Tommy Winter and Julio bonded over sports when they met in February.
The University of Minnesota junior meets the seventh-grader after school twice a week to participate in group activities with...
Hennepin County has taken the first step toward potentially relocating the public library in Dinkytown.
The county is assessing whether to remodel or relocate the Southeast Library, said Hennepin...
When Nancy Rose Pribyl started working at Dinnaken Properties in 1993, most students did not own computers, she carried a pager, and the Gophers football team didn’t have its own stadium.
Rose Pribyl...
An Anoka County sheriff's deputy rescued a young driver whose SUV slid out of control into a deep pond, authorities told the Star Tribune Friday.
The SUV, driven by 19-year-old Zach Fritz of Andover,...
Twin Cities home prices continued to increase in March, while the number of home listings declined, the Pioneer Press reported.
The Pioneer Press reported the median sale price of a Twin Cities home...
Heaps of trash and piles of used furniture line the front lawns of students’ houses during move-in and move-out weeks.
“Chairs, clothes, silverware, dishes — everything is just thrown...
Police arrested two juveniles Tuesday after they carried toy guns onto a Metro Transit bus in North Minneapolis, authories said Wednesday, according to the Star Tribune.
People at a bus stop at 35th and...
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture warned consumers Wednesday of possibly tainted meat products sold at several coops and dining spots in the Twin Cities.
The MDA discovered that smoked pork and beef...
In Shanda Demorest’s sunroom sit rows of tomato, thyme, cucumber and romaine seedlings.
Demorest has lived in Prospect Park for three years, but until recently didn’t have space to garden in...
President Barack Obama joined 30,000 children and parents in festivities Monday for the annual White House Egg Roll on the South Lawn, the Associated Press reported.
The president participated in the egg...
An Ohio prosecutor abandoned his plan to seek the death penalty for Punxsutawney Phil, the Pennsylvania groundhog who did not see his shadow on Groundhog Day in February, mistakenly reporting an early...
Start with a waffle. Add a layer of chocolate. Top with fresh fruit, sprinkle on some nuts and go.
Turkish waffles are a popular “grab-and-go” food in the Ortaköy neighborhood...
For Christmas during his junior year of high school, Austin White-Pentony asked his parents for a filing cabinet to keep his tax records straight.
The University of Minnesota freshman now owns and operates...
“One pound: a measurement of weight. NOT a measurement of worth,” read a sticky note hanging in Coffman Union on Thursday.
“Maybe it’ll even make someone’s day,” said...
Doctors announced Sunday that a baby born with H.I.V. was cured for the first time, the New York Times reported.
The baby, now two and a half, was treated aggressively with antiretroviral drugs 30 hours...
For Minneapolis transportation, history could repeat itself.
Metro Transit is conducting its first study to examine alternative transportation options along Lake Street and the Midtown Greenway,...
Fire Capt. Mike Fust was preparing teens for an ice rescue.
One at a time, he and his crew zipped the group into a taxi-yellow suit with attached boots, gloves and hood, making them look like something...
“The course of true love ever did run funky,” read the message in a Valentine’s bouquet for John Wright’s wife Saturday morning.
The University of Minnesota professor of...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is featuring an "eagle cam" on its website showing a pair of American bald eagles nesting in the Twin Cities, according to the Pioneer Press.
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Emily Tucker spent some of her fall semester in the dirt.
The environmental sciences policy and management sophomore chose to volunteer at Cornercopia, a student-run organic farm on the St. Paul campus,...
Wolverines could soon be added to the list of endangered species, according to the New York Times.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today a proposal to protect for wolverine in the lower 48...
Wikipedia contains more than 4 million articles, written by tens of thousands of users for more than a decade. In fact, the user-edited encyclopedia has become so massive, it may be collapsing under its...
Stranded dolphin died Friday in poluted Gowanus Canal near Brooklyn according to the Associated Press.
USA Today reported that the police and marine mammal rescuers' plan was to wait and see if the...
In a neighborhood that has been unfriendly to retail, Peppermint Park is getting a fresh start.
The Dinkytown discount luxury store held a “Grand (Re)Opening” event earlier this month, making...
