A plasma collection center that has stalled construction of apartments near the University of Minnesota campus may soon find moving a little easier. The Minneapolis planning commission approved a zoning...

The Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association  is hosting a new music festival to bring together residents, University of Minnesota students and other members of the community. The River Bells Music Festival ...

A Minneapolis police officer was found guilty of assault Saturday for an incident last summer that left a man with severe brain damage. Sgt. David Richard Clifford, 48, approached Brian Vander Lee, 44,...

A batch of possibly tainted methamphetamine has sent nearly 13 people to St. Paul's Regions Hospital since Thursday night, experiencing high fever, hallucinations, extreme agitation and other symptoms,...

Minneapolis is known for its bike-friendliness, but some think the Dinkytown area could take it to the next level. Construction will begin this May on a bikeway along the Granary Corridor, a gravelly swath...

A new apartment complex could spring up alongside the main railway near the University of Minnesota campus next year. The $6 million, 36-unit complex would be built along the alleyway between Eighth Street...

For more than 20 years, Kris never invited anyone inside her apartment. Most of her friends and family lived outside of Minneapolis, so it didn’t seem odd that she never had them visit. Something...

Steve Minn, an ex-Minneapolis City Council member, has resigned as a commission member of the city's public housing authority after it was discovered earlier this year he used fake names to bash a...

  A wave of development surrounding light-rail construction has crossed the river to the West Bank, as have some familiar issues. The Central Corridor light rail, aka the Green Line, connecting downtown...

  The University of Minnesota greek community will see some new faces in the coming years. Just before spring break, the University Panhellenic Council announced Chi Omega will join the greek community...

A bill that would allow illegal immigrants to obtain a Minnesota driver's license passed a Senate panel on Monday, according to Minnesota Public Radio.  The bill passed the Senate Transportation...

The University’s Panhellenic Council has selected a new sorority to join the University of Minnesota’s greek community this fall. Chi Omega accepted its invitation to join the University on...

  The University’s Panhellenic Council has selected a new sorority to join the University of Minnesota greek community this fall. Chi Omega accepted its invitation to join the University Tuesday...

Students may return from break this fall and find another Stadium Village facelift underway. A six-story, at least $20 million student housing complex being proposed would displace Sally’s Saloon...

  The University of Minnesota is formally bringing a new sorority to campus for the first time in decades — but the chapter has to beat out other contenders first. This weekend national...

Two neighborhoods are starting to see the effects of a campus housing boom. With a slew of new luxury apartment buildings, Marcy-Holmes is getting louder — noise complaints in the neighborhood jumped...

Crews are working on the Lowry Hill tunnel after a milk tanker struck a median and overturned, spilling the white liquid all over the highway. The truck was going westbound at about 11:15...

  Large, modern laboratories may soon replace the grain elevators and railroad equipment in Prospect Park. Developers and the University of Minnesota administration have long discussed the possibility...

The University of Minnesota will create and offer free massive open online courses for students and the general public this year. The University last week was one of 29 schools to announce it will partner...

Indian police are searching for the person who allegedly raped three sisters -- ages 7, 9, and 11 -- and threw them down a well in a village in Maharashtra last week. The girls were found Feb. 16 but went...

Hours after an estimated 49-foot wide meteor exploded over Russia Friday morning, injuring nearly 1,000 people, a 150-foot asteroid hurtled closely past Earth.   According to scientists,...

  Freshmen won’t be the only students calling the 17th Avenue residence hall home this fall. Administrators have set aside up to a third of the 600 beds for fraternity and sorority members in...

There’s another apartment complex springing up near the University of Minnesota, but it isn’t as high end as other new developments. The unnamed Dinkytown project will have 12 townhome-style...

45-year-old Hawaiian surfer Garrett McNamara reportedly broke the world record for largest wave ever surfed after crushing a 100-footer in Nazaré, Portugal on Monday. If the claims are validated,...

Residents in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood will vote on a proposed noise barrier for Interstate 35W in April, but University of Minnesota students may not have much say. Due to the weighted voting process...

Cedar-Riverside  residents are going to see some changes in the coming years. The second phase of the neighborhood revitalization plan for Cedar-Riverside was approved by the Minneapolis City Council...

The large plot of dirt on University Avenue between the Interstate 35W and 10th Avenue bridges will soon make way for a new apartment building. According to Kelly Doran, owner of Doran Companies, the 200-unit...

The popular Twin Cities beer company Surly has been working toward a brewery in Minneapolis for quite some time now. According to the Star Tribune, the brewers have chosen a 7.4 acre site...