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Bloomington received word that it will receive $2.35 million in federal funds to construct a key section of the Minnesota Valley State Trail that runs from Lyndale Avenue to Nine Mile Creek in Bloomington. The funding for the project is included in the 2023 federal budget bill that Congress passed last week.

BLOOMINGTON — The Bloomington Police Department (BPD) recently designed Citizen Reporting, a simple way to report certain nonemergency crimes that occur in Bloomington online.

BLOOMINGTON — The Bloomington Police Department (BPD) made the holidays a bit merrier for more than 100 children in the community last month. Officers delivered toys and gifts—not in a sleigh, but in a squad car—for BPD’s third annual Santa Cop event.

ST PAUL — St. Paul’s bold housing goals for the Highland Bridge redevelopment site took an “important step forward” with the approval of financing for three new affordable housing projects, according to an official statement from officials.

Minneapolis officials have declared a Snow Emergency beginning today, Jan. 4. City crews have been plowing and treating streets to keep them drivable.

The Twin Cities metro remains covered in a thick fresh blanket of snow following Tuesday’s storm that dumped over six inches in many areas, and more snow is expected overnight.

Riding on a wave of excitement from the 2022 win for James Beard Best New Restaurant, Owamni’s owners will open a new Indigenous market in Minneapolis that leads a year of great new food and drink spots, artsy anniversaries and a swanky new airport lounge.