If you're amazed by number of new rentals, wait until next year

Rendering of Maven Apartments, a $23 million complex being built by Roers Cos in Burnsville.

Rendering of Maven, a $23 million apartment complex being built by Venue in Burnsville.

— Provided by Roers

Apartment developers are on track to deliver a record 6,000 new units this year and even more in the coming year — most of them in the Twin Cities suburbs.

Overdose death of girl, 10, puts spotlight on growing opioid problem in Mpls.

OxyContin, in 80 mg pills, in a 2013 file image.

Minneapolis has logged a decade-high 1,416 overdoses, 78 of which were fatal, according to police records.

Fairview Health will shrink Bethesda Hospital in St. Paul by half

Bethesda will no longer accept patients from other hospital systems except in emergencies, said James Hereford, chief executive of Fairview Health.

Its parent organization, Fairview Health, is responding to a budget deficit and questions about acute care hospitals.

'A sad, sad day' as investigators head to Guard copter crash site

A lone flag has been posted in a field near the crash site of the National Guard helicopter Friday afternoon near Marty, Minn.

The UH-60 Black Hawk on a routine maintenance test flight fell into a field shortly after takeoff Thursday afternoon. Gov. Tim Walz ordered flags be flown at half-staff in honor of the three soldiers who died in the crash.

Minnesota counties resist costly payments for Department of Human Services errors

Sen. Jim Abeler, R-Anoka, questioned new Department of Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead in September. Abeler said it’s unfair to ask the c

The department is trying to collect $9 million from counties for mistakes it made.

Trump complains about problems with low-flow toilets

President Donald Trump holds a roundtable with small business leaders, at the White House in Washington on Friday.

The White House is looking into relaxing water-saving regulations for toilets, sinks and showers, saying consumers end up using even more water by flushing multiple times and trying to get clean with low water streams.

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