Recent content from Jennifer Brooks
Brooks: Serving up cobbler and community in downtown Mpls.
Come for the cobbler, stay for community at Lutunji's Palate.
Brooks: Downtown Minneapolis isn't what it was — but that's OK
Planner and dreamers say "tremendous opportunities" could emerge after the latest pandemic.
Brooks: When the clocks sprang forward, the weary cows laid back down
Cows have just as much of a mental clock as we do, a dairy farmer said, so a time change "really messes with them."
Brooks: It was a nice ride while it lasted for Twin Cities ridesharing bikes
Nice Ride rolling away, but the memories linger
Brooks: St. Paul libraries, home of the brave readers
There, a community gathers to read about things that can be hard to talk about — like mental health.
Brooks: In the midst of winter, Minnesotans dream and plan for spring
This is garden show season.
Brooks shares Deputy Ali's American dream: Building trust by showing up for people
Raised in a community with little trust for law enforcement, a new Ramsey County deputy works to earn that trust.
Brooks: Sizing up Minnesota's place on the unbanned book list
Libraries are a treasure. Not everyone treasures them.
Brooks: These Minnesotans get shelter at a price too steep
This is life on $121 a month.
Brooks: The Dakotas are a drag
Lawmakers in both Dakotas are working hard to turn their states into that dreary town from the movie "Footloose."