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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...