housing

Time-capsule home from 1800s is older than Minnesota's statehood

“The Gables,” a restored Victorian-era home in Carver.

The iconic Victorian-era house in Carver has been featured in calendars, on holiday tours and even an HGTV show, "If Walls Could Talk."

Downtown Wayzata condo gets dramatic makeover

Condo in the Landing

The plain-vanilla condo above the Hotel Landing is now bold and personalized.

'70s Mendota Heights rambler reinvented without adding square footage

The home's exterior and front entrance also got an update.

A couple facing retirement considered building a house next door, but chose to reinvent their outdated rambler instead.

Local

St. Paul firefighters battled a fire at a construction site across from Xcel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul on Tuesday.

Fire heavily damages $69M project in downtown St. Paul

RiversEdge redevelopment project moves forward in downtown St. Paul, despite COVID

Satanic Temple lawsuit against Belle Plaine will move forward, despite court dismissal of most of its claims

University of Minnesota, Morris becomes carbon neutral in electricity use

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Sports

Hutchinson High School football players Tristan Hoppe, Ty Glaser and Jordan Titus, all seniors, showed disappointment in the disrupted football season

High school football, volleyball move to new spring season

Souhan: Bateman made wisest choice for his health and future

Wild goes for 2-0 series lead. Get game stats and more on Gameview

Dangerfield is next UConn player to step up for Lynx

Business

With the coronavirus surging across most of the country, real estate developers and brokers said the pandemic was expected to affect their industry fo

Commercial real estate deals show July improvement, but recovery seen more than a year away

C.H. Robinson takes aim at fast-growing ranks of newbie shippers

Bumper Minnesota corn crop on tap as prices founder

After scrambling to fill demand, distilleries backing away from sanitizer production

Opinion

It should be up to the voters of Minneapolis to decide how their city is policed. Above, an attendee of a June meeting the City Council held regarding

Charter commission delay on public safety amendment would be unnecessary, undemocratic

'Utter disaster.' Allowing Sturgis rally to go on puts nation at risk

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Readers Write: Minneapolis charter amendment proposal, Fifth Congressional District primary, 'camp in a box'

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Variety

Minnesotans named Karen say they’re OK with the name, despite the mean meme.

Minnesotans named Karen say they're OK, despite the meme

Put the gloom behind you by breaking out of the doomscrolling

Highly anticipated Hmong restaurant coming to northeast Minneapolis

St. Paul group joins the push to broaden the face of bird-watching

Comics

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Games

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Rehousing grant qualifications

Do you qualify for a rehousing grant of up to $3,500?

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Finding a home after foreclosure

Money is available to help families post-foreclosure, but many don't know about it.

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Blasts rock Beirut, with widespread damage, injuries

Blasts rock Beirut, with widespread damage, injuries

3 men rescued from tiny Pacific island after writing SOS in sand

3 men rescued from tiny Pacific island after writing SOS in sand

Florida prepares for Isaias after storm lashes Bahamas

Florida prepares for Isaias after storm lashes Bahamas

Life in Edmonton after quarantine

Life in Edmonton after quarantine

Politics

Antone Melton-Meaux, shown in April. a spokesman for Melton-Meaux’s campaign, called the FEC filing baseless and an attempt to distract from Rep. Il

Minnesota DFL hits Antone Melton-Meaux with campaign finance complaint

Kansas GOP picks Rep. Marshall for Senate seat over Kobach

Trump's demand for US cut of a TikTok deal is unprecedented

Minneapolis commission takes up proposal to disband police

Nation

Undersea Rescue Command deploys the Sibitzky Remotely Operated Vehicle in the Pacific Ocean on August 3, 2020, from the deck of the Military Sealift C

Military finds human remains, sunken tank off California

Tropic storm Isaias whips up eastern US, killing at least 6

Worries about 2020 census' accuracy grow with cut schedule

After scrambling to fill demand, distilleries backing away from sanitizer production

World

Firefighters doused a blaze at the scene of an explosion at the port of Lebanon's capital Beirut on August 4, 2020.

Massive Beirut blast kills more than 70, injures thousands

3 men rescued from Pacific island after writing SOS in sand

Urgency to bear witness grows for last Hiroshima victims

Malaysia police raid Al Jazeera's office, seize computers

Curious Minnesota

A flock of wild turkey roamed the streets Tuesday in Northeast Minneapolis. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE • anthony.souffle@startribune.com A flock of wild turk

Why do wild turkeys seem to thrive in the Twin Cities metro?

After Lake Calhoun, what about other Minn. place names with racist roots?

What's the story behind Pilot Knob Road, other odd street names?

Why is Minnesota the last state with 3.2 beer?

Duluth

Incumbent state Sen. Erik Simonson is facing DFL-endorsed Jen McEwen in the DFL primary for the Senate District 7 seat that represents most of Duluth.

'Don't Forget Labor': Duluth's DFL Senate primary shows battle for party

Citing budget shortfalls, DOC to close two Minnesota prisons

Iron Range cold case cracked with genealogy databases; Chisholm man charged with murder

Unlikely food source may be behind moose success at Voyageurs Park

Celebs

Joanna and Chip Gaines.

Chip, Joanna Gaines return to 'Fixer Upper' for new network

Roc Nation partners with Brooklyn's LIU to launch new school

Kanye West withdraws petition to get on NJ's 2020 ballot

Oprah picks Isabel Wilkerson's 'Caste' for her book club

Agriculture

U.S. officials are forecasting a near-record corn crop this year, but prices are below break-even.

Bumper Minnesota corn crop on tap as prices founder

As acid rain is curtailed, wheat gets less sulfur needed for tasty bread

China bought a record amount of corn the other day, but it's unlikely to hit trade-deal target

Sen. Tina Smith attacks Jason Lewis over past crop subsidy comments

Inspired

Black Eyed Susan flowers bloom in Crow Hassan Regional Park, which is home to a remarkably diverse and thriving prairie that's been built and managed

Crow-Hassan's prairie is a mosaic of wild things and built to last

To help save Postal Service, two Midwest artists design pandemic-themed greeting cards

Head of Mpls. Domestic Abuse Project builds on rich history of helping in new COVID reality

Owner reopens oxygen factory in Kabul, provides COVID patients free refills

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