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Grace Aigner

Grace Aigner, City Desk Reporter

Grace Aigner is a City Desk Reporter for the Minnesota Daily. Grace is a freshman at the University of Minnesota and is currently majoring in Communication Studies. She is very excited for her first semester reporting for The Daily and is enjoying getting to know the University community and everyone she works with. When Grace is not writing for The Daily, she loves spending time with friends, reading, re-watching a favorite movie or getting outside.

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The conference lasted four days at the Minneapolis Convention Center.

Minneapolis hosts National Planning Conference after 15-year wait

by Grace Aigner
Published April 25, 2024
Volunteers join Southeast Como’s annual neighborhood cleanup by picking up trash in Van Cleve Park on Sunday.

Minneapolis, UMN celebrate Earth Day year-round

by Grace Aigner and Katrina Bailey
Published April 24, 2024
There are about a dozen new, smaller companies expected to enter the rideshare marketplace.

Emerging rideshare startups aim to fill Uber, Lyft’s shoes

by Grace Aigner
Published April 18, 2024
Baby ducklings follow their mother on a casual swim through the Mississippi River. Photographed on Wednesday, these birds passed through Father Hennepin Bluff Park on a chilly afternoon. The Lower trail is currently riddled with invasive species and plants the restoration project aims to return to the area’s original ecology.

Conservation leaders, community members discuss Father Hennepin Bluff’s restoration

by Grace Aigner
Published April 17, 2024
Nutritious Food Pantry at the Union in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Wednesday. Minnesota food shelves saw 7.5 million visits in 2023.

Proposed bill would give food banks $5 million annually

by Grace Aigner
Published April 10, 2024
Annie’s Parlour in the Dinkytown neighborhood on Monday, April 8, 2024. As chain businesses have continued to crop up in Dinkytown, the changing nature of the neighborhood has left alumni and local businesses with only fond memories to look back on.

Ten years of closures: local businesses and alumni reflect on Dinkytown’s new landscape

by Grace Aigner and Gabrielle Erenstein
Published April 8, 2024
Sofia Cerkvenik, who now teaches 6th grade Minnesota Studies in the dual immersion program at Highland Park Middle School in St. Paul Public Schools. If passed, the bill would take effect in July 2025.

Legislature seeks to pass bill to pay student teachers

by Grace Aigner
Published April 1, 2024
Minnesota has yet to create a tuition discount plan for South Dakota students.

South Dakota ends 40-year tuition agreement with Minnesota

by Grace Aigner
Published March 26, 2024
A Bar of Their Own in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Monday, March 18, 2024. A Bar of Their Own is the first women’s sports-only sports bar in the Twin Cities and the fourth in the U.S.

Every sport, every athlete: new women’s sports bar opens in Seward

by Grace Aigner
Published March 19, 2024
Minneapolis is the second U.S. city to receive the designation, joining Houston, which earned the first designation in Aug. 2023.

Minneapolis declared Child Friendly City, solidifies future of centering youth

by Grace Aigner
Published March 12, 2024
Despite threats from Uber and Lyft to leave Minneapolis if the ordinance passes, the city council is in favor of guaranteeing rideshare drivers’ wages match the city’s minimum wage.

City Council approves rideshare drivers minimum wage equivalent

by Grace Aigner
Published March 8, 2024
Greene (left) and Perine Myers (right) have worked together creating public art for about six years and will base the New Nicollet piece around community engagement.

Artists selected for New Nicollet Redevelopment art installation

by Grace Aigner
Published February 28, 2024
The Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul on February 25, 2024. The Big Ten men’s and women’s basketball, NCAA Frozen Four, USA Gymnastics Olympic Trials, World Juniors Hockey all coming to the Twin Cities starting in March.

High-level basketball, hockey, gymnastics tournaments coming to Twin Cities in 2024 and beyond

by Grace Aigner and Alex Karwowski
Published February 25, 2024
Overflowing with love: animal shelters in the area struggle as capacity limits are tested.

$600,000 invested toward MACC animal shelter as it reaches capacity

by Grace Aigner
Published February 23, 2024
Councilmembers Wonsley, Osman and Chavez continue pushing for a rideshare driver compensation policy, hearing a presentation on potential models on Tuesday.

City Council hears models for rideshare driver minimum wage compensation

by Grace Aigner
Published February 12, 2024
Miniapple International Montessori in Dinkytown on Feb. 8, 2024.

Over 25 years in Dinkytown: Miniapple Montessori connects University, preschool life

by Grace Aigner
Published February 9, 2024
People voting at Machine Shop on St. Anthony Main on Nov. 7, 2023.

Activists, local and state officials discuss duality of early voting

by Grace Aigner
Published February 6, 2024
Robin Wonsley (pictured above) and students launched a project to fill vacancies in Dinkytown.

Wonsley, student groups kick off project to combat Dinkytown vacancies

by Grace Aigner
Published February 1, 2024
Camp Nenookaasi, an encampment site in the East Phillips neighborhood in Minneapolis.

Activists seek change for Camp Nenookaasi unhoused after second eviction

by Natasha Delion and Grace Aigner
Published January 26, 2024
The neighborhood organizations surrounding the University of Minnesota have been making steps to merge into one, large group.

University neighborhood associations navigate merger; Prospect Park opts out

by Grace Aigner
Published January 24, 2024
P.E.A.S.E. Academy building on Dec. 6, 2023.

P.E.A.S.E. Academy cultivates stability, community, support during holiday season

by Grace Aigner
Published December 6, 2023
Its imperative students understand their rights as tenants to lease, effectively.

Property managers, legal services are two sides of the same coin

by Grace Aigner
Published December 4, 2023
The Varsity Theater on Nov. 6, 2023.

MHNA seeks to designate Varsity Theater as independent historical landmark

by Grace Aigner
Published November 29, 2023
The building was demolished on Oct. 30.

Demolition begins on former Kmart building, attention shifts to New Nicollet Redevelopment project

by Grace Aigner
Published November 21, 2023
The Dinkytown McDonalds reopened on Nov. 14.

Dinkytown McDonald’s makes its official return

by Grace Aigner and Alexandra DeYoe
Published November 15, 2023
Sign directing patrons to Mill City Farmers Market on Nov. 4.

Spring greens in March: Mill City Farmers Market transitions to winter hours

by Grace Aigner
Published November 12, 2023
People voting at Machine Shop on St. Anthony Main on Nov. 7, 2023.

2023 Minneapolis City Council election results

by Jack O’Connor, Alexandra DeYoe, Grace Aigner, and Alex Lassiter
Published November 7, 2023
Varsity Theater (left), Blarney Pub and Grill (bottom right) and the one story brick building on the northwest corner of 4th St SE and 14th Ave SE (top right), on November 6, 2023.

Preserving Dinkytown: Commercial Historic District design guidelines spark conversation and concern

by Grace Aigner
Published November 6, 2023
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