Metro Transit launched a 52-day rehabilitation of the Blue Line on Monday, with crews repairing bridges, sprucing up stations and installing new signal equipment while replacement buses run every 15 minutes.
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What started as a 50-person protest march on Nicollet Mall in 1972 has grown into one of the largest free Pride celebrations in the country. Twin Cities Pride returns to Loring Park this weekend with more than 650 vendors, four stages and a parade organizers expect will draw over 200,000 people to Hennepin Avenue.
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Minneapolis police are investigating an overnight shooting in south Minneapolis that left one man dead and sent another man to the hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.
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The Daily Planet is inviting Twin Cities readers and DC fans to claim one of five remaining free tickets to its community screening of "Supergirl" on June 25 at Emagine Willow Creek in Plymouth, Minnesota.
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Twelve people were arrested Tuesday as part of a sweeping federal indictment targeting Direct Action Minnesota, a Minneapolis-based coalition accused of organizing blockades, surveilling ICE agents and physically confronting federal immigration officers. Protesters who gathered outside the St. Paul federal courthouse clashed with U.S. Marshals as defendants made their first court appearances. Defense attorneys and legal experts say the government faces an uphill climb.
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Police launched a large-scale search after officers reported being targeted by gunfire while patrolling in North Minneapolis.
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The city's updated toll from Operation Metro Surge has reached nearly $700 million in lost economic activity. The assessment lands the same day Congress sent President Trump a $70 billion bill to fund the very agencies that caused it.
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Minneapolis will become the first American city to host “Beyond Walls,” the monumental land art project by Franco-Swiss artist Saype, when he paints a giant mural of intertwined hands on the grass at Boom Island Park beginning June 1.
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Less than three weeks after being re-nominated for another term, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara has resigned following findings that he interfered with a misconduct investigation by deleting evidence from his city-issued cellphone.
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Minnetonka is one of 300 cities worldwide selected for Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Youth Climate Action Fund, which will help finance youth-led environmental initiatives through local microgrants.
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