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Fire heavily damages $69M project in downtown St. Paul
A hotel and apartment complex under construction across the street from the Xcel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul caught fire early Tuesday, and part of the structure collapsed.
RiversEdge redevelopment project moves forward in downtown St. Paul, despite COVID
The state's stalled bonding bill is another complication as county leaders are seeking $40 million in state funding.
Satanic Temple lawsuit against Belle Plaine will move forward, despite court dismissal of most of its claims
1 of 10 counts still remains in the Scott County battle over church and state.
University of Minnesota, Morris becomes carbon neutral in electricity use
Two wind turbines produce much of the power used on campus.
Man charged with committing four armed robberies in Twin Cities last Friday
Derrick Lee Spillman is accused of robbing two Holiday gas stations, a Speedway and a Subway over a 9-hour period.
High school football, volleyball move to new spring season
The Minnesota State High School League also cleared soccer and individual-based sports — cross country, girls' tennis and girls' swimming — to start as scheduled Aug 17 with limitations.
Analysis finds MnDOT 'inconsistent' in oversight of party buses, limos
The Minnesota review comes after a deadly crash in New York.
Minnesota's COVID-19 case growth now standing out
Minnesota and other northern states are reporting more growth in cases over the past two weeks than hard-hit Southern and Western states.
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Jennifer Brooks
Brooks: Minnesota aims for full ballot boxes, empty polling places this Election Day
Half a million Minnesotans have requested absentee ballots already. That's half a million people who won't have to wait in line on Aug. 11.
Jennifer Brooks
Brooks: Swastika-swaddled shoppers were the symptom, not the disease
This isn’t who we are, we told ourselves when the neighbors went shopping with swastikas wrapped around their heads. Shoppers howled through their Nazi…
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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?
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Minneapolis commission takes up proposal to disband police
A Minneapolis commission is expected to take up a proposed amendment Wednesday that would dismantle the city's Police Department in the wake of George Floyd's death and replace it with a new public safety department.
Lyft introduces expanded app in Twin Cities that includes public transit info
The Twin Cities is one of the first markets nationally to get the upgraded app, along with Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and other cities.
Murder charge: Minneapolis woman told police her boyfriend shot himself in head
Police pointed out that the man also was shot in the back of his thigh, according to the criminal complaint.
Western Minn. man gets 7½ years for fatal bar beating of off-duty firefighter
The victim was operating a fifth-generation farm
Duluth considers hybrid learning for secondary students, in-person classes for elementary schools
Officials urged a more cautious plan following uptick in local COVID-19 cases.
St. Paul schools eye starting year with distance learning
Superintendent wants to move to hybrid instruction, but district isn't ready this fall.