that had sported an orange âÄúXâÄù for the past two weeks. The Minneapolis Park and Recreation...
Cedar-Riverside community members and Riverside Plaza tenants convened Friday at the Brian Coyle Center gymnasium to formally assert complaints about the apartment complexâÄôs management to city...
Residents and community members assembled outside the Riverside Plaza on Friday afternoon holding signs touting messages like “We need change now” and “Stop mistreating us.”
Nearly...
Residents and community members lined Cedar Avenue outside the Riverside Plaza Friday to protest the building’s management.
Nearly 100 people gathered for the demonstration, which is the second...
After Alissa Holcomb witnessed a mugging outside of her Southeast Como home earlier this month, she started being more cautious about walking alone at night.
The University of Minnesota senior’s...
Neighborhood and city leaders are working to implement traffic obstacles in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood in hopes of slowing down area motorists.
Two small circular blocks of land — known as “traffic...
President Barack Obama has requested funding for Minneapolis to help combat young people’s recruitment into terrorist organizations, which has affected the Cedar-Riverside community for eight years.
The...
The Minneapolis City Council is considering an ordinance this spring that could charge landlords with high-maintenance properties more to keep their licenses.
Property owners say if the measure passes,...
Taking the pedestrian bridge that runs over I-35W to and from class every day can make Tyler Birschbach nervous.
So nervous, the psychology senior said, that he sometimes gets off his bike and walks it...
President Obama vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have approved the Keystone XL pipeline, CNN reported.
The veto denied authorization to construct a 1,179-mile pipeline that would carry 800,000 barrels...
Bikers and pedestrians who frequent the two-block stretch of Sixth Avenue Southeast that runs near the Stone Arch Bridge will get updated scenery come May.
Area leaders voted to put more than $5,000 toward...
Minneapolis residents are signing up to add another recycling bin to their front yards.
As part of a city-initiated push to eliminate waste, Minnesota Solid Waste and Recycling has plans to roll out an...
Mohamed Farah used to only go to the hospital for emergencies, and he said if he was feeling ill, he would “suck it up.”
Because until last week, he didn’t have health insurance.
But...
President Barack Obama asked Congress on Wednesday to formally authorize the use of military force in the war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, according to news sources.
“If...
Applications closed late last month for funding from the University of Minnesota’s Good Neighbor Fund and the Vikings Partnership Fund. There is $132,000 in grants available for 16 groups —...
The Minnesota Department of Revenue announced last week that it wouldn’t accept tax returns submitted through TurboTax because of cases of potential tax fraud.
According to a Feb. 5 release from...
The University of Minnesota announced Valery Forbes as the new dean of the College of Biological Sciences on Thursday.
Members of the committee charged with searching for the college’s new dean said...
The Minneapolis Public Schools district canceled school Wednesday at Southwest High School after receiving a bomb threat Tuesday evening.
“The safety of students and staff is our...
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency gave the green light to a University of Minnesota plan for a new heating and power system on Tuesday.
MPCA granted the University a permit to begin renovations on...
The Minneapolis Pollution Control Agency and the University of Minnesota held a public forum at the Cedars Pavilion in Cedar-Riverside Thursday to discuss a proposed power plant in the area. The plant...
Running a pharmacy by day and a venue for political discussion at night, Tom Sengupta has been a Prospect Park icon for almost a half-century.
But by January’s end, he’ll be handing over the...
