It started with a Facebook status update.
Now, Minnesota’s highest court and the University of Minnesota’s top lawyers are involved, and a debate has ignited about free speech and academic...
The University of Minnesota went to court to once again defend its discipline of a mortuary sciences student who posted controversial Facebook posts.
Five justices of the Minnesota State Supreme Court...
The Academic Health Center at the University of Minnesota will undergo an external review, University President Eric Kaler announced Monday.
The review will be conducted this spring by a small committee...
Greta Huff was trying to go to a bar to celebrate her friendâÄôs 21st birthday when she was faced with the cold, hard truth that she wasnâÄôt of-age herself.
The bouncer at Blarney Pub...
The United States Army plans to cut combat brigades and restructure its force in order to save money and deal with budget cuts, according to the Associated Press.
The Army will go from 45 brigades...
Houses left empty over winter break may be vulnerable to rising burglaries in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood
Between Sept. 1 and Dec. 12 this year, there were 37 burglaries in the neighborhood âÄìâÄì...
Unlocked doors and windows led to at least four of the five burglaries reported over the weekend in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood near the University of Minnesota campus.
Burglars hit the same multi-unit...
The jobs of five Minneapolis crime prevention specialists are back in the 2012 budget the city announced Thursday.
The City Council and Police Chief Timothy Dolan moved money from the police department’s...
A group of University of Minnesota students think the brick thrown through their window Tuesday was retaliation for chasing away burglars Sunday morning.
Ian Kitchen, an advertising student at the University,...
Five houses near the University of Minnesota campus were burglarized over Thanksgiving break, according to Minneapolis police reports.
Two neighboring houses on Weeks Avenue Southeast in the Southeast...
A delay in the criminal trial against Timothy Bakdash is hindering a civil lawsuit filed by one of the University of Minnesota students injured when Bakdash allegedly drove into a group of pedestrians...
Two fights broke out at Blarney Pub and Grill between the bouncer and patrons early Sunday.
University of Minnesota police were called to the bar around 1 a.m. A patron attempted to fight bouncer Neil...
The murder trial against Timothy Bakdash has been pushed back due to scheduling conflicts, according to the Office of the Hennepin County Attorney.
The jury trial was originally scheduled to begin Nov....
Five hours before the Gopher game against Wisconsin on Saturday, Officer Jason Printz and his partner Neko walked through TCF Bank Stadium to check for explosives.
Neko is a 3-year-old, 70-pound German...
Minneapolis police reported 13 robberies in Marcy-Holmes and one in Prospect Park neighborhoods since Oct. 1 âÄî an unusually high number, police said.
Roughly five robberies were reported in the...
University of Minnesota area neighborhoods are losing their link to Minneapolis police with looming cuts to the cityâÄôs budget.
Nick Juarez, the crime prevention specialist for the second precinct...
Three men were arrested for attempted robbery Saturday night, and one may be responsible for robbing two University of Minnesota students earlier that day.
Zach Scharping and Katherine Lymn were standing...
Michael Jackson's doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, was convicted Monday of involuntary manslaughter for administering a lethal dose of a powerful anesthetic, which killed the singer in 2009, according to the...
The Ramsey County District Court on Friday dismissed Minnesota Public RadioâÄôs breach-of-contract lawsuit against the Metropolitan Council over the Central Corridor light rail.
The suit, originally...
A University of Minnesota student was assaulted Wednesday night near Comstock Hall while walking to her car.
The victim was on Delaware Street Southeast between Comstock Hall and the Weisman Art Museum...
A University of Minnesota student was assaulted Wednesday night near Comstock Hall, according to a University police report.
The victim was walking to her car on Delaware Street Southeast between Comstock...
Occupy Wall Street protesters are getting on the nerves of many as they spread crime and waste in major cities across the country, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Residents are annoyed with protesters...
The competition just got tougher for students looking to transfer to the University of Minnesota.
The University will accept fewer transfer students in 2012, hoping to improve the experience and performance...
The Ramsey County District Court on Friday dismissed Minnesota Public RadioâÄôs breach-of-contract lawsuit against the Metropolitan Council over the Central Corridor light rail.
The suit,...
A Halloween-night robbery left a University of Minnesota student bruised and without his wallet.
University senior Chris Bomba was attacked Monday night by a group of men who repeatedly punched and kicked...
A three-vehicle accident involving a police car Saturday night left a crack in the Dinkytown SubwayâÄôs wall.
Close to 10:30 p.m., a driver lost control of her car in the parking lot next to the...
When an officer joins the University of Minnesota police force, they are fitted for a special belt designed to hold everything they might need on the job.
Made of a durable but flexible plastic, the belts...
The Minneapolis Police Department is seeking help from the public to identify a suspect in a series of armed robberies that have happened over the last three weeks, according to a statement released last...
A robbery at Jimmy JohnâÄôs Gourmet Sandwiches on Sunday night left four employees and a customer shaken but unharmed.
Around 9:55 p.m. a suspect entered the shop in Dinkytown, drew a gun and demanded...
A sea of red dominated TCF Bank Stadium on Saturday, as Nebraska Huskers fans filled nearly two-thirds of the stands at the University of Minnesota Gophers homecoming game.
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Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has been elected to the Board of Directors for Miromatrix Medical Inc. âÄî a company established through University of Minnesota research.
Dr. Doris Taylor, a...
Pedal Pub-ers beware - there's a mob on the loose.
The Pedal Pub, a bicycle bar powered by up to a dozen people, was attacked by a flash mob of 25 to 30 youths Saturday night as it cruised down Nicollet...
One of the oldest University of Minnesota fraternities will be getting a face-lift this semester âÄî a lengthy process for a building the City of Minneapolis claimed as a historic site.
In November,...
A greek community event featuring a motivational speaker who is a registered sex offender upset some attendees, prompting the greek leadership to issue an official apology.
In an email sent out to the...
The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to three women from Africa and Yemen for their nonviolent women’s rights activism, the New York Times reported.
The $1.5 million prize will be split...
After barely six months on the University of Minnesota campus, Chilly BillyâÄôs has already managed to scoop the hearts of the schoolâÄôs greek community.
The Dinkytown frozen yogurt shop...
After almost a year of planning, Arkeo âÄî the greek party self-policing program âÄî has yet to take off.
Arkeo was set to begin last spring. But after the programâÄôs director...
The third largest demographic at the University of Minnesota is trying to unite through greek life. The Asian Sorority Interest Group is working to bring a second sorority to campus by next year to join...
The greek community at the University of Minnesota may soon have a new home on campus.
Space will be reserved for fraternities and sororities to hold chapter meetings in the planned residence hall being...
A nervous hum filled the TCF Bank Stadium on Tuesday as sorority women celebrated the end of recruitment at bid day. More than 280 women held their breath waiting to receive an invitation to join one of...
ItâÄôs a numbers game for the two University of Minnesota fraternities vying for national recognition.
Phi Kappa Sigma and Tau Kappa Epsilon are hoping strong fall recruitment will get them closer...
A combination of buses, cars, bicyclists and pedestrians has snarled traffic on Pleasant Street near Folwell Hall since classes began.
University of Minnesota police have stationed two officers...
A combination of buses, motor vehicles, bicyclists and pedestrians has snarled traffic on Pleasant Street Southeast near Folwell Hall since the semester began.
The University of Minnesota Police Department...
Two 13-year-old boys were arrested with burglary tools last week in Marcy Holmes âÄî an area hit by a recent string of burglaries.
Minneapolis police found tools for prying open doors, cutting...
The Dinkytown post office may be next in the tide of closures hitting the nationâÄôs postal service.
Nearly 3,700 branches of the U.S. Postal Service across the nation are under review for closure...
Violent crime âÄî homicide, rape, aggravated assault and robbery âÄî dropped nearly 15 percent in the past year, according to reports from the Minneapolis Police Department.
Proactive...
Using shovels, square sifting boxes and their hands, University of Minnesota anthropology students slowly dug through the dirt on the banks of Spring Lake outside of Hastings, Minn.
Temperatures...
U.S. President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign raised a record $86 million between April and June, the most of any presidential candidate in the second quarter of fundraising, the Washington Post...
A University of Minnesota employee avoided an attempted robbery by warding off an assault while leaving his West Bank office building Thursday afternoon.
According to the police report, the employee...
Even as construction on several apartment complexes around the University of Minnesota campus wraps up, the boom in high-density housing has not ended.
Plans are in the works for four more complexes near...
Mallory Morken and Ellen Seltz slowly burned holes in plastic bottles with a soldering iron Saturday morning âÄî the first of many steps involved in building GrowBarrels.
The Southeast Como Improvement...
Yelva Lynfield watched intently as Hernan Vazquez, a graduate student at the University of Minnesota, showed her how to properly hold a song sparrow.
The tiny brown bird perched calmly on her fingers as...
The home of the University's president sits on the east bank of the Mississippi River.
While the Board of Regents discusses tuition increases, wage freezes and layoffs, the University of Minnesota will...
A group of five people, including two University of Minnesota students, was cited for trespassing in underground steam tunnels Sunday morning on the East Bank.
Dave Husby and four friends were caught...
Hundreds of volunteers from the University of Minnesota flocked to North Minneapolis to help clean up wreckage from the May 22 tornado that ravaged the neighborhood.
University students, faculty and alumni...
A University of Minnesota student was struck by a car Thursday while biking near campus.
Baruk Ibrahim was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center after being hit while biking the wrong way Thursday night...
