The University of Minnesota has spent more than $500,000 of state taxpayer and tuition money in legal fees as it battles faculty unionization advocates in court.Records obtained by the Minnesota Public...

The Minneapolis Police Department is investigating a case involving four suspended Gophers football players.Players KiAnte Hardin, Ray Buford, Dior Johnson and Tamarion Johnson are mentioned in an unspecified...

The 19-year-old man who fell from a fifth story FloCo Fusion apartment balcony Saturday night has been identified as Mackenzie John Caron, University of Minnesota student.Caron landed on the concrete about...

A University of Minnesota men’s basketball player was arrested Sunday on suspicion of sexual assault and is being held in Hennepin County Jail. Reggie Lynch was arrested by officers from the University...

A woman was sexually assaulted Saturday evening after entering a stranger’s car in Dinkytown, according to an email from the University of Minnesota Police Department.      The...

After 24 years at the school, University of Minnesota Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Richard Pfutzenreuter will retire in June, according to an email President Eric Kaler sent to...

After 24 years at the school, University of Minnesota Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Richard Pfutzenreuter will retire in June, according to an email President Eric Kaler sent to...

University of Minnesota Vice President and Chief Information Officer Scott Studham resigned Friday.   Studham started in his former position in February 2012, and oversaw the IT department for the...

Donning a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles costume, Abe Cass zipped along the Mississippi River on water skis, completing a few back flips along the way.   The stunt was part of the Twin Cities River...

Eat this: Giordano’s Deep Dish Pizza   The Chicago-based restaurant Giordano’s graced the people of Minneapolis with a location in Uptown this past month. Now that some of the buzz has...

Thursday FLOW Northside Arts Crawl Back for its 10th anniversary, the FLOW Northside Arts Crawl presents three days of art. The festival celebrates variety, showcasing performing and visual art. On Saturday,...

Paddle this: Lake Harriet Make the most of the sunshine with a recently established pastime âÄî paddleboarding. When picking a paddle paradise, Lake Harriet makes a great contender with its free...

It’s Thursday, which means we’ve already had four days of this miserable week. You’re probably tired, overworked and hungry because you don’t really know how to cook anything besides...

While they were working on their latest EP, Jennie Lawless and Christopher Williams of Warehouse Eyes made it a regular habit to dance in their living room.  A simple glance at the movie title “God...

The self-deprecation in Jen Kirkman’s humor doesn’t seem to match up with her career.    In addition to stand up, the comedian has written a New York Times bestseller titled “I...

A lightbulb sparked for Craig Nordeen when red, white and blue doughnuts arrived at his workplace around this time last year.   Nordeen, who works as a designer at an advertising firm, saw potential...

We all know Twitter is great for a lot of things, whether it’s skimming headlines, sharing pictures of your cute pet or just plain old lurking. But even if you think you’ve curated the perfect...

Eat this: Eli’s Donut Burgers    Donuts? Burgers? Thanks to Eli’s, you don’t have to choose. The zany pairing is available at Eli’s Donut Burgers food truck. The gluttony...

A stop at a flea market during a road trip home from a vacation in Myrtle Beach, S.C., sparked Brian Wheat’s musical career as a preteen.   “I think my parents were fed up with my sister...

In high school, Ryan Traster traded his trumpet for a bass guitar and didn’t look back.  Over past decade, the singer-songwriter has lived and played in New York, Portland, Los Angeles and...

Wear this: Sun gear   As warm summer temperatures move in, it’s important to keep properly and stylishly covered from the sun. Go find sunscreen and that perfect pair of sunglasses that say...

Though it may not match the glamour of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts or the Science Museum of Minnesota, there’s yet another source of educational enrichment in town that quietly opens for the...

If you’re a choral connoisseur (or maybe you just like fish tacos), you may want to grab a lawn chair and zip on over to Minnehaha Falls tonight.   Starting at 7 p.m., three vocal ensembles...

In the midst of the ’80s new wave craze, a group of Minneapolis teenagers took a stab at punk rock.   Soul Asylum was born.   “When Soul Asylum started out, we were a real punk rock...

When Jonathan Krentz returned from his six-year service in the National Guard band, he joined the first country band he could find.    When that band fell apart, he and bassist Drew Sherman started...

Friday: Temples The British rock group will be bringing their psychedelic tunes to the Mainroom during their U.S. tour, which ends at Bonnaroo. They released the album, “Sun Structures,” in...

As a college freshman in 2007, Lee Henke tracked down the music resonating through his dorm’s hall and found guitarist Ryan Acker, his future bandmate.     The two have been playing music...

Tame Impala delivered a seamless set of jams to a sold out crowd at First Avenue Wednesday night in Minneapolis.   It was their first show in town since 2013.   The band’s lead vocalist...